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“Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” Virgil A Kraft It’s muddy out. The ground…

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” — Rainer Maria Rilke We…

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” – Leo Tolstoy January 1st might be the official start of the…

“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” — Lewis Grizzard The early morning light slowly…

“The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter!” — Jen Selinsky Winter is harsh,…

“It makes a difference to take it easy when things aren’t going right.”  Sergio Garcia A baseball player in a…

“The only thing you can control is your attitude towards the next shot.”  Mark McCumber Next. That is the secret…

“Keep your sense of humor.  There’s enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin…

“Golf is about how well you accept, respond to, and score with your misses much more so than it is…

“Success in this game depends less on strength of body than strength of mind and character.”  Arnold Palmer Until Tiger…

“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.  You get bad breaks from good shots; you get…

“The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.”  Gary Player After a dozen times in a…

“I love playing this game and every spring training game fells like the first.” Rickey Henderson Play the game like…

“I come to Spring Training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That’s…

“I’ve kind of looked at my whole career as a Spring Training invite.” Jamie Moyer As Eminem asked: if you…

“Before I pitch any game, from Spring Training to Game 7 of the World Series, I’m scared to death.” Curt…

“Fighting for a job – that’s been my mindset every Spring Training.” Aaron Judge Even when you’ve made it as…

“A young ballplayer looks at his first Spring Training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.” Christy…

“People who write about Spring Training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.” Sandy Koufax It is…

“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” Babe Ruth Next. The most difficult word yet the most critical for success.…

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.” John D Rockefeller One of the greatest threats is…

“The first one gets the oyster, the second gets the shell.” Andrew Carnegie “Second place is the first loser” fictional…

“Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.” Meg Whitman I admit…

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates Feedback is how we can understand and improve.…

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill If you…

“Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.” Tony Robbins Ryan Holiday’s first Stoic book was…

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” President…

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson Babies only fear falling…

“If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough.” Parnelli Jones Out of control is where records are broken, where…

“To achieve anything in this game you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.” Stirling Moss On…

“What’s behind you doesn’t matter.” Enzo Ferrari There is a famous picture of the Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, focused…

“To finish first, first you have to finish.” Juan Manuel Fangio Too many people begin but give up along the…

“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” Dale Earnhardt Sr. Sometimes we cross the line first and get…

“There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to…

“Our goal is to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way.” Tony Dungy…

“Records are made to be broken but all I want to do is win the Super Bowl.” – Demaryius Thomas…

“You don’t just dream of playing in the NFL.  You dream of playing in the Super Bowl.”  Cooper Kupp If…

“I’m trying to win the Super Bowl.  That’s a team award and that’s what I want.”  Lamar Jackson Personal accolades…

“I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want to win the next Super Bowl.”  Jerry Jones Some people win…

“That’s the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.”  John Madden…

“Those four Super Bowl Losses?  Yeah, it sucks that we didn’t win, but what are you going to do about…

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” – Sophocles Love is…

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr.…

“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” – Ben Hecht When you first start dating…

“You make me want to be a better man.” – Melvin Udall If part of being with them is not…

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse Until someone or something takes away…

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. “ – CS Lewis One of the key factors in the Enhanced…

“Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.” – Theodore Roethke Men are taught to be strong.  To be independent but…

“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.” -Michael Jordan He wasn’t the biggest.  He wasn’t the fastest.  Others could…

“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses…

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” – Kevin Durant Talent is everywhere. We all know incredibly…

“Good players want to be coached…Great players want to be told the truth.” -Doc Rivers When you reach the higher…

“Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.”– Bill Russell…

“There’s only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.”  – Don Meyer Sometimes you do…

“Never give up. Failure and rejection are just the first steps to succeeding” – Jim Valvano We all know Michael…

“Straighten up and fly right.” Straighten Up and Fly Right By Nat King Cole and Irving Mills We have all…

“Sometimes I love youSometimes I hate youBut when I hate you its ‘cuz i love you” Sometimes I’m Happy By…

“When you walk in a dream but you know you’re not dreaming” That’s Amore By Harry Warren and Jack Brooks…

“Give me what you alone can give, a kiss to build a dream on” A Kiss To Build a Dream…

“You can be better than you areYou could be swingin’ on a star” Swingin’ On a Stay by Jimmy Van…

“He mixes it with love, and makes the world taste good.”  The Candy Man by  Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Sammy Davis…

“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king.”  That’s Life by Dean Kay…

“I ain’t asking nobody for nothing, if I can get it on my own.”  Charlie Daniels “Long Haired Country Boy”…

“I think I was better off when I was hungry, and fightin’ off wolves from our front door.”  Merle Haggard…

“Really, I don’t know what I’d do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?”  Loretta Lynn When your work is…

“It isn’t reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan.  Not yet, anyway.” Charley Pride…

“Everybody’s life is a country-western song, depends on who’s writing it.”  Dolly Parton All of our lives ultimately end with…

“And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.”  Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” We are all…

“A good country song takes a page out of somebody’s life and puts it to music.” Conway Twitty There is…

“Fight as if you are already dead.”  Miyamoto Musashi A warrior is most dangerous when they have nothing to lose…

“Those who live are those who fight.”  Victor Hugo When the evil attacks, those who try to appease end up…

“The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears.”  David Goggins When our mind says we…

“A true champion will fight through anything.”  Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I broke a rib the morning before a 200ish mile…

“You have to fight to reach your dream.  You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”  Lionel Messi Greatness…

“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”  General George S Patton I faced down a giant conglomerate possessing…

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join…

“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger.” Anne Sullivan…

“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” — Mandy…

“I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires…

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato If you don’t start you can never finish. Most people…

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a…

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” —Seneca Did you ever notice in your life that whenever you…

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu Anyone that has had a horrible breakup or divorce knows…

“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” – Janice Maeditere There is a joy…

“Christmas, my child, is love in action.” – Dale Evans Love is giving of yourself even if you have nothing…

“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the…

“Love the giver more than the gift.” – Brigham Young It’s the thought that matters.  My kids gave me a…

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“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last…

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie During WWI,…

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”—James Keller If I give you a piece of my pie I have…

“May the light illuminate your hearts and shine in your life every day of the year.”― Eileen Anglin Diwali is the…

“A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness.”—Rabbi Schneur Zalman A little kindness goes a long way. Leverage…

“The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle.”—Irving Greenberg Cursing the…

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”—Martin…

“We light candles in testament that faith makes miracles possible.”—Nachum Braverman Some people see then believe. Believe it, see it,…

“This is the season when people of all faiths and cultures are pushing back against the planetary darkness.”—Anita Diamant The…

“Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.” — Jim McKenny To do anything exceptional requires exceptional willpower,…

“To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. To love the game is greatest of all.”— Bob…

“Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It’s hard to stay on…

“Some may have more talent, but there is no excuse for anyone working harder than you.”  John Tavares If you…

“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.”…

“Great moments are born from great opportunities.” – Herb Brooks When your window of opportunity is open, you need to take…

“Children need models rather than critics.” – Joseph Joubert Unless it is dangerous, I don’t yell at my kids.  I may…

“If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.” – Bette Davis “I am your father, not…

“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein Malcolm Gladwell discusses “desired difficulties”, and the learning…

“Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach.” – W.E.B. DuBois Little eyes are watching and little ears…

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela…

“Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything…

“The soul is healed by being with children.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky Everyone thinks puppies wrestling are cute and I guess they…

“Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.” – Kathy Calvin We have all received…

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” – Booker T. Washington Having a bad day? …

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo…

“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” -Maya Angelou When you give…

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly…

“No one has ever become poor from giving.” – Anne Frank The more energy you expend in your life in…

“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out…

“Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every day should be a day of thanks.” Monique Hammond No, I don’t…

“If you really are thankful, what do you do? You share.”  W. Clement Stone The most generous people share what…

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those…

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”  Willie Nelson The most popular course in the 300+…

“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a…

“Gratitude opens the door, the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.”  Deepak…

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Gratitude is…

“There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one”. – Chuck Norris Play infinite games of…

“Even though surrounded by several enemies set to attack, fight with the thought that they are but one”. – Ueshiba Singlemindedness…

“One of the greatest gifts of the martial arts is that they ultimately guide us to new levels of spirituality.”…

“Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice”. – Samurai Maxim If you are always prepared, you don’t have to get ready. …

“You should make it a habit of putting your all into every little thing you do.” —Koichi Tohei Admiral McRaven…

“If you don’t have a spiritual connection, you can’t dance on the razor’s edge.”  Rickson Gracie On the edge of…

“When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.” — Anderson Silva A person with great power respects that…

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”– Bruce Lee “Hold.  Hold!  HOLD!!!  NOW!” Ignore the bullets thumping into…

“In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.” – Yuval Noah Harari In science we talk about finding the…

“Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.” – Bill Gates Everyone that is not successful…

“Success demands singleness of purpose.” – Vince Lombardi Peter Pan represents the infinite number of possibilities of childhood, and by keeping all…

“What you focus on grows.” — Esther Hicks Our RAS (Reticular Activation System) is the filter that we observe the world…

“Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise willpower, discipline one’s body and train one’s mind. – Anil Ambani…

“Focusing is about saying No.” ― Steve Jobs We only have a certain amount of bandwidth, and too many of us…

“Stay focused on the mission.” – Naveen Jain The mission is more important than the man (or woman). If what you…

“Jazz is about being in the moment.” – Herbie Hancock The feeling of Flow, when the work just pours out of…

“I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the…

“If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying.” – Coleman Hawkins If you don’t make mistakes, whatever you are attempting…

“If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.” – Joe Pass We all make…

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of…

“You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians” – Miles Davis Comfort is where dreams…

“I believe in things that are developed through hard work.”  Bill Evans Rarely is something that comes easy worth it,…

“Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.”…

“Comedy—real comedy—wasn’t only tellin’ jokes. It was about telling the truth…” – Richard Pryor Truth makes people uncomfortable.  Unless we…

“Humor is truth.” –Victor Borge Life is crazy, insane, and absurd. In a world that has gone mad, being able…

“Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles.” -Suzy Kassem Did you know laughter strengthens your immune system?…

“Comedy is acting out optimism.” –Robin Williams He suffered intense black depressions yet made the world laugh. Doubts and darkness clouded…

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.” –Erma Bombeck Celebrity roasts can be incredible.  Someone who has had tremendous public success…

“Great comedy calls large matters into question.” – Penelope Gilliatt The Romanians have a saying: the truth is told through…

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”  – Theodore Roosevelt Failure sucks,…

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln What feels good in the…

“The cynics may be the loudest voices—but I promise you they will accomplish the least.” —Barack Obama Teddy Roosevelt talked of…

“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you’ll still…

“It’s easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn’t.” ― Martin Van Buren Just make the…

“Honor lies in honest toil.” ―Grover Cleveland Doing good work is it’s own reward.  The process of becoming better, of doing…

“Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower When a freshman heads to college and suddenly…

“Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we…

“Clasp me close in your warm young arms, while the pale stars shine above, and we’ll live our whole young…

“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life.” – Pablo Neruda Life sucks, but…

“I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love…

“Love allows us to walk in the sweet music of our particular heart.”  Jack Gilbert Love is a many splendored…

“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores…

“there is a place in the heart that will never be filled and we will wait and wait in that…

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.” Jordan Peterson When your friend is actively hurting themselves and…

“Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn’t happen.” – Malcolm Gladwell In “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, Sherlock…

“The moment you start fighting for something bigger than YOU, you’ll be introduced to a version of YOU that you’ve…

“The only real failure is abandoning your principles.”  Ryan Holiday To have the world yet lose yourself is too great…

“Stop whining, start hustling.”  -Gary Vaynerchuk You want to know a secret approach that almost always works?  Work. Working your…

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” -James Clear As Zeno of Citium said, well being is no small thing…

“Our struggles determine our successes.”  Mark Manson Life is not a straight easy road with margarita stands and The Lollipop…

“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.”  -William Cullent Bryant The sad smile after love has faded is beautiful nonetheless. The last…

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”  -Chad Sugg The season…

“The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” – Andrea Gibson There…

“Another fall, another turned page…”  Wallace Stegner Schools have begun and baseball is ending.  Pools and golf courses are closed…

“Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him.” – Hal Borland After…

 “The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.”…

“Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”  Friedrich Nietzsche The wind turns colder and…

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.”— Dean Karnazes You don’t…

“Running a marathon is not a question of whether it will be painful, but when it will be painful.” — Will Ferrell…

“If we had a drug that did what exercise did, it would be the biggest revolution ever and would be…

“Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance.” — Noel Carroll It is through adversity that we discover ourselves, through…

“Fast running isn’t forced. You have to relax and let the run come out of you.” — Desiree Linden The…

“I’m all about breaking mental boundaries, and training for a marathon falls right into the Jedi mind-training I need.” —…

“Running is the quickest endorphin hit I can get.”— Julie Bowen We all want that hit, that high.  Be it…

“Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” –Vince Lombardi I can think…

“I don’t think it’s about who you play, I think it’s about who you are.”  Nick Saban It doesn’t matter…

“Stay hungry, remain humble, and get better today.” – Pete Carroll The greats are happy but not content.  They win the…

“Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.” Patrick Mahomes Shakespeare observed that nothing is neither good nor…

“Talent sets the floor. Character sets the ceiling.” Bill Belichick Talent can carry you far, even into the ranks of…

“You cannot make progress with excuses.” –Cam Newton You cannot improve if you believe you are perfect, nor can you deny…

“The most valuable player is the one who makes the most players valuable.” –Peyton Manning Every great team has that one…

“Life is a lot like jazz…it’s best when you improvise.” – George Gershwin “Oh, you have a plan.  That’s nice.” …

“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” – Robert Schumann…

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me.” – Wolfgang Amadeus…

“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.” – Johann Sebastian Bach One of…

“Imagination creates reality.” – Richard Wagner The ability to dream, to mold reality in our minds and then bend the…

“Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” – Jean Sibelius Music is older than language, older than thought.  It…

“To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.” – Giuseppe…

“I’m not mad at all. I’m just differently sane.”— The Joker Some people just see the world differently.  This is…

“I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions.”  -Bane You might have been…

“There are two rules for success in life.  One is never reveal everything you know.” – Edward Nigma The art…

“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”  Bizarro One insight into the human psyche is the concept of hedonic…

“I love him not for the way he silenced my demons, but for the way his demons dance with mine.”…

“Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.”  Talia al Ghul Family is those who love you, no matter what.  It…

“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” -Harvey Dent All relationships…

“I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life.” – Neo There are many things we…

“Denial is the most predictable of all human responses.” -The Architect “I didn’t do that.”  Let’s go to the tape. …

“That is the sound of inevitability!”  – Agent Smith Sometimes, it feels like we are tied to the train tracks…

“It’s the question that drives us Neo.”  Trinity If you have a big enough question, it should take a lifetime…

“What do all men with power want?  More power.” -The Oracle Lust is not limited to the flesh, nor gluttony…

“Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.”  -Merovingian The illusion of choice is one of…

“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth.  Nothing more.”  – Morpheus Truth is powerful, but like many things its power…

“Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through…

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”  Fredrick Douglass We become stronger by meeting and overcoming resistance.  Whether…

“The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.” Stefan Molyneux Bad things happen. The…

“What I love about therapy is that they’ll tell you what your blind spots are. Although that’s uncomfortable and painful,…

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen We are all broken. We…

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” —…

“My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.” — Emery…

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”  Maya Angelou As babies we pulled…

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”  Suzanne Collins If a relationship is built…

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” George MacDonald We can love someone flawed.  To truly love…

“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” Stephen King The root of the word “con man”…

“Trust is built with consistency.”  Lincoln Chafee One of the primary factors in developing trust is reliability.  If your kid…

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”  Friedrich Nietzsche…

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.”  Santosh Kalwar People joke about “the circle of trust”, but it is…

“The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to…

“Think like a queen.  A queen is not afraid to fail.  Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”  Oprah Winfrey No…

“There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.”  Alice Cary True strength does not present a…

“I am indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”  Pietro Aretino Whomever can subjugate their desires to…

“I will do what queens do, I will rule.”  Daenerys Targaryen Leaders lead. They do what they must, even if…

“In the past, people were born royal.  Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.”  Gianni Versace Inherited titles and wealth…

“I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.”  Wesley Snipes There is a kingdom…

“Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”  The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu If you can remain…

“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”  The Buddha We create more demons in our minds…

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”  Pema Chodron On “The Big Bang Theory” Sheldon proclaimed…

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” Alan Watts Patience allows emotions to calm and vision to clear.…

“For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views of them.”  Thich Nhat…

“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but better than your previous self.” The Dalai Lama…

“There is no joy in the finite; there is joy only in the Infinite.” Upanishads The game that has a…

“Allow me to help you.” -Dr. Steven Strange We can not help those who will not let us help them.…

“I can’t control their fear, only my own.” -Wanda Maximoff We can not control other people; at best we can…

“Everything is unpredictable.”  Ant Man Change is the only constant in the Universe, and the most powerful law is Murphy’s.…

“Unity isn’t about being the same. It’s about working together.”  -Iron Man A team should exceed the sum of its…

‘Pain only makes us stronger.’ -Black Widow When you push your muscles to the point of microtears and they recover,…

“The price of freedom is high, it always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And if…

“I choose to run towards my problems and not away from them.  Because that is what heroes do.”  Thor Odinson…

“Why do the Yankees always win?  The other team can’t stop looking at the pinstripes.”  Frank Abagnale If you can…

“If what you did yesterday still seems big today, then you haven’t done enough today.” -Aaron Judge Every single day…

“You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.”—Roger Maris Anyone can get lucky and run into a pitch. …

“You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.”—Whitey Ford If…

“You play the game to win the game and not worry about what’s on the back of the baseball card…

“I never said most of the things I said.” – Yogi Berra We are all bigger and better in our…

“When I played, Old-Timers Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker…

You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don’t swim, you drown.” – Rza Starting a business?  You’re probably…

“Swimming is simply moving meditation.” — Cesar Nikko Caharian Runners know the feeling of forgetting everything, emptying their mind and…

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“If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water.  On dry land, no frame of mind is ever…

“Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination.” —Michael Phelps…

“Feel your way through the water. Don’t fight it.” -Mark Young The ability to glide through situations instead of battling…

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” – Frank Herbert Those who pursue…

“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.” -Pope John…

“We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.” -Lech Walesa Those who have…

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the…

“America is another name for opportunity.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Immigrants have come to America’s shores for hundreds of years…

“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to what…

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.” -Aung San Suu Kyi FDR…

“You will never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air.” — Unknown The story of the…

“What is done in the dark will come to light. Time has a way of showing people’s true colors.” —…

“How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego.” — Amanda Torroni Sometimes we…

“Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others” Shannon L Adler As the Scottish psychologist Laing pointed…

“Love doesn’t die a natural death. Love has to be killed, either by neglect or narcissism.” ― Frank Salvato A…

“Half the pain in human life comes from gazing in mirrors.” — Marty Rubin Comparison is dangerous.  Comparing ourselves to…

“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” — Benjamin Franklin No one can be as perfect…

“Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is about.” —John Mayer When it is below zero…

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” —Charles Bowden Spring Training is the time of hope and anticipation…

“I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the…

“Rejoice as summer should… chase away sorrows by living.” – Melissa Marr Play tag. Chase the dream. Run in the…

“If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe…” —Evelyn Waugh When…

“In summer, the song sings itself.” -William Carlos Williams So much depends Upon slowing down And relaxing Into the song…

“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” —Wallace Stevens Warm, quiet other than the peepers in the distance,…

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing…

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is…

“This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” –Elmer Davis…

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.”- George…

“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.” – Andre Malraux The United States does not have a traditional…

“We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.”- George…

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” – Colonel David Hackworth Fear is a feedback mechanism from the…

“Education is not a problem.  Education is an opportunity.” -Lyndon Johnson Charlie got the golden ticket. Aladdin found the magic…

“Change is the end result of all true learning“. – Leo Buscaglia The Stoics had a precept, to not be a…

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm…

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai My…

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” – Winston Churchill Everyone wants to…

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle Difficulty is the soil from which springs forth…

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier The average person that…

“I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself,” Joseph Monniger Addition by subtraction. Removing thought allows the…

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after,” Henry David…

“The act of fishing – for fish, dreams, or whatever magic is available – is enough. It transports us to…

“There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there’s always a new place, a new horizon.” –…

“It doesn’t matter if the rod is or isn’t bent.” – Justin Morgan Unless you are fishing for dinner, whether…

“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts.” – Charles…

“Great fish do not swim in shallow waters.” – Matshona Dhliwayo You will not find whales where minnows dwell.  They…

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it…

“What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?”― Frank Herbert, Dune See with more…

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”  –CS Lewis When we are young, we…

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”― J.K. Rowling…

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a…

“A mage’s soul is forged in the crucible of the magic”― Margaret Weis, The Soulforge We are the clay and the sculptor,…

“Let the magic of life remind you of your own miracles.” – Shaa Zainol The chances against you being born are…

“There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.” – Terry Goodkind Without hope there is no life. Without…

“Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.” – Carol Moseley Braun Everything is impossible until it is done. Heart surgery. Flying…

“Imagination is the true magic carpet.” – Norman Vincent Peale It does not matter the physical constraints placed upon the body,…

“Children see magic because they look for it.”― Christopher Moore Seek and ye shall find. If you look for the evil…

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”― Roald Dahl  Perception is reality.  We all have our filters on…

“Beyond the door, there’s peace I’m sure. And I know they’ll be no more Tears in Heaven.” Eric Clapton “Tears…

“Tell me just what you want me to be” Michelle Branch and Carlos Santana “The Game of Love” Sometimes the…

“Out there is a fortune waiting to be had” Judas Priest “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” The world is full…

“You ask me why I’m wearyWhy I can’t speak to youYou blame me for my silence” Blue Oyster Cult “Veteran…

“Born to be kings, princes of the universeFighting and free” Queen “Princess of the Universe” We all have greatness inside…

“You work your life away and what do they give? You’re only killing yourself to live.”  Black Sabbath “Killing Yourself…

“You can get with this or you can get with that.”  Black Sheep The Choice is Yours  There is always…

“I’ve got friends and family that I respectWhen I think I’m too good, they put me in check”  Beastie Boys…

“If you had one shot or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture…

“God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes”  Everlast What It’s Like We are all quick…

“Yo that’s $50 for a t-shirt,” Macklemore Thrift Shop Unless they live in a world where impressing others with materialistic…

“Make moves or make excuses.”  Andy Mineo  You Can’t Stop Me We all have free will, our own agency in…

“When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip it’s point in honey.” –  Arab Proverb “Just a spoon full of…

“He is not worthy of the honey-combThat shuns the hives because the bees have stings.” -William Shakespeare Nothing truly worthy…

“It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur.” – Meridel Le Sueur We are in…

“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.” – John Muir…

“Words are like bees – some create honey and others leave a sting.” -Unknown Words are the currency of writers,…

“That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.” – Marcus Aurelius We are all…

“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life…

“Round numbers are always false.” – Samuel Johnson Life is messy.  If the solution is both simple and easy, it…

“You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.” – John Green Sometimes, someone will give you…

“A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.” – Simon Sinek All too often we see that…

“That person is lonely who has no one for whom he or she is Number One.” – Helene Deutsch Do…

“Being number two sucks.” – Andre Agassi Everyone idolizes and adores the winner, the person who is on top. What…

“It’s income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that…

“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” Barry Goldwater Both in the populace and…

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Albert Einstein Byzantine.  Illogical.  Hobbled together by a…

“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” – Al Capone Do bad things and violate rules and bad things…

“The best things in life are tax free.” -Joseph Bonkowski A sunset. The hug of a child. The sound of…

“Baseball is dull only to dull minds.” – Red Barber Baseball is simple in essence: hit a round ball travelling…

“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.”  – Yogi Berra Love powers…

“A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end, it turns out it…

“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!” – Babe Ruth Too many people leave…

“Remember these two things: play hard and have fun.” – Tony Gwynn Three quarters of Americans don’t like what they…

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming. – Pablo Neruda Remove the trappings of…

“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” – Theodore Roethke Through the dark days of winter, the cold…

“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette A sprout pushes up from the earth, feeling…

“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul. – Luther Burbank…

“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” – Marty Rubin Even as the tree sleeps in winter, in its…

“Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.” –James…

“You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.” –Jonathan…

“Play every match as if it’s your last, but play well enough so that it isn’t.” –Jack Lynch Leave it all…

“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go you’ll always find family.”  –Victoria Smurfit Green blood binds people worldwide,…

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” –George Bernard Shaw Half of our ultimate results are not biologically…

“The trouble is that for too long, business has been run by the wrong sort of pirates” –Sam Conniff Allende…

 “It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.” -Steve Jobs Some people are born to climb…

“It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was…

“I am a man of fortune and must seek my fortune.” -Captain Henry Avery. Pirates will always seek treasure.  Entrepreneurs…

“Your words surround you like fog and make you hard to see.”  -Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Some people use words to…

“Bullying will eventually end if we all decide to stop it.”  -Choi Si-won Since time immemorial there have been bullies.…

“When you’re nice, you’re not bullying people.  But when you’re kind, you stand up against the bully. -Daniel Lubetzky Stand…

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”  -Benjamin Disraeli Bullies are usually full of hot air, and those that stand…

“I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like…

“ I don’t like bullies, I don’t care where they are from.”  -Steve Rogers, aka Captain America My middle son at…

“I could build a spaceship!” – Benny from The Lego Movie Spaceship!  Spaceship!!  Spaceship!!! At some point, there will be…

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”…

“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. We must all…

“Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.” – Johannes Kepler Look…

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong. Zeno of Citium, founder of…

“Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.” – Jamie Lee Curtis…

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis Few are born heroic, we step up when…

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking.” – Buddhist Proverb If…

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.” – Confucius The secret to finishing…

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein…

“You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of…

“Love isn’t something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn’t a feeling,…

“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”  -Willa Cather Love unlocks your hidden powers.  It gives rise to…

“Continue to share your heart with people even if it has been broken.”  -Amy Poehler Even if you are shattered,…

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but…

“Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” –Mike Ditka…

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” –Lou Holtz…

“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.” – Walter Payton The…

“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.”  Gary Zukav First love…

“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my…

“Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there…

“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”   Tori…

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” John Milton There is only two…

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too,…

“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”  Anne Frank Without the light we cannot…

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” …

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”  Albert Camus Let others…