A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. – Phyllis Diller
Be nice to the nerds and geeks in high school -- you'll be working for them in the future.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. - Rene Descartes
Keep yourself clean and bright, you are the window through which you see the world. – George Bernard Shaw
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up again that counts. – Vince Lombardi
Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. – Scott Adams
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. - Morris West
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. – African Proverb
Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. - Van Wilder
You can't treat every situation as a life and death matter. Or, you'll die a lot of times. - Van Wilder
Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Van Wilder
This above all; to thine own self be true. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. - Marcus Aurelius
We cannot let the past cloud our perception of the future. - Karen Chikodroff
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change. - Brian Tracy
The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post. - Thomas Holcroft
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. – Gail Sheehy
Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. - Walker Evans
Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you’re hanging around bad people, they’re going to start bringing you down. If you surround yourself with good people, they’re going to start pulling you up.
When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice, sit back and let the world wonder how you did it.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. - Henry Ward Beecher
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. - Ben Franklin
Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never. - Winston Churchill
Don't be afraid to take big steps. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - David Lloyd George
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius
Remember: A King-Kong sized grudge can break your back way before osteoporosis!
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb
Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble. – French Proverb
Wait until it is night before saying it has been a fine day. – French Proverb
Life is short but a smile takes only a second. – Cuban Proverb
I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. - American Beauty
Never explain- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard
All of us have schnozzles... if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending them, we begin to laugh and world laughs with us.
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life. - Jean Paul Richter