Friedrich Schiller-


" Mankind is made great or little by its own will. "

Robert Louis Stevenson-


" Judge each day not by the harvest you reap 
but by the seeds you plant. "

Amelia Barr-


" It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. "

William James-


" Believe that life is worth living 
and your belief will help create the fact. "

Seneca-

" Begin at once to live, 
and count each separate day as a separate life. "

Bruce Barton-


" Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trail and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. "

Abraham Lincoln-

" He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. "

Buddha-


" The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. "

Rick Perry-


" America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and minds of the people. "

Aristotle-


" Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. "

Aristotle-


" Love is a composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. "

Aristotle-


" The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. "

Vince Lombardi-

“ The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ”



Jay-Z -

" I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter."



Jay-Z -

" I'm a mirror. If your're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's becuase you are. "

Jay-Z -

"  Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If your're big enough, people are drawn to you. "

Denzel Washington-

"  I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me spiritually and financially. "

Will Smith-

" I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. "



Martin Lawrence-

" If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate. "

Will Ferrell-

" All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead. "

Abu Bakr-

" Knowledge is the life of the mind. "



Henry Ford-

" Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to worthwhile achievement. "



Tiger Woods-

" I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for getting paid for doing what you love. "



John Wooden-

" Do not let what you can not do; interfere with what you can do. "



Trina Paulus-

" How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar. "



Charles De Gaulle-

" Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. "

John Milton-

" The mind is its own place, and in itself can amke a heaven of Hell, and hell of Heaven. "



Wallace D. Wattles-

" you can not retain a true and clear vision of wealth if you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures, whether they be external or imaginary. "

Spryte Loriano-

" Every great story on the planet happened when someone decided not to give up, but kept going no matter what. "



Ralph Waldo Emerson-

" The creation of a thousand forests is in one acron. "



Conrad Hilton-

" Success....seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. "



Beverly Adamo-

" It's not abou ttime, it's about choices. How are you spending yoru choices? "



Ralph Waldo Emerson-

" The world is his, who can see through its pretensions.... See it to be a lie, and you have already dealth it its mortal blow. "



Eric Hoffer-

" Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. "



Corrie Ten Boom-

" Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. "



Ednita Nazario-

" I have to trust what I do and then do it. "



J.C. Penny-

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.”



Robert Anthony-

“You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.”

Muhammad Ali-

" I hated every minute of training, but I said, " Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champoin. "

Mother Teresa-

" Each one of them is Jesus in disguise. "



David Brinkley-

" A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others ahve thrown at him. "



Jesse Ventura-

" Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud. "

Leif Garrett-

" I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation. "



Ian Somerhalder-

" I'm not a negative person. "





Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-

" I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. "



St. Francis of Assisi-

" It was easy to love God in all that is beautiful.  The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things. "



Jesus Christ-

" Love your enimies, Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. "



Heraclitus-

" Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have unclutured souls. "

Havelock Ellis-

" All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. "



Abraham Joshua Heschel-

" When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. "

William Shakespeare-

" How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music
 Creep in our ears, soft stillness and the night
 Becomes the touches of sweet harmony. "