Stretch Marks

“A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. supreme court justice

Fire it up

“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”

—Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695), poet, writer

Interests

“You embrace that which defines you.”

– Donna Cook, mother of comedian and actor Dane Cook 

Imagination is Powerful

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

– Napoleon Hill

Aim High

“Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.”

-Les Brown

 

Be Mad

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”

– Jack Kerouac

 

You Are Magnificent

“I believe that you’re great; that there is something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life,
regardless of how young or how old you think you might be,
the moment you begin to think properly that something that is within you – there’s power within you that’s greater than the world – it will begin to emerge.
It will take over your life.
It will feed you.
It will clothe you.
It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence if you let it.

Now that is what I know for sure.”

– Reverend Dr. Michael Beckwith, in The Secret Video

Where Credit is Due

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

– Teddy Roosevelt

Be Someone

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares,
and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be
someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be
someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone
who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes
action, and you will move life forward.

Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone
filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which
you’ll be thankful.

Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly
shines. Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to
be.

— Ralph Marston

Capable People

“[People] of capability inspire us.”

– Samaveda (Sacred Hindu Text)