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

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Doug Firebaugh

Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it 

— 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

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives  

— Tony Robbins

May you live all the days of your life 

— Jonathan Swift

If you don’t design your own life plan‚ chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much  

— Jim Rohn

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life 

— Jean Paul

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself 

— Thomas Sprat

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

By experience we find out a short way instead of a long wandering 

— Roger Ascham

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are‚ whether that view is accurate or not  

— Tony Robbins

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar  

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Paul Meyer

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything 

—  Theodore Roosevelt

Happiness depends on ourselves 

— Aristotle

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you 

— Stewart E. White

Hide not your talents, they for use were made; what’s a sun dial in the shade? 

— Benjamin Franklin