"I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough."

Red Skelton
1913-1997, Comedian

"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more."

 Lou Vickery,Writer

"Again and again the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made."

Robert Schuller

"When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer."

Harry Browne

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you."

Henry Ward Beecher

"Whatever you want to do, do it now.  There are only so many tomorrows."

Michael Landon, Actor best known for "Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie"

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it."
William Feather

For Olympians everwhere:

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."

Margaret Thatcher

"It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer."

Albert Einstein

"Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles."

Og Mandino

"Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate."

Jack Canfield

"Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so."
Marcia Wieder

"When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves."

Katherine Mansfield

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."
Samuel Ullman