Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still  

— Chinese Proverb

May you live all the days of your life 

— Jonathan Swift

Employ you time in improving yourself by other mans writings so that you shall come easy what others have laboured hard for 

— Socrates

There are two very difficult things in the world. One is to make a name for oneself and the other is to keep it 

— Walter Schumann

Life is too short‚ so kiss slowly‚ laugh insanely‚ love truly and forgive quickly  

— Author Unknown

Opportunities? They are all around us...there is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it 

— Orison Swett Marden

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop 

— Confucius

Most misfortunes are the result of misused time 

— Napoleon Hill

I will prepare and some day my chance will come  

— Abraham Lincoln

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character 

— Joseph Le Conte

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives  

— Tony Robbins

Don’t find fault, find a remedy 

—  Henry Ford

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action 

— Benjamin Disraeli

Your life only gets better when you get better 

— Brian Tracy

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other  

— Walter Elliot

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken 

— Norman Douglas

Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats 

— A. Branson Alcott

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing 

— Helen Keller

Really great people always see the best in others; it is the little man who looks for the worst and finds it 

— Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well 

— Anonymous