“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Ghandi

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.” – Harold Stephens

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” – Kahlil Gibran

“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” – Charles Kettering

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” – Josh Billings

“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott

PRODUCTIVE FLOURISHING

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.” – Lao Tzu

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Ian McLaren (often misattributed to Plato)

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Dwight Eisenhower

“There are too many people praying for the mountains of difficulty to be removed, when what they really need is the courage to climb them.” – Raili A. Jeffery

“The man who never makes mistakes loses a great many chances to learn something.” –Thomas Edison

“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” – Julius Hare

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“The web of life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” – William Shakespeare

“You cannot learn to skate without being ridiculous … the ice of life is slippery.” – George Bernard Shaw

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Want more? Check out the first volume of quotes at How to Flourish: 17 Quotes on Living, Being, and Doing.