First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus

Nothing happens until I make it happen.

Scott Wilson

You get what you focus on.

David Justus

In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Our very business in life is not to get ahead of others ... But to get ahead of ourselves.

Thomas L. Monson

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

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

Comet de Buffon

There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them.

Laura Preble

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Herbert Spencer

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Benjamin Franklin

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

Toni Cade Bambera

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas Edison