1. December 1, 2008 "Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton

2. December 2, 2008 "Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus." - Oprah Winfrey

3. December 3, 2008 “If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too. “

4. December 4, 2008 "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not by strength but by perseverance." - H. Jackson Brown

5. December 5, 2008 "You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That's what makes you a winner." - Venus Williams

6. December 8, 2008 "I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." - Martha Washington

7. December 9, 2008 "You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Allen

8. December 10, 2008 It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

9. December 11, 2008 "What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. December 12, 2008 "There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it." - Joyce Brothers

11. December 15, 2008 "Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed." - Abraham Lincoln

12. December 16, 2008 "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation." - Pearl S. Buck

13. December 17, 2008 "Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." - Scott Adams

14. December 18, 2008 "Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." - William Feather

15. December 19, 2008 "Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures." - James Cash Penney