Quotes on wisdom

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up.
~Thomas Edison~
"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect
Leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly
Under your belt, that's real power."
~Clint Eastwood~
The only difference between stumbling blocks and
steppingstones is the way in which we use them.
~unknown~
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand,
but write the good things that happen to you
on a piece of marble.
~Arabic Proverb~     
Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter.
Try Again. Fail Again. Fail better.
~Samuel Beckett ~    
A wise soul opens the window to the future
by closing the doors to the past.
~unknown~
Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does
not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
~Henry Van Dyke~
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope
that I would not have a single bit of talent left and I could say,
"I used everything that you gave me."
~Erma Bombeck~