Winston Churchhill once gave a speech containing only six words. "Never, never, never, ever, give up."
"We must be willing to get rid of the life that we've planned, so as
to have the life that is waiting for us."
-- Joseph Campbell
"I have not failed 10,000 times, I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work."
-Edison
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."
-Henry Ford
"Don't find fault. Find a remedy!"
-Henry Ford
"I shall pass thru this world but once. Any good that I
can do, or any kindness I can show any human being, let me do it now and not defer it. For I shall not pass this way again."
-Stephen Greller
"Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we
will not ourselves find peace."
-Albert Schweitzer
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a
little better, because I was important in the life of a child."
-Forest Witcraft
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Freedom-- that’s just some people talking; your prison is walking through this world all alone."
-The Eagles, "Desperado"
"Out of the strain of the doing, into the peace of the
done."
-Judy Woodruff
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
-Michael Jordan
"The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that
lead to new beginnings."
-Ralph Blum {Author}
"We can do anything we want to, as long as we stick to it long enough."
-Helen Keller
"Every time we teach a child something, we prevent him from inventing it himself."
-Jean Piaget
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." --Frederick Douglass
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
-John Dewey
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our
abilities."
-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets
"It's like the small ripple...enough small ripples of change add up to an ocean of difference"
"Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our
lack of knowledge."
-Kristen Stendahl
Don't feel threatened by things you may not know--ask questions!
"the journey IS the reward"
"progress, not perfection"
"Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races one after another."
"If you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you've always gotten. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!"
"If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others."