And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  - Anais Nin

Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim. – Tyler Knott Gregson
(Thanks Shelley!)

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci

Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference. - Joel Barker

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson