I Thought This Would Make your Day Better

Inspiration 1. "I always loved running.... it was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. you could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs" -Jesse Owens

Inspiration 2. "Herein lies the tragedy of the age; not that men are poor- all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked- who is good? not that men are ignorant- what is truth? nay, but that men know so little of men." -W.E.B. Dubois

inspiration 3. "I am poor and naked, but I am chief of the nation. we do not want riches, we do not seek riches, but we want our children properly trained and brought up. our riches will do us no good; we cannot take away into the other world anything we have." -Red Cloud

Inspiration 4. "When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell him a whole new life. love and friendship and humor and ships at sea by night- there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book." -Christopher Morley

Inspiration 5. "fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. no personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. the fiery trial through which we pass will light just down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. -Abraham Lincoln

Inspiration 6. "in the next year or so, my signature will appear on sixty billion dollars of united states currency. more important to me, however, is the signature that appears on my life- the strong, proud, assertive handwriting of a loving father and mother." -Katherine D. Ortega

Inspiration 7. "Men make mistakes not because they think they know when they do not know, but because they think others do not know." "life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor." -Sholem Aleichem

Inspiration 8. "What must be shall be; and that is a necessity to him that struggles, is a little more than a choice to him that is willing." " Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. when a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." -Seneca

Inspiration 9. “I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near.” because it reminds me of a blanket my parents got me and the writing on it. It lets me know no matter what I do they will always love me and that if you stick with the right people who “challenge” your skills and mindset, it’ll make you be ready for the future that is to come, whatever it may be.