Don't ask what the meaning of life is. You define it.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. ~ Frank A. Clark

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. ~ W. Clement Stone

Stop being afraid and start living instead.

Richard Branson: What’s the best measurement for success? Happiness

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ~ Stephen King

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. ~ Arabian Proverb

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made. ~ Dr Wayne Dyer

"It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling and indeed healthy to ask why you have been given so much." Condoleezz Rice,

"If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there." John H. Johnson,

"It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us." by Isaac Disraeli

Devote yourself to an idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile. Don't you forget: this is your dream

"The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tradedy lies in having no goal to reach." - Benjamin Mays

"When you want something in life, you have to focus." Roslyn McMillan,

"...the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others." Martin Luther King Jr,

"Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself." Marcus Garvey,

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value." by Thomas Paine

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle

Our only security is our ability to change. ~ John Lilly

"This is my life. It is my one time to be me. I want to experience every good thing." Maya Angelou, Writer and entertainer

"Knowledge is power and power is the key to changings things." Jill Nelson, Journalist and writer

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. ~ Dale Carnegie

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

"A life is not important expect in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson, Baseball champion

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind ~ Darwin P. Kingsley

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. Soren Kierkegaard

Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~ Oprah Winfrey

"It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance." by George Patton

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. ~ Joseph Addison

"I think it's always best to be who you are." Halle Berry

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently. Henry Ford

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. ~ Alex Karra

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." -Shakespeare

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans ~ John Lennon

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. ~ Harvey S. Firestone

No one will manufacture a lock without a key. Similarly the God does not give problems without solutions. Only we should have patience and courage to find them.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran

You can not change the people around you. But you can change the people that you choose to be around.

"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." by John Wooden

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal. ~ Astrid Alauda

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ~ Charles W Eliot 1834

"If you want to be the best baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else." Sammy Davis Jr, Enterainer

You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

Families break up when people take hints you don't intend and miss hints you do intend. ~ Robert Frost

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." by Bill Cosby

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough." Oprah Winfrey, Entrertainer and entrepreneur

Actions speak louder than words. We can apologize over and over, but if our actions don't change, the words become meaningless.

Real friends are always going to be there by your side, even at times when you tell them to leave.