"Smiles are contagious!  Be a carrier." - Unknown

 "Life isn't about getting through the storms. It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Unknown

 "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather, the judgement that something is more important than fear." - Eleanor Roosevelt

 "Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway

"I've learned to never underestimate the impossible." - Joe Nichols

“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” - Westley (The Princess Bride)

"If all you do is fight for your own life, then your life is worth nothing." - Hera Syndulla (Star Wars Rebels)

"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." - Leia Organa (Star Wars: A New Hope novel)

"Honor exists inside you and can only radiate out.  What goes on outside can't change it or kill it unless you abandon your honor." - Tycho Celchu (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron)

"Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you were born to stand out?" - Ian Wallace (What a Girl Wants)

"When you cannot change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails." - Unknown

"Often times, hidden behind our fears are the opportunities for second chances." - Barry Allen (The Flash)

"What makes you different is what makes you special." - Martin Stein (The Flash)

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth

"That's how you tell good friends; when you can be quiet together." - Stringfellow Hawke (Airwolf)

"If one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone." - Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn novel)

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes (Sign of Four)

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." - Sherlock Holmes (The Boscombe Valley Mystery)

"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. .... There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." - Sherlock Holmes (A Case of Identity)

"Every mighty oak was once a nut that stood its ground." - Unknown

"No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else." - P.T. Barnum (The Greatest Showman trailer)

"The noblest art is that of making people happy." - P.T. Barnum (Quoted in The Greatest Showman)

Some favorite racehorses by date - Man O'War (1917-1947); Phar Lap (1926-1932); Secretariat (1970-1989); Ruffian (1972-1975); Zenyatta (2004-)