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

Howard Thurman

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

~Howard Thurman

Helen Keller

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life.

If it be true that optimism compels the world forward,

and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to

propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

- Helen Keller

Thich Nhat Hanh

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Helen Keller

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. 

~Helen Keller

Dee Hock

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

~Dee Hock

Henry Kissinger

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. 

~Henry Kissinger