We don’t see things the way they are, we see things the way we are 

— Talmud

Happiness depends on ourselves 

— Aristotle

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

— Thomas A. Edison

Difficulties are just things to overcome‚ after all  

— Ernest Shackleton

Life isn’t about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself 

— Anonymous

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time  

— Thomas A. Edison

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes 

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Winston Churchill

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health  

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Doug Firebaugh

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen 

— Frank Lloyd Wright

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself 

— Thomas Sprat

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first 

— Shakespeare

Your life only gets better when you get better 

— Brian Tracy

The harder the conflict‚ the more glorious the triumph  

— Thomas Paine

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true 

— Leon J. Suenes

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues‚ but the parent of all the others 

—  Cicero

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity 

— Louis Pasteur

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

— Anonymous

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past‚ but by the responsibility for our future  

— George Bernard Shaw