Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Sir Winston Churchill

The best way to predict the future is to create it. ~ Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~ Carl Jung

We are where we should be, doing what we should be doing, otherwise we would be somewhere else doing something else. ~Richard Stine

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of success that may come to-morrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will have a joy in overcoming obstacles--a delight in climbing rugged paths which you would perhaps never know if you did not sometimes slip backward, if the road were always smooth and pleasant. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. ~ Helen Keller

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven. ~ John Milton

Two thirds of human existence are wasted in hesitation, and the last third in repentance. ~ Emile Souvestre.

When the clouds of sorrow gather over us, we see nothing beyond them, nor can imagine how they can be dispelled; yet a new day succeeded to the night, and sorrow is never long without a dawn of ease. ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson.