When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are 

— Richard Hooker

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter 

— B C Forbes

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking 

— JK Galbraith

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live 

— Elbert Hubbard

The more man meditates upon good thoughts‚ the better will be his world and the world at large  

— Confucius

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra 

— Jimmy Johnson

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us 

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving 

— Dennis Waitley

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves 

— Thomas Edison

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow 

— Doug Firebaugh

Experience is the child of thought and thought is the child of action 

— Benjamin Disraeli

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls 

— Winston Churchill

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well 

— Henry W. Longfellow

The unexamined life is not worth living 

— Socrates

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results  

— Tony Robbins

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

— Jack Canfield

Here’s the question I would ask you to consider; do you treat yourself the way you want other people to treat you? 

—  James Ray

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness  

— Sophocles

What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of things to be grateful for 

—  Dr Joe Vitale

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration 

— Evan Esar