If you attended a presentation of mine, chances are you received an inspirational quote that was part of a "Deck of Inspiration" from The Ripples Project. The original deck included these 60 quotes:

1. Do what you want to do; Go where you want to go; Be what you want to be; LIVE! -Richard Bach
2. A ship in a harbor is safe; but that's not what ships are built for.
3. We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance. -Benjamin Disraeli
4. Those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible. -Shannon Daley
5. You really can change the world if you care enough. -Marian Wright Edelman
6. We fail more often by our own timidity than by our daring. -David Grayson
7. If you try you may fail. If you don't try, you are guaranteed to fail. -Rev. Jesse Jackson
8. We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. -James W. Fulbright
9. We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring. -George Jacques Danton
10. Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. -Richard Bach
11. Learn to forgive yourself, again and again and again and again... -Sheldon Kopp
12. Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. -Malcom X
13. I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. -Louisa May Alcott
14. Live your life as an exclamation not as an explanation. -Jackson Brown Jr.
15. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. -Elmer Letterman
16. Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. -Demosthenes
17. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. -Erica Jong
18. The impossible is often the untried. -Jim Goodwin
19. One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. -Helen Keller
20. The unveiling of one's soul is the reason for existence.
21. Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. -General George Patton
22. Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. -Bernadette Derlin
23. Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never. -Sir Winston Churchill
24. To give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
25. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
26. Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
27. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. -Mark Twain
28. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
29. All that I seek is already within me.
30. Success is a journey not a destination.
31. Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
32. Enthusiasm is essential for success.
33. Dreams must be nurtured into reality.
34. Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. -Benjamin Franklin
35. Adventure is worthwhile in itself. -Amelia Earhart
36. Act as if it were impossible to fail. -Dorothea Brande
37. Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.
38. Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. -Albert Einstein
39. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. -Taoist Saying
40. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
41. I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. -Rita Mae Brown
42. To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. -Emily Dickinson
43. It takes guts to leave the ruts.
44. I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. -Arthur Rubinstein
45. Think of what you are and all the fantastic potential of you. -Leo Bascaglia
46. Great people are ordinary people with extraordinary amounts of determination.
47. Keep dreaming, Keep believing, Keep a rainbow in your heart.
48. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. -William Cowper
49. All of us intend to do better tomorrow; we would if we started today.
50. There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
51. There is a way out of every dark mist over a rainbow trail. -Navajo Song
52. Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
53. Winners expect to win in advance. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
54. You only live once, but if you live right once is enough.
55. The secret to success in life is for you to be ready for your opportunity when it comes. -Benjamin Disraeli
56. Some pursue happiness--others create it.
57. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
58. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein
59. Learn to bend; it's better than breaking.
60. Let go of the fighting mind and develop the dancing spirit.