Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt The purpose of life is a life of purpose
- Robert Byrne


Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
- James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), Author of Peter Pan
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.
- Sandra Carey
Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.
- R. Duvall
Try not to be a person of success. But rather a person of value.
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Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts.
- Sir Winston Churchill
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
- Norman R. Augustine
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
- Henry Drummond
The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
- Samuel Johnson
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.