"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." ~ John Lubbock

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one." ~ Mark Twain

“The rising tide lifts all the boats.” ~ John F. Kennedy

"Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour." ~ Walt Whitman

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead

"The world comes to us in an endless stream of puzzle pieces that we would like to think all fit together somehow, but that in fact never do." ~ Robert Pirsig

"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Long is the road from conception to completion." ~ Moliere

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." ~ Mother Teresa

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” ~ Brad Meltzer

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"What makes networking work is that it sets up win-win situations in which all parties involved get to take something home. Networking is a sharing process. Until you understand that, you won't have much of a network." ~ Earl G. Graves

"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for." ~ Louis L’Amour

"Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!" ~ Tim Ferriss

"When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened." ~ Helen Keller

"The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting." ~ Andy Warhol

“Who’s gonna fill their shoes?

Who’s gonna stand that tall?

Who’s gonna play the Opry

And the Wabash cannonball?

Who’s gonna give their heart and soul

To get to me and you?”

~ George Jones

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"Books don’t change the world, people change the world, books only change people." ~ Mario Quintana