May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. _ Will Rogers

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Every challenge you encounter in life is a fork in the road. You have the choice to choose which way to go - backward, forward, breakdown or breakthrough. ― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

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If you're going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill

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We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

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Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. — David Bly

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Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Gautama Buddha

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Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

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