"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing can stop a person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help a person with the wrong mental attitude. ~Thomas Jefferson
Everybody says they are trying to get their piece of pie. They don't realize that the world is a kitchen--you can literally make your own pie. ~Terry Crews
If we strived to help ourselves as much as we could before we asked others to do so for us, maybe we wouldn't need any help at all. ~Chriss Rock, adapted
Confidence is an individual's special power that lies in their ability to constrain and tame their fear--not fighting it to get rid of it, but rather containing it inside of them without letting it out. ~Brian Morgan