Thought for Today

One can never consent to creep 

when one

feels an impulse to soar.

 

It takes courage to live a life, any life.

—Erica Jong

 

The door of opportunity won't open 

unless you do some pushing.

 

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: 

Find what it is that interests you and that you can do well,

and put your whole soul into it—every bit of energy and

ambition and natural ability that you have.

—John D. Rockefeller

 

Each of us has some unique capability, 

waiting for realization.

 

Great works are performed not by strength, 

but by perseverance.

—Samuel Johnson

 

I am seeking.

I am striving.

I am in it with all of my heart.

—Vincent Van Gogh

 

The world is like a mirror;

 frown at it, and it frowns at you.

Smile, and it smiles too.

—Herbert Samuels

 

Nothing splendid was ever achieved 

except by those who dared believe that 

something inside them was superior to

circumstances.

 

If you have to support yourself, 

you had bloody well better

find yourself some way t

hat is going to be interesting.

—Katherine Hepburn

 

Let me tell you the secret 

that has led me to my goal: 

my strength lies solely in my tenacity.

—Louis Pasteur

 

You don't get to choose 

how you're going to die. Or when.

You can only decide how you're going to live.

—Joan Baez

 

Perhaps I am stronger than I think!

—Thomas Merton

 

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth, 

which constitutes self-respect, 

is to potentially have everything.

—Joan Didion