A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn Rand

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Always desire to learn something useful.
Sophocles

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Og Mandino

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa of Avila

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Wayne Dyer

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
John Donne

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
William James

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale


Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
Swami Sivananda

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
Baruch Spinoza

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Jim Rohn

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.
Victor Kiam

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Alfred A. Montapert

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Baruch Spinoza

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Sasha Cohen

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?
Eliza Dushku