“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”

Roy Disney (born 1930);

Former Disney executive, nephew of Walt Disney

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Milton Berle (1908-2002);

comedian, actor, author

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

Nelson Mandela (born 1918);

Former president of South Africa

“We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.”

Dorothy Day (1897-1980);

Journalist, activist

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962);

U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. ”

Deepak K. Chopra (born 1946);

physician, writer

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. ”

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987);

lecturer, writer

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922);

inventor