Joy and beauty are all around us.

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Thomas A Edison

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
Elizabeth Bibesco

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”
B. Olatunji

“When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
Franklin D Roosevelt

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.”
Zig Ziglar

 “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill

“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.”
Dennis Green

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
Muhammad Ali

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
Dale Carnegie

“So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
Christopher Reeve

“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”
Sam Ewing

“There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there’s virtually no competition.”
Steven J Ross

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucious

“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A Edison

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
Stephen Covey

 

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