A friend is a gift you give yourself.   Robert Louis Stevenson

A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. Cinderella

Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease 

Florence Scovel Shinn

A bad attitude cancels all other positive skills.

A happy person is not a person in a ceratin set of circumstances, but rather a person  with a certain set of attitudes.   Hugh Downs

I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change but till I try I'll never know.

From the song "Defying Gravity" in the play "Wicked" 

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1869-1948, Led India to Independence

"Nerves and butterflies are fine - they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick."

- Steve Bull

"Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think and Grow Rich

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

Michelangelo
1475-1564, Sculptor, Painter and Architect

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

 ~Albert Einstein

"When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to."

- N. Smith

"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory."

Diane Arbus
1923-1971, Photographer

Give me my chance and give me my wings and don't make me think about every day things.

From the song "Extra-ordinary" from the show "Pippin"

"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think and Grow Rich

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“Positive energy is your priceless life force. Protect it. Don't allow people to draw from your reserves; select friends who recharge your energies . . . I'm not asking you to cut people out of your life, but I am asking you to invest your time with people who will push you to be your best. Winners love to see other people win.” 

― Chalene Johnson

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France 1844-1924, Poet, Journalist, and Novelist