Life is a great big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can .

                             Danny Kaye

Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them...

You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky!

                                    -Ronald McNair

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

                                        -Wilma Rudolph   

 Tell our children they're not going to jive their way up the career ladder. They have to work their way up hard. There's no fast elevator to the top.

                                                    -Marian Wright Edelman