“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” ~ Charles Swindoll
“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” ~ Swedish Proverb
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” ~ Colin Powell
“Today is just a good day in disguise.” ~ Paul Venghaus
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
“Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.” ~ Vince McMahon
“The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.” ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“When you’re following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves.” ~ Shakti Gawain
“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” ~ Mary Kay Ash
“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” ~ Democritus
“It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.” ~ Paul Bryant
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” ~ Charles C. Noble
“Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.” ~ Jacques Barzun
“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.” ~ Confucius
“We become what we think about all day long.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’” ~ Lao Tzu
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” ~ David Brinkley
“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.” ~ Bo Bennett
“It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.” ~ John Wooden