“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ” ~ David McCullough
“We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions…this especially applies to what we used to call bad things…the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.” ~ James Redfield
“You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.” ~ Lou Holtz
”If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” ~ Maya Angelou
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~ Lou Holtz
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world” ~ Helen Keller
“None but ourselves can free our minds.” ~ Bob Marley
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” ~ Harper Lee
“A good friend will always stab you in the front.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~ Dr. Seuss
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” ~ Marilyn Monroe
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
~ William W. Purkey
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss
“Study the past if you would define the future.” ~ Confucius
“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” ~ William Feather
“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
“If your mind tells your body to stop, you will stop. Train your mind first and enslave your body to it.” ~ Unknown
“The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger