Shining Stars

Hope is a very unruly emotion. - Gloria Steinem

People fail forward to success. - Mary Kay Ash

The treacheries of ambition never cease. - Ruben Dario

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. - Henry David Thoreau

Success lies in the hands of those who want it. - Unknown

At first we hope too much, later on, not enough. - Unknown

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough. - Sir James M. Barrie

Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie. - Lou D. Phillips

To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success. - Henry J Heinz

Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope. - Ogden Nash

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. - H.W. Shaw

Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success. - John Hays Hammond

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. - David McCullough

The magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. - Joanne Harris

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. - Farrah Gray

Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile. - Phoebe L. Moll

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. - Adam Smith

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Feather

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success. - Anna Pavlova

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. - Irvin S. Cobb

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - Lanston Hughes

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. - Henry Chester

We seldom give each other advice - I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage. - Laura Bush

Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada? - Sarah Vowell

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. - Samuel Smiles

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back. - Don Henley

The core of true success is love. And that includes loving yourself enough to take care of yourself. - Zig Ziglar

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

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. - Zig Ziglar

Inherited wealth is a big handicap to happiness. It is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality. - William K Vanderbilt

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. - Oscar Wilde

Some say cling to the earth while others say reach for the stars. There's time enough for the earth in the grave. - Unknown

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in Church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. - Fred Allen

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself if you wish to get others. - David Seabury

When you wake up in the morning, you have two choices: go back to sleep and dream your dreams, or wake up and chase those dreams. - Unknown

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. - Bob Dylan

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence. - Leonard Nimoy

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream. - Tommy Hilfiger

It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. - Larry Page