" Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. "

— Mark Twain

" I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it. "

— Albert Einstein

" In many ways, the art of love is largely the art of persistence. "

— Albert Ellis

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

— Buddha

" Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. "

— Henry David Thoreau

" The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof. "

— Barbara Kingsolver