A Mothers Horizon

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”
– Isak Dinesen

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill

“The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink, and somebody to love you.”
– Brendan Behan

“When you cannot make up your mind between two evenly balanced courses of action, choose the bolder.”
– William Joseph Slim

“When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.”
– Sir Alexander Paterson

“It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life.”
– Katharine Butler Hathaway

“We each need to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.”
– Shakti Gawain

“When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity…I can be sure that I am right.”
– Federico Fellini

“Let me listen to me and not to them.”
– Gertrude Stein

“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.”
– Pat Riley

“Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.”
– Basil Maturin

“Never let life’s hardships disturb you…no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.”
– Nichiren Daishonin

“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.”
– Walter Savage Landor

“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
– Benjamin Mays

“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”
– Hannah More

“The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.”
– David Starr Jordan

“Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is.… It’s your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.”
– Sir Laurence Olivier

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”
– Orison Swett Marden

“Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.”
– Grandma Moses

“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”
– Virginia Satir

“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.”
– William C. Durant