“Favorite Quotes”

“…success in life has nothing to do with what you gain inlife or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.”
~Danny Thomas

“If I had my life to live over… I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.”
Nadine Stair

“Pain is necessary; suffering is optional.”
~Haruki Murakami

“The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.”
~Unknown Author

“Insist on yourself. Never imitate.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.”
~Henry David Thoreau

“If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?”
~Lord Chesterfield

“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.”
~Doug Firebaugh

“I’m tired of dreaming. I’m into doing at the moment. It’s, like, let’s only have goals that we can go after.” ~Bono

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” 
~Walt Disney

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” ~Bono

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
~Benjamin Disraeli

“Being ‘brave’ means doing or facing something frightening. … Being ‘fearless’ means being without fear.”
~Penelope Leach

“In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.”
~Chin-Ning Chu

“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.”
~Anonymous

“When thinking won’t cure fear, action will.”
~W Clement Stone

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.”
~Brother David Steindl-Rast