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

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

One day, someone will recognize and appreciate everything that everyone looked over in you.

~Unknown

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.

~Unknown

“He who who says he can and he who says he can't are both usually right."

~Confucius

"Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you."

~Madeline Bridges

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

~Julie Andrews

"You can have anything you want -- if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose."

~Abraham Lincoln

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

~Bill Bradley