[{"author":"Nicolaus Copernicus","content":"Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars."},{"author":"Ed Reed","content":"Ever since I was a kid, I knew I could play in the NFL because I had a knack for the game. But I can't play this game forever. When I'm finished, maybe I'll become a motivational speaker, maybe a preacher. But children need to know that life may be hard, but you can always overcome."},{"author":"Ryan Howard","content":"I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational."},{"author":"Charles Dickens","content":"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."},{"author":"Andy Dick","content":"I had no blood relatives till I made some."},{"author":"Oscar Wilde","content":"Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life."},{"author":"Bobby Darin","content":"My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys."},{"author":"Denis Diderot","content":"You have to make it happen."},{"author":"Joel Osteen","content":"Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith."},{"author":"Elisabeth Kubler-Ross","content":"Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'"},{"author":"William Blake","content":"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship."},{"author":"Vincent Van Gogh","content":"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."},{"author":"Mother Teresa","content":"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."},{"author":"Diane von Furstenberg","content":"Attitude is everything."},{"author":"Marilu Henner","content":"Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best."},{"author":"Mahatma Gandhi","content":"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."},{"author":"Charles Darwin","content":"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."},{"author":"Ursula Andress","content":"I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living."},{"author":"William Butler Yeats","content":"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."},{"author":"Beverly Sills","content":"I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up."}]