If a man does…

… not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away

– Henry David Thoreau

A true dreamer…

is one who knows how to navigate in the dark

– John Paul Warren

Watch your….

thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

– Lao-Tzu

You can never…

cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

– Christopher Columbus

Out of suffering….

… have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars

– Khalil Gibran

We may…

..encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated

– Maya Angelou

As human beings…

… our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves

– Mahatma Gandhi

When you look…

… at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about

– Albert Einstein

Twenty years from….

now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover

– Mark Twain

The best people…

…. possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed

– Ernest Hemingway