"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Erica Jong

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated." -- ( Maya Angelou )

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank

"It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart" - Anne Frank, July 15, 1944

"On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind." - Sir William Hamilton

"Sometimes, revenge is best served cold." [Anon]

"Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck" - O Mandino

"Luck never gives; it only lends" - Swedish proverb

"Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing" John D Rockefeller

"Be ready when opportunity comes - luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet" - RD Chapin Jr

"We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost" ~ Ray Bradbury

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself" -- [Harvey Fierstein,]

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett,

"If you don’t know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route." ~ Malcolm S. Forbes

"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body -- the wishbone." -- Robert Frost,

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the number of times you get back up." -- Aaron Sorkin,

"Try to listen to your intuition because, often times, it won't let you down" - (BA)

"Good things may come to those who wait, but only what is left by those who hustle" - Anon.

"When an outsider's imagination outruns action of a leader, falsehood is rife, and reality is distorted." - BA

"When forecasters consistently get prediction wrong, it maybe time to accept that the target is unpredictable." - BA

If a door was never open or you never knew of it's existence, of what use is it to you when it closes? -BA

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." - [Actor Will Smith]

"I believe in killing an ant with a sledge hammer" - [Arthur Nzeribe, famous Nigerian Politician]

"Perverts will do anything, if they can fool everyone." - Benson Agoha

"There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success." - {{Max Beerbohm}}

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." - {{Anonymous}}

"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh." [Lord Chesterfield]

 

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - [Marcus Aurelius]

 

"Ability is nothing unless it is used" - Robert Half

"Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow." -- {Wil Wheaton}

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - {Lifehack}

"Today is the tomorrow, you worried about yesterday." (Anon)

"Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual."

"If you want something you've never had, then you have to do things you've never done." (Anon)

"Be tough on standards, be tender on people." (Anon)

"Once you chose HOPE, everything else is possible." Christopher Reece

"Believe in the power that is within you." (Anon)

"When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside of me." Rumi

"Ingratitude is knowing a favour is being done to you, but you still refused to appreciate it." (Benson Agoha).

"There are times, on any journey, to take stock and think about your next move." {European Commission}

"When a guy says he's intimidated by your success, he's breaking up with you." - {Greg Behrendt}

"Sometimes, the best road is the one you make." - (ANON)

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain

“A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.” English Proverb

“Everything You Ever Wanted Is On The Other Side Of Fear” – George Addair

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - {{William Morrow}}

"Everyone can rise above their circumstances&achieve success if they are dedicated to&passionate about what they do" - Nelson Mandela

"One may not go back to start a new beginning but anybody can start today and make a new ending."{Anon}

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” {Mother Teresa}

“Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out” {Oliver James}

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” {Henry David Thoreau}

Don't stop BELIEVING! {Anon}

Plant your seed, water it and just BELIEVE! {Tyler Perry}

We are the result of our thoughts and actions. {Anon}

Where focus goes, energy flows! {Anon}