The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes

Our writing — our very words — have a power to move. Not just others, but ourselves. So make your world great; let your words take you in new directions.

The man who says “It can’t be done” is interrupted by the man who is doing it.
— Unknown

Isn’t it time you interrupted yourself?

A year from now you may wish you had started today.
— Karen Lamb

How many more weeks, months, or years will you put off that writing project? And why the delay? Tomorrow doesn’t have anything that today doesn’t offer.

There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet, but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
— Victor Robinsoll

Write to and for that heart. Hear its voice, listen to its needs. Find words to inform and comfort it, and thereby draw it closer to your own.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
— Unknown

Not all writing projects require an expert’s background or touch. All, however, must take to the seas, to go with and, if need be, against the flow if they are to arrive at a distant yet inviting shore.