In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia 

— Anonymous

When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are 

— Richard Hooker

A man’s errors are his portals of discovery  

— James Joyce

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash 

— George S. Patton

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant 

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Here’s the question I would ask you to consider; do you treat yourself the way you want other people to treat you? 

—  James Ray

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do  

— Henry Ford

Always do your best. What you plant now‚ you will harvest later  

— Og Mandino

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution 

— Robert F. Kennedy

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions 

— Wendell Holmes

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work  

— Thomas A. Edison

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals 

— Goethe

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose 

— Michel de Montaigne

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for 

— Socrates

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment  

— Tony Robbins

We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts 

— Madeleine Lengle

The less people speak of their greatness the more we think of it 

— Lord Bacon

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail 

— Harold R. McAlindon

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow 

— Doug Firebaugh

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration 

— Evan Esar