Confucius

"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right." 

~ Confucius

Groucho Marx

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

~ Groucho Marx 

H. G. Wells

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” 

~ H. G. Wells

Joseph Campbell

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. 

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

~ Joseph Campbell

The Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

~The Buddha

Epictetus

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

~ Epictetus

Judy Garland

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

~ Judy Garland

Voltaire

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. 

~Voltaire

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

 ~Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Without the karma of good deeds, they are only destroying themselves. 

~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Robert J. Ringer

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.

~ Robert J. Ringer

Marcel Proust

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." 

~Marcel Proust

Don Miguel Ruiz

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. 

Don Miguel Ruiz

Buddha

We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.

~ Buddha

Ruth E. Renkl

You live longer once you 

realize that any time spent 

being unhappy is wasted.” 

~ Ruth E. Renkl

Robin Sharma

"Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet." 

~Robin Sharma, 

Who Will Cry When You Die?

Jon Bon Jovi

Miracles happen every day. Change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you. 

~ Jon Bon Jovi,

 Singer-Songwriter

Abraham Maslow

... a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.

~ Abraham Maslow

Melchor Lim

Sometimes you need to take a few steps back to see  you need to take a few steps back to see things clearly. Never let your life become so filled with work, your mind become so crammed with worry, or your heart become so jammed with old hurts or anger, that theres no room left in them for fun, for awe, or for joy.

~ Melchor Lim 

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

~ Charles Dickens

Somerset Maugham

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

~ Somerset Maugham

Edgar A. Guest

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; you are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.

~ Edgar A. Guest

Marcel Proust

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

~ Marcel Proust

Adlin Sinclair

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances, you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions. 

~ Adlin Sinclair 

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Vince Lombardi

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

~ Vince Lombardi

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Improve what you can

and accept all the rest of life

just as it comes.

Know that fear is your worst enemy -

perhaps your only enemy.

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Vivian Greene

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... 
It's about learning to dance in the rain.

~ Vivian Greene

Steve Maraboli

Forget yesterday -- it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow -- you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift -- today.

~ Steve Maraboli