“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”

~Maya Angelou

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

~Maya Angelou

"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?"

~Danielle LaPorte

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence."

~Lisa M. Amos

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

~Michael Jordan

"Go forth and set the world on fire."

~St. Ignatius Loyola

"The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me."

~Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States