"The past does not define you, the present does."
Unknown

"Success is to be measured not as much by the position that one has reached as by the obstacles which have been overcome while trying to succeed."
Booker T. Washington

"Whatever comes, this too shall pass away."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
Chinese Proverb

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."
Basho

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
Henry Ford

"Observe all men, thyself most."
Benjamin Franklin

"I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening."
Larry King

"If at first you don’t succeed, find out why."
Unknown

"The key is to constantly do whatever builds your strength and increases your capacity to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy."
Unknown

"Strength can only be developed by effort and practice."
James Allem – As a Man Thinketh

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."
James Allem – As a Man Thinketh

"He that won’t be counsel’d, can’t be helped."
Benjamin Franklin

"… when a problem arises, don’t fight with it or try to deny it. Accept and acknowledge it. Be patient in seeking a solution or opening, and then fully commit yourself to the resolution you think advisable."
Jim Lau

"You have got to continue to grow or you’re just like last night’s corn bread. Stale and dry."
Loretta Lynn

"Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again."
Henry Ford

"I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser than he was yesterday."
Abraham Lincoln

"The more you do of what you’ve done, the more you’ll have of what you’ve got."
Anon

"What you become, you are already."
Freidrich Hebbel

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Lao Tzu

"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success."
John D. Rockefeller

"Don’t find fault. Find a remedy."
Henry Ford

"When you make a mistake, admit it; learn from it and don’t repeat it."
Bear Bryant

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it."
John Ruskin

"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them."
Harold J. Smith

"Seek the wisdom of the ages but look at the world through the eyes of a child."
Ron Wile

"Who is the wise man? He who learns from all men."
William Gladstone

"Anger and vengeance eat away at the body, as they do the soul. Lay them down and move on."
Dr. Phil

"From whom much is given, much is expected. I promise you that you have been given much. So guess what? From you, much is expected."
Dr. Phil

"I promise you that at this precise moment next year, your life will be better or worse than it is right now. It will not be the same: the choice to improve it or let it decay is wholly and undeniably yours."
Dr. Phil

"You can’t change your history. But you can change your responses to those external factors. You can change what you do in response to that history."
Dr. Phil

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Nelson Mandela

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
Carl Gustav Jung

"We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life."
James Freeman Clarke

"If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill."
Joan Welsh

"A man wrapped up in him self, makes a very small package."
Unknown

"The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground."
Unknown

"Man is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."
Unknown