Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. – John Dewey

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” –Ayn Rand

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill

“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

“If you think you, have it bad – someone has it worse. Lou Holtz”

I was blessed to hear him say those words when I was a broker at Trammell Crow Company- it helps me very much when I think about what he said that day – Tobin Knight

No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.

“It’s only when you have been in the deepest valley – can you ever know how magnificent it is to be at the highest mountain.”

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” Michelle Obama