“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” — Washington Irving
“Unless you give yourself to some great cause, you haven’t even begun to live.” — William P. Merrill
“A useless life is an early death.” — Johann von Goethe
“The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.” — Harry Kemp
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” — Marie Curie
“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.” — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
“He never knew when he was whipped…so he never was.” — Louis L’Amour
“He that can’t endure the bad will not live to see the good.” — Yiddish proverb
“Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas A. Edison
“We only do well the things we like doing.” — Colette
“For of all sad words of tongues or pen the saddest are these: It might have been.” — John Greenleaf Whittier
“Nine times out of ten the best things that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.” — James A. Garfield
“All serious daring starts from within.” — Eudora Welty
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.” — Mark Twain
“Two thirds of help is to give courage.” — Irish proverb
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.” — William Shakespeare
“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.” — W. Clement Stone
“Hold a true friend with both your hands.” — Nigerian proverb
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.” — Aristotle