Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(I’ve posted this quote in memory of my Dad, who never stopped climbing. His philosophy in life was to always keep climbing.)
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow. — Doug Firebaugh
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. — Maria Robinson
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like a violin. — Unknown
One day at a time – this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.
Insist on yourself. Never imitate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. — Italian Proverb
Life is like a library owned by the author.
In it are a few books which he wrote himself,
but most of them were written for him. —Harry Emerson Fosdick
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. — Oprah Winfrey
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. – Charles Dickens
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. — George S. Patton
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. — Helen Keller
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. — Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. — Aldous Huxley
Ask yourself this question: “Will this matter a year from now?” — Richard Carlson, writing in Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his
blessings not his cash. — Unknown
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
