“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Unknown Author

“Adversity isn’t set against you to fail; adversity is a way to build your character so that you can succeed over and over again through perseverance” 
Unknown Author

“Suffering is part of the Gift of Life, without suffering one cannot truly understand the beauty and value of life.” 
Michael V. Desiderio 

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
Plato

“Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world.”
Einstein

“He who knows others is clever; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
Lao Tzu

“Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.” 
Helen Keller

“I shut my eyes in order to see.”
Unknown Author

“Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer

“The Self is the friend of a man who masters himself through the self, but for a man without self-mastery, the self is like an enemy at war”
The Bhagavad Gita, India, circa 1st century AD

“Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

“Strategy is more than a science: it is the application of knowledge to practical life, the development of thought capable of modifying the original guiding idea in the light of ever changing situations; it is the art of acting under the pressure of the most difficult conditions.”
Helmuth Von Moltke, 1800-1891

 “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace”
Jimi Hendrix