When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.
John LennonDifficult doesn’t mean impossible. It simply means that you have to work hard.
UnknownThe best way to predict the future is to create it.
Peter DruckerOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen KellerIf you want to be happy, be.
Leo TolstoyWe are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeA person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert EinsteinLife isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard ShawAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William JamesI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. EdisonI will prepare and some day my chance will come.
Abraham LincolnPeace begins with a smile.
Mother TeresaWhen I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham LincolnBe miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done it's always your choice.
Wayne DyerOnce we accept our limits we go beyond them.
Albert EinsteinTeach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
BuddhaIt’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert EinsteinDon’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.
Bob MarleyI've learned that no matter what happens or how bad it seems today life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
Maya AngelouThose who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
BuddhaWhere there's a will, there's always a way.
Bob MarleyWhatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.
W. Clement StoneHe is able who thinks he is able.
BuddhaIt is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
Paulo CoelhoWhen you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
BuddhaThe pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston ChurchillThere has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BuddhaAs long as I have rice to eat and pure water to drink I can find joy within.
ConfuciusThe beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
AristotleI, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day today and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho MarxPeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
Paulo CoelhoYou never fail until you stop trying
Albert EinsteinAll the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Francis of AssisiLove the whole world as a mother lovers her only child.
BuddhaRemember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Dalai LamaThe course of true love never did run smooth.
William ShakespeareAnyone can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.
AristotleAll virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
AristotleCome what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
William ShakespeareDon't worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham LincolnMost folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham LincolnBe vigilant, guard your mind against negative thoughts.
BuddhaStart by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of AssisiLife has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.
Alanis MorissetteWhat you're thinking is what you're becoming.
Muhammad AliEverything's gonna be all right!
Bob MarleyAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.
BuddhaGive the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.
BuddhaTrust in dreams for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Kahlil GibranOur doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William ShakespeareThe best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark TwainWe can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Helen KellerThe mind is everything. What you think you become.
BuddhaI have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Rabindranath TagoreThere are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisDo not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
ConfuciusIf you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
Rabindranath TagoreWe ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother TeresaWhoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity, so the wise man knows no hatred
BuddhaThat some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Abraham LincolnIf you need something desperately and find it, this is not an accident; your own craving and compulsion leads you to it.
Herman HesseEvery human being is the author of his own health or disease.
BuddhaNo pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen KellerYou did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better, you’ll do better.
Maya AngelouLet yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
BuddhaBe happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Mother TeresaYou can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
BuddhaDo not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin FranklinNow my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Dr. SeussI speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
Albert EinsteinIf you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
Paulo CoelhoNever give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.
Paulo CoelhoMy goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is, and why it exists at all.
Stephen HawkingI never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad AliYou can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural and enjoyable.
Deepak ChopraTurn your scars into stars.
Robert H. SchullerThe burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
Rabindranath TagoreEvery problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Richard BachLet a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
BuddhaHas this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisOur real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments, but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
Joseph AddisonMarch on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on and fear not the thorns or the sharp stones on life's path.
Kahlil GibranIf things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
AristotleEndure and persist, this pain will turn to good by and by.
OvidIt ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
Colin PowellKeep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen KellerIf a man's mind becomes pure his surroundings will also become pure.
BuddhaI have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Agatha ChristieWhen it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine any more, there's a rainbow in the clouds.
Maya AngelouIn poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.
AristotleConcentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
William FeatherBorn out of concern for all beings.
BuddhaDo not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David ThoreauYou cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from making nests in your hair.
ConfuciusIt is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
AristotleI find hope in the darkest of days and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai LamaImpossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.
Muhammad AliDoing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see it growth but it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see it damage but it does by days.
BuddhaThe empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William ShakespeareFailures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
C. S. LewisWe should feel sorrow but not sink under its oppression.
ConfuciusWheresoever you go, go with all your heart
ConfuciusGod puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us, in the dreariest and most dreaded moments, can see a possibility of hope.
Maya AngelouEvery dog must have his day.
Jonathan SwiftDoubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Kahlil GibranLet me embrace thee sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William ShakespeareI am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert EinsteinLife is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Henry FordTo delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
George SantayanaI believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Albert EinsteinIf you look into your own heart and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
ConfuciusThere is having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you it will be the best seasons at all times.
BuddhaThe gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert EinsteinIf I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Abraham LincolnAnd will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
Dr. SeussLife is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
Muhammad AliOnly a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
Muhammad AliMiracles only happen if you believe in miracles.
Paulo CoelhoWhen someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
Paulo CoelhoThousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.
BuddhaNeither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds.
BuddhaI do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Harvey FiersteinTime and the hour run through the roughest day.
William ShakespeareA lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of like 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'
EminemPositive rights are the right to shelter the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are I would call them more properly political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.
P. J. O'RourkeBut this thing stinks. It's not good for me. And the unfortunate thing is that you potentially dealt with something that you have to face for the rest of your life. And like I said the protocol wasn't followed and there is no backup sample to confirm what they say is a positive test.
Lance ArmstrongWe don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.
Hillary Clinton[OK maybe he's not exactly smiling. But Bryant sure seems to be taking his severe ankle sprain in stride. Instead of gnashing his teeth the 26-year-old Lakers star (and fiery competitor) has sounded philosophical and upbeat in TV interviews.] I think eventually it'll make us a better team ... It's a positive thing.
Kobe Bryant