It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. - Tony Robbins

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. - John Lennon

When people don't know how to change something, they often start searching for a way to justify failure, rather than thinking about how they could try doing something different to make it work. -Richard Bandler

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. - Herbert Otto

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
- W. Clement Stone

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer. - Marcia Wieder

Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. - Alfred A. Montapert

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. - Marsha Sinetar

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. - Zig Ziglar

There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.  Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined. - Henry David Thoreau

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow. - James Dean

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. - Tony Robbins

Without dreams, there is no reality! - Luis B. Couto

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. - Napoleon Hill

If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.  - Thomas Edison

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor. - Jackson Brown Jr.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take. - Gloria Estefan

You always succeed in producing a result. - Tony Robbins

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. - Napoleon Hill

You've got to sing like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like no one is watching. It's gotta come from the heart, if you want it to work. - Susannah Clark

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. - Grace Hansen

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. - Alexander Woollcott