“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” Henry David Thoreau
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt". – William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure (Act I, Scene IV).
"The seeker who sets out upon the way shines bright over the world." From the Dhammapada (Sayings of The Buddha)
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. … I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner…" From Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854.
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor from 161 to his death, March 17, 180.
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
"Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.
To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.
"If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that; if you want to master a thing, teach that." Yogi Bhajan (August 26, 1929–October 6, 2004), Indian spiritual leader and master of Kundalini Yoga teaching thousands in the Western Hemisphere during his lifetime.