Get Out of the Way

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Get out of the way of your own success. 

Life

We must be willing to relinquish the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. 

~ Joseph Campbell 

Life is where your path takes you. 

A Better Man

The more a man knows, the more he forgives. 

~ Catherine the Great 

Rest for a moment to learn about life. 

Push through to Victory

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before. 

~ Polybius 

When the goal is within reach, push forward to get it. 

Learn From Others

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. 

~ Socrates 

Gain wisdom from the experience of others.

Learn A Little All the Time

Man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. 

~ Will Rogers 

Learn what you can every day. 

Conqueror

He who conquers others is strong; 

He who conquers himself is mighty. 

~ Lao Tsu 

The beginning of all journeys begins with ourselves. 

Know Thyself

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do. 

~ Menander 

Develop your value by increasing your skills. 

Do Good

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. 

~ Socrates 

Learn, Grow, Be a Better You. 

Practice

Practice yourself in little things, 

and thence proceed to greater. 

~ Epictetus 

Practice until it's second nature. 

To the Best

Live up to the best that is in you. 

~ Henry W Longfellow 

Make the best better. 

Answers

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly. 

~ Marquise du Deffand 

Our answers are found inside. 

Risk the Growth

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. 

~ Herbert Otto 

What risk did you take today? 

Happiest Life

The happiest life is that which is constantly exercises and educates what is best in us. 

~ Hamerton 

What do you decide to learn each day? 

What are you capable of?

If we all did the things we are capable of, 

we would astound ourselves. 

~ Thomas Edison 

Imagine the best you can be... be that.

Walk with Enthusiasm

Success is walking from failure to failure with no less enthusiasm. 

~ Winston Churchill 

The chance is yours today. 

Take Nothing for Granted

Take nothing for granted. 

I now have only good days or great days.  

~ Lance Armstrong 

Appreciate what the day brings to you. 

Follow Your Heart

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow! 

~ Norman Vincent Peale 

Make it so you can't not move forward. 

Uncut Diamond Moments

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Recognize the special moments of each day. 

Eyes of a Child

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child. 

~ Ron Wild

We spend our lives growing up only to learn that we should be childlike. 

Learning

A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new. 

~ Albert Einstein 

Learning comes when we don't stop doing. 

Keep Moving

But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. 

If you keep moving, you know you are growing. 

Life's Moments

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. 

~ Fran Lebowitz 

Every moment is your life. 

Prove Yourself

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. 

~ Maya Angelou 

Do something you deem worthy. 

Falling Forward

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes you fall. Sometimes, when you fall, you fly. 

~ Neil Gaiman 

Sometimes we move forward at the most unexpected times. 

What We Are

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. 

~ Kurt Vonnegut 

We know what we are by what we do. 

Become More

Do one thing every day that scares you. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt 

Stretch who you are. 

When We Love

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

~ Paulo Coelho 

Loving moves us forward. 

Bloom

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful flower of all. 

Bloom where you are planted. 

Creation

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. 

~ Saul Bellow

If you feel it, the creation is well done.