"The only people who never fail are those who never try."

Ilka Chase

"Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use."

Charles M. Schulz

"If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing."

A saying from Zimbabwe

"You only get out of life what you put into it."

Ethel Merman

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

James Joyce

"When you do something you are proud of, praise yourself for it."

Mildred Newman

"Somebody's boring me... I think it's me."

Dylan Thomas

"The optimist sees the doughnut, but the pessimist sees the hole."

McLandburgh Wilson

"Progress involves risk. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."

Frederick Wilcox

"Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response."

Mildred Barthel

"Love yourself first and everything else falls in line."

Lucille Ball

"We don't make mistakes. We just have learnings."

Anee Wilson Schaef

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

Edgar Degas

"Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?"

Frank J. Giblin, Jr.

"One cannot be first in everything."

Aesop

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."

Lily Tomlin

"I don't just want to be successful I want to have fun."

Julie Brown

"It is better to be alone than in bad company."

George Washington

"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body."

Henry David Thoreau

"Storms make trees take deeper root."

Claude McDonald

"Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do."

John Wooden

"Listen to the sounds of silence."

Paul Simon

"A hug is a perfect gift-- one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it."

Ivern Ball

"Creation is everything you do. Make something."

Ntozake Shange

"I think I can-- I think I can-- I think I can-- I think I can-- "

The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)

You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.

Kathy Seligman ?

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

Gary Player