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

— Richard Hooker

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day 

— Thornton Wilder

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? 

— Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be  

— Abraham Lincoln

The man who wins may have lost the wind several times, but he never lets down his sails 

— Author Unknown

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

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live 

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often it 

— W. Somerset Maugham

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will 

— Vince Lombardi

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you 

— Stewart E. White

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true 

— Leon J. Suenes

The unexamined life is not worth living 

— Socrates

Men's best successes come after their disappointments 

— Henry Ward Beecher

Leave no stone unturned 

— Edward Bulwer Lytton

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

— Orison Swett Marden

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

— Tony Robbins

Never regret. If it’s good‚ it’s wonderful. If it’s bad‚ it’s experience 

—  Victoria Holt

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible 

— Arthur C. Clarke

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom 

— Bertrand Russell