"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween."

~Douglas Coupland

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world..."

~Woodrow Wilson

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

~Jane Goodall

"To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out the hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it- who can say this is not greatness?"

~William Makepeace Thackeray

"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door."

~Emily Dickinson

"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."

~Dr. Roopleen