Determination

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896-1940); author

You Have a Choice

“With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.”

—Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); Television Host, Actress, Philanthopist

Your Thoughts Matter

“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.”

—Bill Meyer
(1892-1957); baseball manager, coach

Ideas, Thoughts and Principles are Mighty

“Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots.”

--W. M. Paxton

It is our Thoughts that Determine Who We are

"Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts. A thought can do us more good than a doctor or a banker or a faithful friend. It can also do us more harm than a brick."

--Dr. Frank Crane