To do anything in this world worth
doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the
cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well
as we can. Sydney Smith No pessimist ever discovered the
secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or
opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller Doug Larson Some of the world's greatest feats
were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they
were impossible. Sometimes you have to look reality in
the eyes and deny it. Garrison Kellor Our strength is often composed of the
weakness we're damned if we're going to show. Mignon McLaughlin Unknown There is not always
'tomorrow'. My mind to me an empire is. Thomas Paine Is life so dear and peace so sweet as
to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid
it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take,
but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry Marcus Washling Those at the top of the mountain
didn't fall there. Don't go where the path leads. Rather
go where there is no path and leave a trail. Unknown Be more concerned with your character
than your reputation, because your character is what you
really are, while your reputation is merely what others
think you are. John Wooden Unknown Sometimes it takes the worst to bring
out the best in you. Do it trembling if you must, but do
it! Unknown I am only one. But I am one. I can't
do everything. But I can do something. And what I can do.
That I ought to do. And by the grace of God I shall
do. Helen Keller English Proverb Don't fall before you're
pushed. Don't be afraid to speak your mind,
even if your voice shakes. Unknown Do not feel entitled to anything you
do not sweat or struggle for. Marian Wright Edelman Rumi You were born with wings. Why prefer
to crawl through life? The big question is whether you are
going to be able to say a hearty yes to your
adventure. Joseph Campbell People who say it cannot be done
should not interrupt those who are doing it. Unknown Booker T. Washington I will permit no man to narrow and
degrade my soul by making me hate him. Hope is a good thing; maybe the best
of things. And no good thing ever dies. "Shawshank Redemption" Character is made by what you stand
for; reputation, by what you fall for. Robert Quillen Confucius It does not matter how slowly you go,
so long as you do not stop. The difference between perseverance
and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will,
and the other from a strong won't. Henry Ward Beecher Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be
stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.
Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your
work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the
miracle. Phillips Brooks Eric Hoffer In a time of drastic change it is the
learners who survive; the 'learned' find themselves fully
equipped to live in a world that no longer
exists. Kindness is the ability to love
someone more than they deserve. Unknown I am not afraid of the pen, or the
scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I
please. Mother Mary Jones Mary Lyon Trust in God - and do
something. Bravery is the capacity to perform
properly even when scared half to death. General Omar Bradley The philosphers have only interpreted
the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change
it. Karl Marx Benjamin Franklin If you would not be forgotten as soon
as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do
things worth writing. God gave burdens, also
shoulders. Yiddish proverb If you're feeling low, don't despair.
Remember, the sun has a sinking spell every night, but it
comes back up every morning. Unknown Jacob A. Riis Look at a stone cutter hammering away
at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a
crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it
will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that
did it, but all that had gone before. What we do for ourselves dies with us;
what we do for others and the world remains and is
immortal. Albert Pine The greater part of our happiness or
misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our
circumstances. Martha Washington Goodwin, Jim The impossible is often the
untried. You will only be remembered for two
things: the problems you solve or the ones you
create. Mike Murdock
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