“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~Winston Churchill

"Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them." ~ Jack Canfield

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." ~ Colin Powell

"Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live." ~ Anne Sweeney

"You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you pass." ~ Leon Brown

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." ~ Mother Teresa

"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false." ~ Bertrand Russell

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~ Anna Quindlen

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ~ Gandhi

"Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come." ~ Mario Quintana

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for potential." ~ Ellen Goodman

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." ~ Edith Wharton

"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” ~ Mark Twain

"If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them." ~ Erno Rubik

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." ~ Saint Augustine

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." ~ Fred Rogers

“You don’t just work during the day, but you work during the night and need to be accessible.” ~ Craig Luedeman