Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"The purpose of practicing is not to arrive at a point where you succeed, but to enjoy each moment while doing it."

"One small action is better than a thousand perfect inactions."

"If our lives are ever to be rich and full, we must learn that all existence is good, that even sorrow brings its own blessing."

"Flying is more important than eating."

"The only thing that matters is how well you love what you do."

"Imagine the possibilities, and practice the reality."

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding."

"The only true law is that which leads to freedom."

"Breaking through clouds, that's not flying. That's just rushing to find a cloud."

"The way to deal with an impossible task is to laugh at circumstances while you work."

"Don't simply retire from the world unless you're assured that you're sick of it."

"Better to spend one lifetime doing what you love than a thousand lifetimes dreaming of it."

"A seagull has but one life to live and the most it can do is to make that life a full and fine one."

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding."

"Breaking through one's limitations is what lies ahead."

"It is because we choose to love the flying itself that we are evolving."

"To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is."

"Argues about flying are not nearly so interesting as flights themselves."

"Purpose is the only justification for an existence."

"Don't imagine yourself not flying."

"Live each day as if it were your last."

"Keep working on love."

"The most important thing is the flight itself."

"Be patient with yourself in this learning."

"Fly not for the food, but for the joy of flying."

"Love is the strongest force in the universe."

"Purpose is not found, it is chosen."

"Your life is what you think it to be."

"The world needs your unique gifts."

"Excellence demands dedication and passion."