“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
— William Arthur Ward, American motivational writer (1921-1994).

“Swim out until you can’t see land, and then drop down deep to where there is nothing you’ve every known.”
— Jessica Graham, American actress and producer (details unknown).

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
— Sam Levenson, American humorist, writer, teacher, television host, and journalist (1911-1980).

“If your compassion does not include yourself it is incomplete.”
— Jack Kornfield, American author (born 1945).

“How did it get so late so soon. It’s night before it’s afternoon. December before it’s June. My goodness, how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
— Dr Seuss, American children’s author (1904-1991).

“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”
— Leroy Satchel Paige, American professional baseball player (1906-1982).

“Learn from the past, but don’t live in the past.”
— Steve Maraboli, motivational psychologist and author (born 1975).

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
— Margaret Cousins, Irish-Indian educationalist and suffragist (1878-1954).

“I usually don’t talk for three days after a defeat. Then you have an epiphany and realise it’s just a game.”
— Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby international player and captain (born 1985).

“If at first, you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”
— Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (born 1955).