I'll start with this fav

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.

Buddha

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
- Carl Sagan

"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way."
- Keanu Reeves

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
Wayne Dyer

---It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop!" / Confucius

---Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed-
borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves. / Osho

---There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them. / Tom Kraus

---Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. / from the Book " The Little Prince

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."
- Douglas Adams

"I’m scared of everything, but I do it anyway. I guess that’s the definition of courage, if you do it anyway."
- Sam Rockwell

"You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process."
- Zombie Marie Curie, xkcd (Randall Munroe)

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes.html

this is approx 15 wonderful minutes and sez available with subs of 20 languages. Interesting history and thoughts about memes. Def uplifting if you give it the time. :)

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sebastian_seung.html

I am digging the TED talks! This one is also long but very cool

- Lao-Tzu

-- You are the authority on what is not possible, They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible. / from the movie "Gattaca" (1997)