Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the
biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.

Failure is an event, not a person.  Yesterday ended last night.  Zig Ziglar

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.  Thomas Paine

When thinking about life remember this: no amount of guilt can solve the
past and no amount of anxiety can change the future. Workingwomen.com

Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you,
for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the
most of the moment you are in now.

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?”  Caroline Myss

Three things you can’t recover in life: The word after it’s said, the moment after it’s missed, and the time after it’s gone.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. -English Proverb

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”Willie Nelson 

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

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

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing.  That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair

When I let go of what I (think I) am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

Happiness is not something readymade.  It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Don’t ask for an easier life; ask to be a stronger person.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. –Beverly Sills

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”  Saint Francis of Assisi

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift. That’s why they call it a present.

 “If one is a Greyhound, why try to look like a Pekinese?”  Edith Sitwell

Forget what hurt you in the past. But never forget what it taught you.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.

The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the crap that weighs you down.

To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.

Inner beauty never needs makeup.

“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” Maurice Setter

 “Success comes in cans, not can’ts.”  Author Unknown

 “Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.”  Hubert Humphrey

 “Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.”  William James

 “Where hope grows, miracles blossom.”  Elna Rae

 “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”  Alphonse Karr

 “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”  Anaïs Nin

 “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.”  Sonya Friedman

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Sir Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister

“We compliment weight loss, monitor our appetites, and shrink ourselves to fit some kind of standard. I wish we could all be the size we actually are. One size doesn’t fit all because there are as many sizes as there are women. Let’s look closer at the size of our hearts, the width of our souls, and the length of our spirits.” – SARK

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” -Aristotle

“Life itself is the proper binge.” -Julia Child

“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the [people] who love you enough chance to love you enough.” -Dinah Shore

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, [but] it is impossible to find it elsewhere.” -Agnes Repplier

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” -Paul Vale’ry

“Try.  Fail.  Try Again.  Fail Better.” -Samuel Beckett

“Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith

“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh

“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim

“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain

“There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.” -David Burns

“It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.” -Marian Wright Edelman

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” -Anaïs Nin

“And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” -Erica Jong

“Progress always involves risks.  You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.”  -Frederick B. Wilcox

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