Generations

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. 

~ Nelson Henderson 

Do what you do for the future. 

Success

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. 

~ Robert Collier 

Each day moves forward into the future. 

Wake up

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. 

~ Paul Valery 

Wake up each day to move forward. 

Do the Best

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. 

~ Thomas Carlyle 

Do the best possible, each day. 

Inward View

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. 

~ Benjamin Franklin 

What does your inward view show you? 

Contribute

You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution. 

~ Robert F Kennedy 

What do you do to contribute? 

Make the Move.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. 

~ Wayne Gretzky 

Take the shot. 

Do It Well

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well. 

~ Henry W Longfellow 

Do It Well 

Balance

Life is like riding a bicycle. 

To keep your balance you must keep moving. 

~ Albert Einstein 

Balance in life keeps us going. 

Something to Love

The grand essentials of life are something to do, something to love, something to hope for. 

~ Thomas Chalmers 

What is it that you love? 

Turning Tide

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hand on one minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. 

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Wait for the turning tide. 

Storms

Storms make oaks take roots. 

~ Proverb 

The dark days serve to recognize the illumination. 

Best Way

The best way out is always through. 

~ Robert Frost 

Move through the day. 

Purpose

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes. 

~ Kenneth Hildebrand 

Do you know your purpose? 

Float

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. 

~ Louisa May Alcott 

Sometimes just float. 

Be Pleasing

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system. 

~ Benjamin Disraeli 

What do others find pleasing? 

Help Yourself

Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 

~ Sophocles 

Heaven helps those who help themselves. 

Light Inside

Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. ~ Sir Thomas Brown 

There is light inside each soul. 

Adventure

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as an art. 

~ Maya Angelou

Adventure happens every day. 

Journey of the Soul

The only journey is the journey within.

 ~ Rainer Maria Rilke 

The journey of the soul is the only journey there is. 

Forward or Back

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary, one either progresses or retrograde. 

~ Mme Du Deffand 

Are we going forward? 

Aim

A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim. 

~ Thomas Fuller 

Aim to hit the target. 

Balance

The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart. ~ William Hazlitt 

Where do you live, in the head or the heart? 

Light the Day

Amazing how we can light tomorrow with today. 

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

Colour the day. 

Bold

In doubtful matters boldness is everything. 

~ Publilius Syrus 

Decisiveness and full speed ahead. 

Right Attitude

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. 

~ Thomas Jefferson 

The right attitude makes each day better. 

Dreams Come True

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. 

~ Leon J Suenes 

Work makes dreams come true. 

Reputation

Along with success comes the reputation for wisdom.

 ~ Euripides 

Perspective creates the reputation. 

From the Inside

The power of imagination makes us infinite. 

~ John Muir 

Ideas come from an unknown place.

Dream

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. 

~ Pamela Starr 

Dream your dreams. 

Respect

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. 

~ Bruce Lee 

What you learn becomes part of you. 

Reality

Reality is only an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 

~ Albert Einstein 

Reality is a mix of what is and what you think about it. 

Success

Impatience never commanded success. 

~ Edwin H Chapin 

The way to success is through. 

Purpose of Life

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. 

~ Robert Byrne 

What is your purpose? 

Choose Your Path

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move. 

~ Katherine Hepburn 

Choose the path of your life. 

Dream Big

Dream big and dare to fail. 

~ Norman Vaughan 

Accepting risk is daring to fail. 

The Best You

No star is lost once we have seen it. We always may be what we might have been. 

~ Adelaide Proctor 

Be the best you every day. 

Do It

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. 

Willing is not enough; we must do. 

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

The most important thing in life is to live it. 

Friends

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself. 

~ Menander 

Friends are a reflection of self. 

Purpose

Purpose is what gives life a meaning. 

~ CH Parkhurst 

What is your purpose? 

Make a Goal

A goal is a dream with a deadline. 

~ Napoleon Hill 

What dream will you give a deadline? 

Progress

Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations. 

~ Berthold Aurbach 

Make a little progress each day. 

Wake Up

Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes. 

~ Carl Jung 

Are you awake? 

Beauty pf Dreams

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt 

Do you believe? 

Be You

Inisist on yourself. Never imitate. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Be the genuine you. 

Experience

Years teach us more than books. 

~ Berthold Auerbach

Experience teaches us more than all else. 

Best Success

Men’s best successes come after their disappointments. 

~ Henry Ward Beecher 

Keep moving forward after a disappointment. 

Wisdom

Everything that happens to us leaves some traces behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

Each experience makes us wiser. 

Success

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to pleases everyone. 

~ Herbert Bayard Swope 

Take the time to create your formula for success. 

Solitude

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. 

~ James Russel Lowell 

How much private time do you have each day?