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'It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.' Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

'To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.' Woodrow Wilson.

'The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.' Ralph Waldo Emerson.

'The sun shines everywhere not just at the beach.' Brande Roderick.

'Time is what we want most, but what we use the worst.' William Penn.

'Hope begins in the dark.' Anne Lamott.

'Everything you can image is real.' Picasso.

'Im not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.' Louisa May Alcott.

'Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of mind and spirit.' Helena Rubenstein.

'You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.' Beverley Sill.

'Stop wearing your wishbone, where your backbone ought to be.' Elizabeth Gilbert.

'If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.' Katharine Hepburn.

'I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water, I think I'm a mermaid or I was a mermaid.' Beyonce Knowles.

'Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.' Coco Chanel.

'I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've go to go out and kick ass.' Maya Angelou

'Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.' Ruth Gordon.

'If you don't like the road you're walking start paving another one.' Dolly Parton.

'How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.' Dar Williams.

'The man who has no imagination has no wings.' Muhammad Ali.