"I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself."

Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness)

"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

Allan K. Chalmers

"You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice."

Steven D. Woodhull

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman