Today, a cornucopia of inspiring thoughts to galvanize and guide us:

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”   Richard Bach

“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”   Geena Davis

“It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.”           Julie Anderson

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”       Benjamin Disraeli

“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.’   Mark Twain

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”   Plato

“One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what’s right about it and build on that.”   Norman Vincent Peale

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”   Michael Jordan

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”   Wayne Gretzky

“We assume that being successful creates fun, but that’s backwards. By having fun, we free up our best resources. So the truth is, it’s fun that creates success.”   Dr. Clifford C. Kuhn, “The Laugh Doctor”

“Do not let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.”   John Wooden

“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”   Napoleon Hill

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”   Helen Keller

May some of these words of wisdom give your own words wings today – write on!