SOME THOUGHTS ON LIFE

"Life is just a minute. Only 60 seconds in it. Forced upon me, can't refuse it. Didn't seek it, didn't choose it. But it's up to me to use it. I must suffer if I lose it, give an account if I abuse it. Just a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it."

"Statisically-100% of the shots you don't take, don't go in."          -Wayne Gretzky

"Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain."               -Ralph Emerson

"Success is getting up after you fall. Failure is staying down."

"Your goal, the sky. Your aim, the stars."

"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark."                                         -David Ogilvy

"If you want the rainbow, then you gotta put up with the rain."      -Dolly Parton

I CAN'T is a quitter.
I DON'T know is lazy.
I WISH I COULD is a wisher.
I MIGHT is on his feet.
I CAN is at work.
I DID is now the boss.

Some see things as they are, and say, "WHY?"
But we dream things that could be and say, "WHY NOT?"         -George Bernard Shaw

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER.

"Life's a play; all the world's a stage; and you're the star!"          -Shakespeare

"How will you ever know if you can paint that picture, run that business, sell that car, earn that degree, hold that office, make that speech, win that game, marry that girl, write that book, bake that souffle, build that house-unless you try it!"   -Rich DeVos

"This nation was built by men and women who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action."                                                                    -Brooks Atkinson

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams,
before a crowd, is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest
hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing do nothing,
have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they
cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Only a person who risks is free.
(Author unknown)

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."    -Rooselvelt

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
-Charles Kettering

"First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. And then I was dying to marry and have children. And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could return to work. And then I was dying to retire. And now, I am dying...and suddenly realize I forgot to live."
(Author unknown)

"A poor person lacks ambition."