Rising To The Occasion

Courage, dear heart. - C S Lewis

Hope is a very unruly emotion. - Gloria Steinem

The things that courage can do. - James M Barrie

Happy Hauntings; and, pleasant dreams! - Peter James

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. - Stephen Covey

Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use. - Ruth Gordon

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire. - George Matthew Adams

For broken dreams, the cure is dream again; and deeper. - C S Lewis

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. - Robert A. Heinlein

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Arthur O'Shaughnessy

I wake up with a good attitude every day. Then idiots happen. - Unknown

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? - Alfred Tennyson

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crumbly attitude. - Unknown

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character. - Brian Tracy

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others. - Spinoza

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. - Michelangelo

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

The most beautiful make-up is passion but cosmetics are easier to buy. - Yves Saint Laurent

Your attitude towards anything in life is completely under your control. - Micah Lacerte

Without passion you don't have energy, without energy you have nothing. - Donald Trump

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. - Norman Vincent Peale

Paper Napkin: Its only ambition is to get down off your lap and play on the floor - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. - Mignon McLaughlin

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. - Ayn Rand

Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical. - Mark Batterson

Enthusiasm creates a current in everyone it touches. It turns an ordinary person into a crusader. - F.D. Van Amburgh

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. - Oscar Wilde

The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging. - Jhumpa Lahiri

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. - Gordon Parks

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. - Herm Albright

If we don't redouble our efforts to increase incentives for invention, this country's going to lose its edge. - Dean Kamen

No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude. - Buddy Valastro

Having a specific meaning and purpose in your life helps to encourage you towards living a fulfilling and inspired life. - Vic Johnson

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. - Lauren Groff

Integrity is: choosing courage over comfort; choosing what's right over what's fun, fast or easy; and practicing your values. - Brene Brown

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. - Stephen Covey

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Follow your dreams. Figure out where you'd like to be, what you would like to be doing, and then figure out what you need to do to get there. - Kennon M Sheldon