Encouragement to Succeed

"To laugh often and love much,
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children,
To earn the attention of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty, simplicity and complexity,
To acknowledge and be at peace with yourself,
This is to have succeeded."

"Reach high, for stars hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
Pamela Star

"Nothing happens unless first a dream."
Carl Sandberg

"There is always room at the top."
Daniel Webster

"If you live your life out of memory, you live out of history.
That's what once was.
If you live out of your imagination, you live out of your potential.
That's what can be.

"Real joy comes not from ease of riches or from the praise of others,
but from doing something worthwhile."

"I am only one, but I am still one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something."
Helen Keller

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins--
not through strength, but through perseverance."

"The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non obvious."
Oswald Spengler

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
T.S. Eliot

"All of us are always going to do better tomorrow, and we could too,
if only we started today."

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you too, can become great."
Mark Twain

"Do not follow where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising each time we fall."
Confucius

"The most important thing about goals is having one."
Geoffrey F. Albert

"Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things."
Stephen Covey

"The elevator to success is out of order.
You will have to take the stairs....
one step at a time."

"Remember, you can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

"Take pride in how far you have come
And have faith in how far you can go."

"Failure isn't failure if a lesson is learned."

"Until you do what you believe in,
You don't know whether you believe it or not."

"To seek the future is to have courage;
To seek the past is to be scared of your ability."

"Never be afraid to try something different.
Remember, amateurs built the arc.
Professionals built the Titanic!"