This world is but a canvas to our imagination 

— Henry David Thoreau

We don’t see things the way they are, we see things the way we are 

— Talmud

Decide what you want‚ believe you can have it‚ believe you deserve it‚ and believe it’s possible for you  

— Jack Canfield

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous 

— Abd-el-Kadar

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear 

— Socrates

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity 

— Louis Pasteur

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out 

— Robert Collier

Live out of your imagination‚ not your history 

—  Stephen Covey

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self 

— Hindu Proverb

No man is happy who does not think himself so 

— Publilius Syrus

How exciting are your dreams? Most people don’t aim too high and miss--they aim too low and hit! 

— Bob Moawad

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away? 

— Lord Chesterfield

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals 

— Anonymous

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

Opportunity...often it comes in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat 

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Author Unknown

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades 

— Mme. Du Deffand

A man’s errors are his portals of discovery  

— James Joyce

I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be  

— Ken Venturi

Change yourself and fortune will change with you 

— Portugese Proverb