"It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning."
— Gene Roddenberry
"Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."
— John Stuart Mill
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
— Aristotle
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
— Socrates (recorded by Plato)
"They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams."
— Henry David Thoreau
"The best way out is always through."
— Robert Frost
"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning."
— Carl Sandburg
"We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger ..."
— George Eliot
"While you can't control your experiences, you can control your explanations."
— Martin E.P. Seligman
"Life of man [in the state of nature] is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
— Thomas Hobbes
"Pessimism never won any battle."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you'll be in all areas of life."
— Roy T. Bennett
"Know that this world is full of beauty if you have the eyes to see it."
— Louisa May Alcott
"The question is not what you look at, but what you see."
"Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of acc..."
"Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive."
"New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it."
— Dorothy Parker
"Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses in your life; you realize everything that happens in life is a result of the previous choice ..."
"It's never too late to change your life for the better. You don't have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to you..."
"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."
— Pierre-Auguste Renoir