“The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.”

- Stephen Covey

“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.”

- Sarah Bernhardt

“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

"The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness."

- Pierre Trudeau

“The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.”

- Eminem

"The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling."

- Hugh Latimer

‎"The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously!"

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

- E. E. Cummings

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't."

- Richard Bach

“In the absence of will-power the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.”

- Aleister Crowley

‎"Whatever you can do, do it today and then old age will be a delicious fruit."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

‎"'I have done my best.' That is about all the philosophy of living one needs."

- Lin Yutang

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”

- Mike Singletary

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

- John W. Gardner

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”

- George Horace Lorimer

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.”

- Julie Andrews

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

- Mahatma Ghandi

‎"The great victories are never won in the first blow."

- Johan Falkberget