�It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.� ~Henry David Thoreau
�Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.� ~James Allen
"Be what you are. Give what is yours to give. Have Style. Dare. ~ Stanley Kunitz
"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim" ~Nora Ephron
"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him" ~James Allen
"A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who ives over and over the misfortunes and disappointments of the past, prays for similar misfortunes and disappointments in the future. If you see nothing but ill luck in the future, you are praying for such ill luck and will surely get it." ~Prentice Mulford
"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you" ~James Allen
"One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live-with the rough and the smooth, the good and the bad-but yours, shaped by your own choices, and not someone else's." ~Michael Ignatieff
