People who have a positive attitude, are inspired, motivated and passionate about what they believe in, communicate better and more effectively.

Keith Ready

Give life the respect that it deserves, live life like its going to end.

Warren Henningsen 

A positive attitude may not directly change your circumstances, but it will change the way you respond to circumstances.
"Lucky" Phil Evans

Change does not happen by chance, it happens by choice.
Sharon Pearson

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
Brian Tracy

All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them.
Charles Caleb Colton

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.
Chiang Kai-Shek

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
John D. Rockefeller

Winning does not always mean being first.  Winning means you are doing better than you have done before.
Bonnie Blair

"You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end."
Sidney Friedman

Failure in people is caused more by lack of determination than lack in talent.
Anonymous

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
Tom Blandi

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true.
Richard Bach

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James

If criticism is mistaken or mean-spirited, rise above it. Maintain the high ground when you're under fire. No victory is worth winning at the expense of picking up the mud that has been slung at you and throwing it back.
Rubel Shelly

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King

Heroes are ordinary people who place their dreams above their fears.
Mac Anderson

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.
Harold B. Melchart  

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Eddie Robinson

Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best,
never be satisfied with less than your best,
try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best.
Henry Ford

Success is never final.  Failure is never fatal.  It's courage that counts.
John Wooden

"Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth."
Bruce Lee

If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.
Robert Conklin

We were born to succeed, not to fail.
Henry David Thoreau

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Norman R. Augustine

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.
Harry Browne

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
Albert Einstein

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
Barbara DeAngelis

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide