“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ~ Denis Waitley

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words.” ~ Emily Dickinson

“It doesn’t matter who you used to be, what matters is who you’ve become.” ~ Robert Tew

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there." ~ Charles Kettering

"Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people." ~ Barbara Walters

“To accomplish anything extraordinary you must blend desire for the goal with the will to take action to achieve it. This is how you commit to making yourself do what’s right, whether you feel like it or not. The key is self-control.” ~ David Jeremiah

"Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." ~ Proverbs 21:5

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~ Mark Twain

“Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.” ~ Ruth E. Renkel

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." ~ Mother Teresa

"Saturday – a day to sleep in, past my normal waking hour. A day to relish, enjoy, and celebrate the goodness that I have been blessed with." ~ Byron Pulsifer

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." ~ Audrey Hepburn

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there." ~ Lawrence Peter 'Yogi' Berra

“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself” ~ Earl Nightingale

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something. Forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” ~ Criss Jami

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.” ~ Chad Sugg

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole. ~ Anonymous

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” ~ Aristotle

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." ~ W. Clement Stone

“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person’s day. It’s all about paying it forward.” ~ Mariska Hargitay

"Sometimes we need someone to simply be there. Not to say anything or fix anything, but to let us know they're on our side and that they care for us." ~ Brigitte Nicole

"Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant." ~ Jim Rohn

“If you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.” ~ John C. Maxwell

“I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy… I will never forget seeing what love can heal…” ~ Steve Maraboli

"You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water into a cup, it becomes the cup." ~ Bruce Lee

"So long as you've got your friends about you and a good, positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks." ~ Gail Porter

"Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right." ~ Tony Robbins

"Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy; they just promised it would be worth it." ~ Harvey Mackay