People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.

Stedma

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

All life is a chance. The person who goes farthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

  Dale Carnegie

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Toni Cade Bambera

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

Mark Twain

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

  Barbara Hall

Demand the best from yourself, because others will demand the best from you... Successful people don't simply give a project hard work. They give it their best work.

Win Borden

I think I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Booker T. Washington

It's not enough to be busy. The question is, what are we busy about?

Henry David Thoreau

To be successful in life, gravitate towards the standard of excellence, not the standard of acceptance.

Enzo D'Alimonte

You get what you focus on.

David Justus

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before going to bed.

Bernard Baruch