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

— JK Galbraith

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom 

— Bertrand Russell

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia 

— Author Unknown

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances 

— Benjamin Franklin

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it’s about learning to dance in the rain  

— Anonymous

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall 

— Confucius

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will 

— Vince Lombardi

What you focus on with thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience, whether or not it’s something you want  

— Bob Doyle

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness 

—  Chinese Proverb

There are two very difficult things in the world. One is to make a name for oneself and the other is to keep it 

— Walter Schumann

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible  

— Tony Robbins

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value 

— Albert Einstein

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  

— Lao Tzu

This above all: to thine own self be true  

— William Shakespeare

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other  

— Walter Elliot

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one 

— Elbert Hubbard

It is not length of life, but depth of life 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you aim at nothing, you’re sure to hit it 

— Confucius

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work  

— Thomas A. Edison

The smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promise of impossibilities 

— Thomas Babington Macaulay