"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement." - Scott Maxwell

"Here's a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't." - Richard Bach

"Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent." - Marilyn vos Savant

"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

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance." -H. Jackson Brown

"You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes." - Buckminster Fuller

"You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water." - RABINDRANATH TAGORE

"The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children." - Elain Heffner

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched--they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

"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

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When u come to a roadblock, take a detour." -Mary Kay

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

"We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them." - William Arthur Ward

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try one more time." - Thomas Edison

"Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger." - Lou Holtz

"Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"In every success story, you find someone who has made a courageous decision." - Peter F. Drucker

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity." - Bo Bennett

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house." - William Makepeace Thackeray

"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way." - Wayne Dyer

“Focused mind power is one of the strongest forces on earth.” - Mark Victor Hansen