"Bet on yourself" - brother
“Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours” - elementary principal
“Smile and the world smiles with you”
"Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick…. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed." - Terence McKenna
"Softening is a viable way to keep from breaking, too. Rigid things snap all the time. Maybe even more readily" - starting from nix
"How often does the fear of what other people think stop you from doing something you know you must do?"
"Anyone can cook" - Gusteau
"the world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you." - Carl Jung
"Divergence over genius" - brother
"True habit change is identity change." - James Clear
"It takes a whole lifetime to learn how to live." - Seneca
"You are increasingly defined by what you say no to." - brother
“Don’t ask what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman
"She suspected he was working too hard, because she saw, at times, the unnaturally bright look of his face, the look of exhilaration that comes from driving one's energy beyond it's limit." - Atlas Shrugged
"Every “no” protects a “yes.” The priority. The dream. The path that resonates more. Or just a precious pocket of time." - starting from nix
"Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room." - Mary Schmich
"Afraid of what? Let it speed. Why should there be a limit?" - Ayn Rand
