there is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and not tonic as powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. ~ Orison Swett Marden

dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you’ve never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth. ~ souza

Opens up lots of topics for essays. Good vs. evil, positive vs. negative personal experiences, etc. I’ve always found it extremely applicable.

It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

By believing in his dreams, a man turns them into reality.

It is the heart that carries one to heaven.

To suceed, we must first believe that we can.

If you don’t have a dream, you’ll never have a dream come true.

“It’s no trick loving someone at their BEST. Love is loving them at their worst.”

-Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing

“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”

-Confucius

“Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”

-John Wesley

“To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to life.”

-Unknown

– Angelina Jolie, Notes From My Travel

Henry Ford