“I have a dream
that my four little children
will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged
by the color of their skin, but
by the content of their character.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Now is the operative word.
Everything you put in your way
is just a method of putting off
the hour when you could actually
be doing your dream.” Barbara Sher
“As I have said, the first thing is
to be honest with yourself.
You can never have an impact on society
if you have not changed yourself.
Great peacemakers are all people of integrity,
of honesty, but humility.” Nelson Mandela
“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
“I've learned that people
will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
“Running is a mental sport,
more than anything else.
You're only as good
as your training, and
your training is only as good
as your thinking.”
Lauren Oliver
“Happiness cannot be traveled to,
owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience
of living every minute with love,
grace and gratitude.” Denis Waitley
“I believe challenges are God's way of
strengthening us mentally and spiritually,
and yes, physically. After having won
each challenge that confronted us,
we are wiser and stronger.” Ellen J. Barrier
“The perfection of wisdom,
and the end of true philosophy
is to proportion our
wants to our possessions,
our ambitions to our capacities,
we will then be a happy
and a virtuous people.”
Mark Twain
“In living life one precious moment at a time
there is an opportunity for me to enjoy my life
no matter where I am and what I am doing.”
Dwayne Alvin Hearn