Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. - Hugh Prather

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. – Sydney Smith

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. - Abraham Lincoln

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – Beverly Sills

You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. - Charles C. Noble

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. - Hannah More

Choosing a goal and sticking to it changes everything. - Scott Reed

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent Van Gogh

No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something. - George F. Nordenholt

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy. - Marie Curie

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. - Charles F. Kettering

The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are. - Bruce Barton

Continuous efforts – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. - Sir Winston Churchill

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life. - Anatole France

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. - Anonymous

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. - Hugh Prather

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that. - Jacob K. Javits

Set short term goals and you’ll win games. Set long term goals and you’ll win championships! - Anonymous

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. - Helen Keller

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another. - Arthur Christopher Benson

There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. - Ralph L. Woods

Let me tell you a secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. - Louis Pasteur

Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. - Prince Phillip of England

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. - Jane Erskine Stuart

Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson

Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead…you can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin. - Kathleen Norris

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. - Nicholas Murray Butler

It’s the steady, constant driving to the goal for which you’re striving, not the speed with which you travel, that will make your victory sure. - Anonymous

I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change…I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. - Erica Jong

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures. - J.G. Hubbard

Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - Saint Francis of Assisi

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. - C. Malesherbez