Inspirational Quotes to Brighten Your Day!!!

I stumbled upon this website today that I found most inspiring. It is called 'The Foundation For A Better Life' and this is how they describe quotes: "Quotes, whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings." I pulled the following inspirational quotes from this website to help brighten your day!!!

1. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” —Mark Twain
   
   
2. “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
   
   
3. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” —Albert Einstein (1875-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher
   
   
4. “I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see. And pursuing that vision.” —Howard Schultz
   
   
5. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
   
6. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” —Segoyewatha, [Red Jacket]
   
   
7. “It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.” —Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), novelist
   
   
8. “Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.” —Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), political leader, educator
   
   
9. “A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” —Anonymous
   
   
10. “You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” —Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), motivational author
    
    

BONUS

“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
—Mother Theresa (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of Charity