Prosperity and Adversity

Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters;

and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

Life's Path

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Horace

When life gets tough, try to keep calm and even-minded 

Swim Out

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!

Jonathan Winters

Do not wait on life to present you with opportunities, go and grab them!

Ultimate Measure

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King

Show your courage of your convictions when it matters the most.

Purpose

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose 

- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. 

Mary Shelley

Find your purpose. It will ease the mind and feed the soul.

Champions

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision

Muhammad Ali

If you have the desire, the dream, the vision you can accomplish anything.

Be Brave

Be Brave.

Take Risks.

Nothing can substitute experience.

Paul Coelho

Take a chance on things. Even if you fail you will have gained valuable experience.