“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

–Thomas A. Edison

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

–David Brinkley

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

–Ayn Rand

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

–Aristotle

“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

–G.K. Chesterton