If you're not lighting any candles, don't complain about being in the dark.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -- Ferdinand Foch

Doing your best is more important than being the best.

A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for.
- John A. Shedd

"No man is free that cannot command himself."
-Pythagoras

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." 
-- Elbert Hubbard

"The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret" 
-- Leo Bascaglia

"Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it."
-- William Durant

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.” - Willam Adams

 Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson