1 Roger Staubach athlete 4088 205 Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. strength hard work 1942 0 1 William Shakespeare dramatist, poet 4053 451 No legacy is so rich as honesty. integrity honesty 1564 1616 1 Jean de La Fontaine author, fabulist 3436 687 Patience and time do more than strength or passion. motivational patience 1621 1695 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 Aristotle philosopher 4321 975 The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. teamwork helping others 384 322 1 Kurt Cobain musician 3236 1219 I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. strength believe in yourself 1967 1994 1 Brendon Burchard author, motivational speaker 3169 1338 You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today's the day. Say it; This is going to be my day. motivational motivation 0 0 1 Roger Federer professional tennis player, 5 time Wimbledon Champion 3426 1084 I fear no one, but I respect everyone. respect respect 1981 0 1 Jacques Maritain philosopher 3787 374 Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. good character gratitude 1882 1973 1 Rod Williams musician 4233 1413 Weakness is nothing more than an opportunity to grow. strength opportunity 0 0 1 Tennessee Williams dramatist 4226 526 I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. good character compassion 1914 1983 1 François Duc De La Rochefoucauld writer, moralist 3337 496 Hope, deceitful though it be, is at least of this good use to us that while we are traveling through this life, it conducts us by an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end. hope hope 1613 1680 1 Muriel Rukeyser poet 4007 795 I think there is choice possible at any moment to us, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. strength right choices 1913 1980 1 William James psychologist, philosopher, author 4541 0 The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. inspirational giving back 1842 1910 1 Rod Williams musician 4231 1414 You can't change your past, and your future has not happened. Focus your energy on enjoying the moment you are living right now. motivational live life 0 0 1 Michael Edwards 3359 211 Good men prefer to be accountable. responsibility right choices 0 0 1 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] author, humorist 4174 988 A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. inspirational patience 1835 1910 1 Herman Melville novelist, poet 3813 870 Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses — for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it. strength strength 1819 1891 1 Captain Donald Williams astronaut 4235 261 For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. peace unity 1942 0 1 Chinese Proverb 4474 0 If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody. good character helping others 0 0 1 J.B. Morgan and Ewing Webb authors 3043 969 When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen. hope foresight 0 0 1 Ayn Rand writer, philosopher 3953 733 The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. courage confidence 1905 1982 1 Mohandas Gandhi Indian political and spiritual leader 3489 9 I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. hope hard work 1869 1948 1 Nathaniel Hawthorne writer 3563 478 No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. good character honesty 1804 1864 1 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe philosopher, scientist, author 3519 912 Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. courage believe in yourself 1749 1832 1 Charles Dickens novelist 3311 1095 The world is not a dream, but a reality, of which we are the chief part, and in which we must be up and doing something...Come out into the world about you, be it either wide or limited. Sympathize, not in thought only, but in action, with all about you. Make yourself known and felt for something that would be loved and missed, in twenty thousand little ways, if you were to die; then your life will be a happy one, believe me. good character making a difference 1812 1870 1 Charles Caleb Colton clergyman, author 3243 346 True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. friendship friendship 1780 1832 1 Thomas Henry Huxley biologist 3604 751 Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect, are the qualities which make a real gentleman, or lady, as distinguished from the veneered article which commonly goes by that name. good character character 1825 1895 1 Chinese Proverb 3905 862 Even a toad has four ounces of strength. hope believe in yourself 0 0 1 Benjamin Franklin politician, writer, scientist 3468 287 I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody. leadership leadership 1706 1790 1 Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President 3738 881 Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. achievement hard work 1809 1865 1 Jonas Salk 4017 1466 Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, Wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them. love preparation 0 0 1 John Webster dramatist 4559 0 The soul was never put in the body to stand still. inspirational soul 1580 1634 1 Anonymous 4291 1144 Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. courage courage 0 0 1 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe philosopher, scientist, author 3524 1019 A leaf that is supposed to grow is full of wrinkles and creases before it develops; if one doesn't have the patience and wants the leaf to be as smooth as a willow leaf from the start, then there is a problem. achievement hard work 1749 1832 1 Benjamin Disraeli Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 3324 1356 Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions. inspirational soul 1804 1881 1 Emily Dickinson poet 3313 489 Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all. hope hope 1830 1886 1 Sarah Patton Boyle American civil rights activist 3884 906 Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong. courage courage 0 0 1 Bette Davis Bette Davis 3284 1 Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. motivational hard work 1908 1989 1 David Armistead professor 3055 909 Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware. responsibility trust 0 0