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“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were and ask 'why not'?”
John F. Kennedy
“Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.”
Chilon of Sparta
“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths… Beautiful people do not just happen”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.”
Seth Godin
“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.”
Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Everybody wants loyalty, consistency and somebody who won't quit. But everybody forgets that to get that person, you have to be that person.”
Unknown
“Loyalty is what makes us trust, trust is what makes us stay, staying is what makes us love, and love is what gives us hope.”
Glenn Van Dekken
“Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you’re getting more loyalty; and out of loyalty flow other great qualities.”
Charlie "T" Jones
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ”
Christopher Reeve
“We are designed with a dreaming brain and a hopeful spirit; it is our nature to envision the life of our dreams. And while dreaming comes easy to us, we must never forget that it takes strength, dedication, and courageous action to bring that dream to life.”
Steve Maraboli
“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
Thomas Carlyle
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there.”
Zig Ziglar
“Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to her heart.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“life, seek the company of a friendly book… from the reading of ‘good books’ there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Theodor Seuss Geisel
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. ”
Mortimer J. Adler
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor Frankl
““What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.”
Eckhart Tolle
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”
James Baraz
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
Tom Bodett
“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”
Ovid
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
Barack Obama
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
Laini Taylor
“Most people are like you and me, or the people across the street or around the world from you and me. Just like you and me, their hearts tell them that somewhere, somehow, they can make a positive difference in the world. ”
William Baker