words of wisdom

“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.” —Jim Rohn

“Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.” —Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” —Christopher Columbus

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.” —Helen Keller

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.’ —Mark Twain

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —J.K.

Rowling

“I’m not afraid... I was BORN for this!” —Joan of Arc

“Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.” —Anonymous

“We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” —N. Scott Momaday

“There is a fire inside. Sit down beside it. Watch the flames, the ancient, flickering dance of yourself.” —John MacEnulty

“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.” —William Jennings Bryan

“I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.” —Japanese Haiku

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Life is not discovery of fate; it is continuous creation of future, through choices of thoughts, feelings and actions in the present.” —Sanjay Sahay

“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” —John Mason

“Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves?” —Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.” —John Farrar

“The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.” —Irene C. Kassorla

“Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want.” —Alan Cohen

“Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.” —Eric Hoffer

“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein

“Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.” —Albert Einstein

“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart.” —Pearl S. Buck