“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” —Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut who became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour
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“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” John Ruskin, leading English art critic of the Victorian era as well as an art patron, watercolourist, prominent social thinker, philanthropist and one of the great visionaries of the 19th century.
“You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.” Van Morrison
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” American essayist, poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau
“Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history by his longevity in the game and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
“You have to be yourself. Be very honest about who and what you are. And if people still like or love you, that’s great. If they don’t, that’s their problem. Be yourself, no matter what they say. ” Sting
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.” —E. M. Forster