Rising To The Occasion

All men by nature desire to know. - Aristotle

Hope is passion for what is possible. - Soren Kierkegaard

Follow your dreams, they know the way. - Kobe Yamada

Dreams are the touchstones of our character. - Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. - Seneca

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too. - Chris Brown

Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live. - Conte Vittorio Afieri

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. - J K Rowling

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. - Thomas S Szasz

Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears. - Unknown

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place. - Ice-T

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work. - Harvey Mackay

The secret of happiness is freedom; the secret of freedom is courage. - Carrie Jones

Every woman dreams of her own political career and her own place in life. - Raisa M. Gorbachev

We have to make our inspiration first before our inspiration can build us. - Sanjive K Sharma

Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own. - Mike Krzyzewski

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it. - Geoffrey Abert

With birds flying around, man's desire for having wings rises to infinite. - Mehmet M Ildan

We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. - Charles R Swindoll

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. - Leon J. Suenes

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams. Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. - William Butler Yeats

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker

Pursuing a God-ordained passion, no matter how crazy it seems, is the most responsible thing you can do. - Mark Batterson

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. - Seymour Papert

Embrace the present moment fully and with passion, because only through the present moment do we truly live. - Richard L Haight

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. - Douglas Coupland

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted. - Eleanor Roosevelt

I never like anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have any temper, you don't have any passion. - Michael Bloomberg

No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude. - Buddy Valastro

Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you. - Catherine Anderson

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin - but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. - Harper Lee

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. - Arthur Balfour

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. - Maya Angelou

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. - William Butler Yeats

Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith. - William James

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Thomas Henry Huxley