"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor."

-Henry David Thoreau

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."

- Andrew Carnegie

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not by strength but by perseverance."

- H. Jackson Brown

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."

- Winston Churchill

Don't take gifts that come with a purpose and build families with character and good value system.

- Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.

"Life's like a play: it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters."

- Seneca

"It doesn't particularly impress me when someone shows a commitment to excellence when things are easy. What impresses and moves me are those brave souls who do great things when times are challenging. I refer to the mother who makes the time to read for an hour after a full day of work and an evening caring for her children. I think of the business executive who rises at 5 am on a cold winter's day and leaves the comfort of his warm bed to exercise before a day packed with obligations because this was a quiet promise he made to himself. I write of the entry-level worker who goes the extra mile for every customer though most show no appreciation because he knows in his heart this is the right thing to do. Such acts impress me."

-Robin Sharma

"If you don't try, you'll never know. And stop assuming a no. Where would the world be if the great ones assumed they'd fail?"

-Robin Sharma

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

- Chinese proverb

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he would die for, he isn't fit to live."

- Martin Luther King Jr., speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." ~

- James Baldwin

"We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments."

-Abraham Maslow