"When the Going Gets Tough"

Someone who was facing a bout of Lyme disease posted a bunch of motivational phrases that helped him.  Since I love optimistic, motivational STUFF, I thought I would share this.  Maybe one will pop out at you and make a difference in your life.

1. “My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey
2. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
3. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” – William James
4. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
5. “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher Morley
6. “He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.” – Koran
7. “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.” – W.H. Auden
8. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles W. Eliot
10. “We need men who can dream of things that never were.” – John F. Kennedy
11. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau
12. “Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.” – Cicero
13. “Man is the artificer of his own happiness.” – Henry David Thoreau
14. “We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
15. “Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.” – Joseph Addison
16. “I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.” – Oscar Levant
17. “Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.” – M.L. Mencken
18. “Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.” – Elsa Maxwell
19. “Knowledge is power.” – Sir Francis Bacon
20. “Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.” – Steven Wright
21. “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.” – Woodrow Wilson
22. “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – Marian Evans
23. “A ship in harbor is safe— but that is not what ships are for.” – John A. Shedd
24. “Courage is being scared to death – but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
25. “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.” – David McCullough