“Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.”

Aaron Sorkin (born 1961); Academy award winning screenwriter, producer, and playwright

Struggle for the future

“The struggle of today, is not altogether for today–it is for a vast future also”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865); 16th U.S. President

Take the Chance

“Our lives improve only when we take chances- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.”

Walter Anderson (1903-1965); American artist

Who stops you?

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”

Ayn Rand (1905-1982); writer, philosopher

Just Don't Give Up

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”

Anne Lamott - author, political activist

Think for yourself

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ”

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971); French fashion designer

Never Too Old

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963); writer, theologian, scholar

Adversity makes you Stronger

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

Dolly Parton (born 1946); Singer-songwriter, actress, author, philanthropist