1. "If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." - Bette Reese

2. "Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rodgers

3. "Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere." - Emma Rombeck

4. "Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." -Stephen Colbert

5. "Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used." -Amy Poehler

6. "Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you'll have more beads than you know what to do with." -Ellen DeGeneres

7. "As you set off into the world, don’t be afraid to question your leaders. But don’t ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky." -Will Ferrel

8. "Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." -Thomas Dewar

9. "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." -Judy Garland

10. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -Benjamin Franklin

11. Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill

12. Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. - Jon Stewart

13. I think it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice, if it doesn't lead to a crime. -Lisa Kudrow

14. It doesn't matter if your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. -Jerry Zucker

15. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path. Unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that… -Ellen DeGeneres

16. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. -Dr. Seuss