A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
~Jane Wagner
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
~Allan K. Chalmers
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.
~Christopher Reeves
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.
Calvin Coolidge
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
Calvin Coolidge
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. A people… who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. George Washington, letter to Benjamin Harrison, October 10, 1784
George Washington :
“I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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No wonder we have such a great country eh?
(More Lincoln & other Presidential quotes here: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin383153.html )
When you rush around in hopeless circles
Searching ev’rywhere for something true
You’re a t the age of not believing
When all the “make believe” is through
When you set aside your childhood heroes
And your dreams are lost up on a shelf
You’re a t the age of not believing
And worst of all you doubt yourself
You’re a castaway where no one hears you
On a barren isle in a lonely sea
Where did all the happy endings go?
Where can all the good times be?
You must face the age of not believing
Doubting ev’rything you ever knew
Until at last you start believing
There’s something wonderful…
Truly wonderful in you.
(Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Here’s to you as good as you are
Here’s to me as bad as I am.
as good as you are,
as bad as I am,
I’m as good as you are;
as bad as I am!
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind!
~ Dr. Seuss
