Building Character

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

-- Helen Keller


"Mishaps are like knives that either serve or cut us as we grasp them by the blade or handle."

-- James Russell Lowell



"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."

-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky


"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have."

-- Leonard Nimoy

Valuing Yourself

"Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."

-- M. Scott Peck


"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."

-- Carl Schurz



"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."

--Ralph Marston


"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

-- Hans Hofmann

Everything Is Miracle

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

-- Albert Einstein


"The only question in life is whether or not you are going to answer a hearty 'Yes!' to your adventure."

-- Joseph Campbell


"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

-- Helen Keller


"A day will never be any more than what you make of it. Practice being a "doer"!

-- Josh S. Hinds

Simple Secret To Suceed

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. It's that simple."

-- Earl Nightingale


"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

-- Marcus Aurelius


"You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."

-- Zig Ziglar



"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."

-- Ken Keyes

Be Careful Of The Environment

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."

-- W. Clement Stone


"It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short."

-- Ernest Hemingway


"Remember that you are unique. If that is not fulfilled, then something wonderful has been lost."

-- Martha Graham


"The shell must break before the bird can fly."

-- Tennyson

Burning Desire To Accomplish

"There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people."

-- Jan Ashford


"Think of special ways you can appreciate others that will touch their lives in a personal way. These gifts are especially meaningful when they are given for no special reason except to show that you care about them, and you appreciate their presence in your life."

-- Barbara Glanz


"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

-- Shelley Duvall



"You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life."

-- Zig Ziglar

Whole World Belong To You

"Be content with what you have; Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, The whole world belongs to you."

-- Lao Tzu


"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."

-- Charles F. Kettering


"You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. "

-- Ruth E. Renkl


"Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar."

-- Bradley Miller

Take Charge of Our Destiny

"Our dreams form our vision, our vision establishes our beliefs, and our beliefs determine the actions needed to accomplish our dreams. This chain of events allows us to take charge of our destiny."

-- Scott Beare


"A can-do attitude makes the impossible, possible."

-- Scott Beare


"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code."

-- Arthur Wang


"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail."

-- Dorothea Brande

What is Life About

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

-- George Bernard Shaw


"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

-- Buddha


"We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life."

-- Lisa Hammond



"Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do."

-- Kathleen Winsor

Create New Plan

"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those, which fail."

-- Napoleon Hill


"Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds -- all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have."

-- Edward Everett Hale


"It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give...that determines the quality of friendship."

-- Mary Dixon


"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."

-- Carl Jung