Running Tears

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

When passion rules, she never rules wisely. - Ben Franklin

Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy. - Unknown

No person has the right to rain on your dreams. - Marian Wright Edelman

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks. - Francois Rabelais

Don't give up on your dreams - keep sleeping. - Unknown

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection. - George Eliot

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. - J K Rowling

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action. - Samuel Smiles

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - e e cummings

Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand. - Robert Louis Stevenson

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. - Cicero

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. - Steven Wright

Our waking hours form the text of our lives, our dreams, the commentary. - Unknown

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. - Erma Bombeck

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. - Charles Schwab

Truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent. - William Blake

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. - Robert Frost

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. - Bo Bennett

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. - Oscar Wilde

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. - Maya Angelou

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? - George Eliot

The common traits among all successful people are desire, determination and confidence. - Joe Segal

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. - Joseph Addison

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. - Bertrand Russell

The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities. - Vic Braden

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us. - Dave Turner

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

Attract what you expect,
Reflect what you desire,
Become what you respect,
Mirror what you admire. - Unknown

Everything happens for a reason, you only need to keep on editing your attitude and gratitude so as to sail through. - Unknown

The shoulders I stand on are broad and strong, full of history and courage and love. How about you? Whose shoulders are you standing on? - Molly Johnson

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. - Maya Angelou

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. - Mitch Ratcliffe

All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage. - William Bradford

You learn you can do your best even when it's hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. - Joe Namath