"If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If you can't run a hundred miles, then just run one.”

- Mother Teresa

“There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.”

- Sean Connery

“Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.”

- Paul Tillich

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”

- Malcolm Forbes

“Things to remember: 1) The worth of character; 2) The improvement of talent; 3) The influence of example; 4) The joy of origination; 5) The dignity of simplicity; 6) The success of perseverance.”

- Marshall Field

“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.”

- Felix Adler

“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”

-Robin Williams as T. S. Garp in his first dramatic role based on The World According to Garp by John Irving

“It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.”

- Garrison Keillor

“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

- Andy Warhol

“Our thoughts create our reality...where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.”

- Peter McWilliams

“Life is never easy for those who dream.”

- Robert James Waller