1 Norman Vincent Peale preacher, author 4512 0 Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible! optimism believe in yourself 1898 1993 1 Ralph Waldo Emerson philosopher, poet, author, essayist 3399 1130 In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep. inspirational devotion 1803 1882 1 J. E. Buckrose 3165 1460 Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again -- this is the brave and happy life. love love 0 0 1 Theoore Parker clergyman, social reformer 3876 746 Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. courage confidence 1810 1860 1 Dutch Proverb 3928 685 A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains. motivational patience 0 0 1 Rainer Maria Rilke excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet 3968 1071 I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now...the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. hope patience 1875 1926 1 Lionel Tiger anthropologist 4150 680 It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, as a source of pleasure and self-justification. Who would try to write poems, or novels, or paint pictures unless he is an optimist? optimism optimism 1937 0 1 Aristophanes dramatist 4334 564 A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. inspirational learning 448 388 1 Alice Mackenzie Swaim poet 3772 1438 Courage is not the towering oak that see storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. courage courage 0 0 1 Samuel Goldwyn U.S. film producer 3531 638 I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty. integrity loyalty 1882 1974 1 William Walton composer, conductor 4199 1154 To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee. forgiveness forgiveness 1902 1983 1 Denis Waitley motivational speaker 4195 104 Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life—purpose—is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife. inspirational, hope hope 0 0 1 Helen Keller author, lecturer, activist 3661 676 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. optimism, achievement optimism 1880 1968 1 Augustine of Hippo theologian 3864 1026 Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. good character humility 354 430 1 Unknown 4269 1272 Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. appreciation appreciation 0 0 1 Gloria Steinem American feminist, writer, editor 4091 600 Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. achievement live your dreams 1934 0 1 Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President 3627 481 It is a great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. integrity honesty 1743 1826 1 William Shakespeare dramatist, poet 4060 776 How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. hope optimism 1564 1616 1 Richard Nixon 37th U.S. President 3858 1167 Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. courage believe in yourself 1913 1994 1 Chinese Proverb 3905 862 Even a toad has four ounces of strength. hope believe in yourself 0 0 1 Orison Swett Marden author, publisher 4108 229 A will finds a way. strength determination 1850 1924 1 Chinese Proverb 3938 749 The young should be treated with respect. respect respect 0 0 1 Anne Sophie Swetchine author 4578 0 To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. love love 1782 0 1 Ralph Waldo Emerson philosopher, poet, author, essayist 3403 1173 The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. responsibility hard work 1803 1882 1 Claire Booth Luce playwright, editor, social activist 3136 471 In the final analysis, there is no other solution to a man's problems but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterance, and the day's good deed. integrity honesty 1903 1987 1 Abbie M. Dale 3277 756 To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life. responsibility responsibility 0 0 1 Norman Cousins editor, writer 3255 331 Life is an adventure in forgiveness. forgiveness forgiveness 1915 1990 1 Robert F. Kennedy 64th US Attorney General 3673 9 There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? optimism optimism 1925 1968 1 Albert Einstein theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner 3361 1448 Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. good character character 1879 1955 1 H. U. Westermayer 4458 0 The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. appreciation gratitude 0 0 1 Zig Ziglar motivational author, speaker 4266 550 The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. integrity integrity 1926 0 1 Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist 3999 448 When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. good character making a difference 1884 1962 1 R. Buckminster Fuller archtiect, engineer, inventor 3483 960 People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. inspirational ingenuity 1895 1983 1 Rudyard Kipling writer, author 4409 0 For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. leadership unity 1865 1936 1 Plutarch historian, writer 4357 720 Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. strength perseverance 46 127 1 Melodie Beattie motivational author 3105 1251 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. appreciation gratitude 0 0 1 Will Rogers actor, comic, columnist 3977 400 Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. achievement making a difference 1879 1935 1 Henry Van Dyke author, educator, clergyman 4186 1067 Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. love love 1852 1933 1 Bahaullah Prophet Founder of the Baha 4373 1316 So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. teamwork unity 1817 1892 1 Michael Edwards 3359 211 Good men prefer to be accountable. responsibility right choices 0 0