In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. James Baldwin

Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be. Sonia Ricotti

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. Alice Walker

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable. Helen Keller

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. Sir Winston Churchill

Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke