“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”
— Seneca
Character
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
— Anne Frank
Character
“We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
-Aristotle
Courage
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
-Virginia Woolfe
Purpose
“There are three things you can do with your life: You can waste it, you can spend it, or you can invest it. The best use of your life is to invest it in something that will last longer than your time on Earth.”
— Rick Warren
Positivity
“It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”
– Jane Fonda
Character
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
-Plato
Effort
“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.”
— Derek Jeter
Success
“When it is obvious that goals can’t be reached, don’t adjust the goals, but adjust the action steps.”
—Confucius
Happiness
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confidence
“Confidence is contagious. So is a lack of confidence.”
-Vince Lombardi
Happiness
“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.”
-Marcus Aurelius
Vision
“My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.”
-Coco Chanel
Contentedness
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
-Oprah Winfrey
Positivity
“The more man mediates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
— Confucius
Simplicity
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
-Socrates
Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Simplicity
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
-Isaac Newton
Mindfulness
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam
Attitude
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”
– Alexander Graham Bell
