sums up.

"All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward."  ~Ellen Glasgow

"People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Don't live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable."  ~Wendy Wasserstein

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.  ~Michael Jordan
Never dull your shine for somebody else.  ~Tyra Banks,
Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.  ~Bill Clinton