• Some people say I have attitude — maybe I do … but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. – Venus Williams
• “To listen is to lean in softly with the willingnessto be changed by what we hear.”— Mark Nepo
• “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
• The human mind can only really grow through resistance. You can only strengthen your character, become a really strong person inside, if you have resistance — if you fail, if you get up again and if you work hard, you work our ass off and if you struggle. The more you struggle, the further you’re going to go, the stronger you’re going to get. So it’s just the way the world works. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
• … The early blackbirds fly guilty from a dawn haul of fallen fruit. We too breakfast on sweetnesses … – Gillian Clarke
• “Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobblestones. Looking for fun and feeling groovy. Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy …” – 59th Street Bridge Song, Paul Simon, 1966
• I am thankful for my struggle because without it I would not have stumbled across my strength.- Alex Elle
• I am thankful for my struggle because without it I would not have stumbled across my strength. – Alex Elle
• Today can be the start of something good. – Holly Hobby
• “… With feet to take me where I go, with eyes to see the sun – set glow, with ears to hear what I would know. Oh, God forgive me when I whine. I am blessed indeed, the world is mine! …” – Og Mandino
• “The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.” – Tibetan Proverb
•  “Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.”
  Clarence – It’s a Wonderful Life
• Motivation gets you started. Desire keeps you going. All you need to give is all that you have.
• Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
• Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not a fish they are after – Henry David Thoreau
• “The heaviest burdens that we carry are the thoughts in our head.”
• After all, tomorrow is another day. – Scarlett O’Hara
• “In our family, we don’t hide crazy … we put it on the porch and give it a cocktail.” – Anonymous
• “What you see depends on how you see the world. To most people, this is just dirt. To a farmer, it’s potential.” – Doe Zantamata
• “Scott for scientific method, Amundsen for speed and efficiency but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton” – The Endurance
• Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
• “I’ve come too far to see the end now even if my way is wrong I keep pushing on and on and on and on” – Imagine Dragons, Nothing Left to Say
• The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. — Burton Hills
• Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
• If it’s dark outside, you light the fire yourself. Darling, when the ice caps melt, When the devil’s in the bible belt, Don’t cower in your bed. — Dry the River/Bible Belt
• “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
• “You have to trust in something. Your gut, destiny, life, Kharma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path and that will make all the difference.” – Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech
• Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. -Frances Hodgson Burnett , quote from The Secret Garden
• Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you. –Ralph Harston
• Good things are coming, keep believing. – author unknown
• The time to be happy is now. – from a little china plate
• Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out after it -cross stitch sampler
• No man is more important than the team, no coach is more important than the team. The team, the team, the team! “If we think that way – all of us – everything you do, take into consideration what effect does it have on my team?”-Bo Schembechler
• Give Me Time. Time for patience, for understanding too. Time to remember thoughtful deeds to do. Time to believe in all fellowmen. Time to perceive the value of a friend.-cross stitch sampler
• To all who seek truths and who listen to the language of the breezes. (And turtles.)-quote from Douglas Wood
• If you want to be different from everyone else, you have to be willing to do what everyone else won’t.
• It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.-Harry Truman, past President of the United States of America
• I shall be telling this with a sigh. Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.-Robert Frost, from The Road Not Taken
• Vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, creativity, of belonging and of love.-Brene` Brown, author, professor, podcaster
• Marriage is not a spectator sport.