“One can have no greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”  ~ Bob Moawad

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ~ Robert Byrne

“A man is what he thinks all day long.” ~ Emerson

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~Alice Walker

“How terrible it would be to come to the end of your life and realize you did not live it. ~ Garold N. Larson

“Things do not change; we change.” ~ Thoreau

“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.” ~ Marianne Williamson

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” ~ Lao Tzu

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” ~ Buddha