Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

Procrastination is the seed of self-destruction.

Matthew Burton

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose - though not always what I pleased.

Lois McMaster Bujold

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

  Arthur Rubinstein

You're alive. Do something. Look. Listen. Chose. Act.

  Barbara Hall

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Carl Bard

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

Melody Beattie

My future starts when I wake up every morning ... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

Miles Davis

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it's successful outcome.

William James

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Pir Vilayat Khan

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.

Carlos Castenada