| "Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future." William Wordsworth |
| "I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." Leonardo da Vinci |
| "Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist." Andrea Bocelli |
| "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on" Robert Frost |
| "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." Melody Beattie |
| "I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you." Tina Turner |
| "The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honourable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest." Steven Brust |
| "If you believe in yourself anything is possible." Miley Cyrus |
| "Image is an international language." Marjane Satrapi |
| "My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water." Marilyn French |
| "People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped." Nadine Gordimer |
| "Don't let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You've got to set a high bar." Antonio Villaraigosa |
| "There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time." Malcolm X |
| "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." Alan Watts |
| "Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." Helen Keller |
| "A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self." Charles Dickens |
| "Don't be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground." Kim Young-ha |
| "Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you." SZA |
| "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Marie Curie |
| "You just do the best you can with what you've got and sometimes magic strikes." Sally Field |
| "There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity." Tilda Swinton |
| "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character." Heraclitus |
| "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." Colin Powell |
| "The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life." William Morris |
| "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." Phyllis Diller |
| "Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." Rene Descartes |
| "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." Anne Frank |
| "The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it." Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| "Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you." Zadie Smith |
| "Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing." BD Wong |
