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

Enzo D'Alimonte

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Buddha

Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Willis Whitney

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

Laura Preble

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

Miles Davis

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

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

Henry David Thoreau

Laugh like nothings funny, sing like no one can hear, breathe like your nose is runny, dance like its all your fear, shout to every star, and remember cuz its not just your past, let your soul be carried a far, and then you will be able to live like its your last.

Kaitlyn Myers

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Abigail Adams

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Orson Welles

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

Carlos Castenada