words of wisdom

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

– Jimmy Dean

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’”

– Audrey Hepburn

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

– Dr. Seuss

‘Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.’

– Paulo Coelho

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.’

– Marie Curie

‘Cause sometimes you just feel tired. Feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you. You gotta find that inner strength. And just pull it out of you, and get that motivation to not give up, and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face.’

– Eminem

‘When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.’

– Dalai Lama

“Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again.”

– Shane Niemeyer

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

– C.S. Lewis