1. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.Live the life you have imagined.Henry David ThoreauFollowing Your DreamsNo matter how long it may take or who may stopyou.

2. The more difficulties one has to encounter,within and without, the more significant andthe higher in inspiration his life will be.Horace BushnellAbraham Lincoln Didnt QuitProbably the greatest example of persistence isAbraham Lincoln. If you want to learn aboutsomebody who didnt quit, look no further.Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeatthroughout his life. He lost eight elections, twicefailed in business and suffered a nervousbreakdown.He could have quit many times - but he didntand because he didnt quit, he became one of thegreatest presidents in the history of our country. 3. Success seems to be largely a matter of hangingon after others have let go.William FeatherLouis LAmour, successful author of over 100 westernnovels with 200 million copies in print, received 350rejections before he made his first sale. He later becamethe first American novelist to receive a specialcongressional gold medal in recognition of hisdistinguished career as an author. 4. "At first, dreams seem impossible, thenimprobable, and eventually inevitable.When Thomas Edisonn invented the lightbulb, he tried over 2,000 experiments before hegot it to work. 5. "Some men see things as they are and say why? Othersdream things that never were and say why not?"~ George Bernard ShawJohn Milton became blind at 44. Sixteen years later hewrote the classic Paradise Lost.After years of progressive hearing loss, by age 46Ludwig van Beethoven had become completely deaf.Nevertheless, he wrote his greatest music, including fivesymphonies, during his later years. 6. "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it.Boldness has genius and power and magic in it."~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~Nick Vujicic was born with out arms or legs, yet dispite this he isthe President and CEO of non-profit organization,Life WithoutLimbs. Since his first speaking engagement back when he was19, Nick has traveled around the world, sharing his story withmillions of people.