1. If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by
all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh
2. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle
3. Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus
4. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
6. When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I
would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used
everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck
