“Do not plan for ventures before finishing what’s at hand.” ~ Euripides
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” ~ H. L. Hunt
“Chance favors only the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur
“Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” ~ Rosalynn Carter
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” ~ Michael Jordan
“Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence.” ~ Greg Hickman
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” ~ Charles F. Kettering
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.” ~ Robert Louis
“To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.” ~ Steve Ballesteros
“To finish first, you must first finish.” ~ Rick Mears
“All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.” ~ Earl Nightingale
“A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.” ~ Anonymous
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” ~ Stephen Covey
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~ Albert Camus
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” ~ Elbert Hubberd
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” ~ James Allen
“Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.” ~ Juvenal
“It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.” ~ Queen of Sweeden