That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. - Lupe Fiasco
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That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. - Lupe Fiasco
Good one!
The secret to happiness is freedom. And the secret to freedom is courage. - Thucydides
Well said!
Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive. - Leah LaBelle
Good advice!
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. - Helen Keller
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"No man can hope to accomplish anything great in this world until he throws his whole soul, flings the force of his whole life, into it. It is not enough simply to have a general desire to accomplish something. There is but one way to do that; and that is, to try to be somebody with all the concentrated energy we can muster."- Orison Sweet Marden (1850 - 1924) American Editor and Speaker
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"I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist
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"There is great power in a resolution that has no reservations in it -- a strong, persistent, tenacious purpose -- which burns all bridges behind it and which clears all obstacles from its path and arrives at its goal, no matter how long it may take, no matter what the sacrifice or the cost."- Orison Sweet Marden (1850 - 1924) American Editor and Speaker
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Originality and the feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle."- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) Russian Novelist
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. - Richard M. DeVos
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"Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it."- George Eliot (1819 - 1880) English Novelist
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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. - Christopher McCandless