• My candle burns at both its ends;

It will not last the night;

But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends --It gives a lovely light

• "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;

  an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
  - Winston Churchill

• "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a

  matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited
  for, it is a thing to be achieved."
  - Winston Churchill

• "If we all did the things we are capable of

  doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
  - Thomas Edison

• "It's time to start living the life

  you've imagined"
  - Henry James

• "No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."

  Helen Keller

• "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,

  then, is not an act, but a habit."
  - by Aristotle

• "We will either find a way, or make one."

  - by Hannibal

• "Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."

  John Cotton Dana.

• "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."

  Richard Bach

• A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

  - Bruce Lee

• "Achievement seems to be connected

  with action. Successful men and
  women keep moving. They make
  mistakes, but they don't quit."
  - Conrad Hilton

• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the

  intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one
  who gets burned.
  - by Buddha

• If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

• A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral

• As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

  - Michael Johnson
• Some things have to be believed to be seen.
  - Ralph Hodgson

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