The Thursday Thirteen - Inspirational Quotes

I always thought buying our first home would be a fun experience, boy was I wrong! Someone else has put an offer on our house so now we are in competition for the house we really really want. I'm bummed BIG TIME. I needed a little inspiration so I am posting my 13 wonderful quotes to lift everyone's (my) spirits. A lot of them really make you think... Enjoy.

1. Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. The best way out is always through. -Robert Frost
3. To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. -Shakespeare
   
4. Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile. -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
5. Your children need your presence more than your presents. -Jesse Jackson
6. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford
7. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. -Helen Keller
   
8. The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude. -Dennis Brown
9. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. -Albert Einstein
   
10. Believe you can and you are halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt
    
11. If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun -Katharine Hepburn
12. You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. -Zig Zigler
13. If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. -Buddha