Swim

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it. 

Paulo Coelho

Character

Judge me not by physical size or appearance, but judge me by the size of my character.
Cornelius Kilgore

Today

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. 

Robert Brault

Perspective

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Red Jacket

Inner strength

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but it's the size of fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Carpe diem

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

Hell

Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.
Anonymous

This might be the best quote I have ever seen/read. 
Just take 10 seconds and think about it.

Success - again

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit. 

Conrad Hilton

Evolve

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
Calvin Coolidge

Success

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell

Stop comparing

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Marquins de Condorcet

Dreams - again

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Paulo Coelho

No matter what you are told, never give up your dreams. Fight for them and keep them alive. 

Wise

Always be strong enough to let go, and be wise enough to wait for what you deserve.
Anonymous

Generous

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. 

Benjamin Disraeli

Worthy or not?

The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not, can it be done.
Allard Lowenstein

Dreams

Dream big and dare to fail.
Norman Vaughan

Happiness

Children are happy because they don't have a thought in their minds called "All the things that could go wrong".
Marianne Williamson

Efficiency

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Samuel Goldwyn

Be patient

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson

It is always easy to ask "What's in it for me?" but we should also ask ourselves "What can we give back?". Think about the things you can do now to build for a better future. Learn patience and be thankful for what you have. 

Strength

You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.

J. K. Rowling

Life

Life is trying things to see if they work. 

Ray Bradbury

Achieving

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it. 

Margaret Thatcher

Dreams

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.
Edward "Ted" Kennedy

Stop following the crowd

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa

I know we are supposed to follow all the rules and regulations that society imposes on us. But at the same time, it's so nice to know how to avoid certain restrictions. What if everyone will do exactly what they are told? What if your kids will follow your advice? Have you ever thought about their personality and how that might develop?
So, for one day only (at first) try and see if you can do something different.

Live

Live your life like it's your second chance.
Salman Khan

Choices

The time will pass anyway, you can either spend it creating the life you want or spend it living the life you don't want. The choice is yours.
Unknown

Who we are

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tenacity

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur

How many times have you been on the verge of giving up and took an extra step just to realize that the result was around the corner?
How many times have you heard people saying: "Just give up, what's the point?"
It is really easy to stop when you hit the wall, but then you will have to ask yourself: Was that wall supposed to be there, or it's just in my head?
Every obstacle is there for a reason - to make you stronger. To make you enjoy your success. To make you realize how grateful you should be when you reach your goal. 
Be tenacious, never give up, be grateful for being able to overcome barriers and in the end, enjoy what you've achieved. 

Happiness

Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. 

Charles de Montesquieu

Be yourself

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. 

Thomas Jefferson

Change

We must become the change we want to see.
Mahatma Ghandi

Worries

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles...it empties today of its strengths. 

Corrie Ten Boom

Change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan W. Watts