Vince Patton

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~ Maya Angelou

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

"I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while." ~ R. A. Salvatore

"Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible." ~ Mary McLeod Bethune

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~ Melody Beattie

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"At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division." ~ Jesse Jackson

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." ~ Rabindranath Tagore

“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” ~ Shannon L. Alder

"History doesn't repeat itself. It often rhymes." ~ Mark Twain

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." ~ John F. Kennedy

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don't let someone's opinion of you become your reality." ~ Les Brown

“You can be a character, or you can demonstrate character.” ~ Alford L. McMichael

"You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served." ~ Nina Simone

“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.” ~ Viola Davis

“Have a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell.” ~ Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook

"To soar toward what's possible, you must leave behind what's comfortable." ~ Cicely Tyson

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative." ~ James Baldwin

"Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach." ~ Phillis Wheatley

"I don't like to lose – at anything – yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks." ~ Serena Williams

“If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.” ~ Gabrielle Union

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” ~ Booker T. Washington

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated." ~ Maya Angelou

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” ~ Langston Hughes

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." ~ Colin Powell

“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~ Ella Fitzgerald

“Life has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one.” ~ Duke Ellington

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you’re wasting your life." ~ Jackie Robinson

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ~ Harriet Tubman