“Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~John Wooden

“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~Ella Fitzgerald

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” ~Wilma Rudolph

“You really can change the world if you care enough.” ~Marian Wright Edelman

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~Barack Obama

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ~Muhammad Ali

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” ~Guillaume Apollinaire

“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” ~Rollo May

“No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.” ~Maya Angelou

“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” ~Jesse Owens

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” ~Nelson Mandela