"Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to."

~Leah LaBelle

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

~T.S. Eliot

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." (Merry Christmas!)

~Calvin Coolidge

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."

~Thomas S. Monson

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

~Edna Ferber

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

~Winston Churchill

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

~Nelson Mandela

"Hardships often prepare an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

~C.S. Lewis