" My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That’s always been my motivation—to take care of the people who rely on me. "

- Tony Parsons

" One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. "

- Paulo Coelho

" For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. "

- Steve Jobs

" I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better. "

- Jeffrey Fry

" I hope you know that every time I tell you to get home safe, stay warm, have a good day, or sleep well what I am really saying is I love you. I love you so damn much that it is starting to steal other words’ meanings. "

- Open-365

" The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return. "

- Natalie Cole

" When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, and yet most of the audience still sleeps. "

- John Lennon

" I have decided to stick to love; hate is too great a burden to bear. "

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

" Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life. "

- Germany Kent

" I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. "

- E. B. White

" I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. "

- Marilyn Monroe

" Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. "

- Richard Whately

" If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning. "

- Larry Page

" Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting. "

- William Shakespeare

" You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. "

- Buddha

" Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world. "

- Judy Collins

" Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. "

- Henry David Thoreau

" Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever. "

- Audre Lorde

" Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. "

- Ella Fitzgerald

" Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. "

- Lord Byron