Martin Luther King Jr.-

" History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. "

Lady Gaga-

" I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I'd fail, I said to him , 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.' "

Erma Bomback-

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I wold not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. "

Wilma Rudolph-

" I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened. "

 

Richard M. Nixon-

" Never let your head hang down. Never give up and site down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr.-

 " Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. "



Socrates-

" The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. "



Anais Nin-

" Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. "



Paul J. Meyer-

" Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon… must inevitably come to pass. "

Ronald E. Osborn-

" Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. "

Zig Ziglar-

" Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther. "

Leonardo Da Vinci-

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. "

Socrates-

" Employ your time in improving yourself by other man's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.  "

 

Plato-

" Hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. "

Oprah Winfrey-

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. "

 

Thomas Edison-

" Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. "

Confucius-

" Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. "

Steve Jobs-

" It's hard to tell with these Internet start-ups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up. "

Frank Sinatra-

" People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. "

Donald Trump-

" Everything in life is luck. "

Corrie Ten Boom-

" Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of it's strength. "

Albert Camus-

" In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. "

Muhatma Gandhi-

" The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. "

Kobe Bryant-

" I'm chasing perfection. "

John Candy-

" As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything. "

David Weatherford-


" We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness. "

Maya Angelo-

“Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you… yet, someone survived… You can do anything you choose to do.”

Wayne Gretzky-

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”

Karen Lamb-

“A year from now you will wish you had started today.”

Catherine Ponder-

" When you realize that prosperity is your divine  heritage, you should persist in claiming it. "

Jerry Gillies-

" Wealth is not a material gain, but a state of mind. "

Albert Einstein-

" A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe, " a part limited in the time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security. "

Anais Nin-

" There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do. "

Adam Weishaupt-

" The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. "



Alexander Pope-

" To err is human; to forgive, divine. "

 

 



Voltaire-

" Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The Truth tho hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. "





Andrew Carnegie-


" People who are unable to motivate themseleves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. "





 
John D. Rockafeller-
 
" If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. "



J.P. Morgan-

"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."

              

Paulo Coelho-

" If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. "

Carl Gustov Jung-

" Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. "

George Mason-

" A few years experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings. "

Harry S. Truman-

“We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your community…men who are endeavoring to be better citizens…[and] to make a great country greater. This is the only institution in the world where we can meet on the level all sorts of people who want to live rightly.”

Adam Weishaupt-

" Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. "

 

Vince Lombardi-

" Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. "



Brian Tracy-

" All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distand vision, that goal ro purpose. "



Thomas Jefferson-

" Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. "