"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss." Democritus

"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility." Arnold J. Toynbee

"Do not compare yourself with others, for you are a unique and wonderful creation. Make your own beautiful footprints in the snow." Barbara Kimball

"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." Arthur Golden

"Who you are is a necessary step to being who you will be." Emmanuel

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared." David Ben

"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone; you'll never walk alone." Oscar Hammerstein II