| Others have done it before me. I can, too. --Corporal John Faunce, American soldier (b. 1920) |
| Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. --Ann Landers, American advice columnist (b. 1918) |
| I am not concerned that you have fallen - I am concerned that you arise. --Abraham Lincoln, American President (b.1809) |
| Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. --Demosthenes, Athenian orator (b. 382 BC) |
| There is only one time that is important - NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power. --Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist, philosopher (b. 1828) |
| It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. --Sally Field, American actress (b. 1946) |
| If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. --Derek Bok, American academic (b. 1930) |
| Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake ... If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends ... Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from persuing it. --Charles Lazarus, American retailer (b. 1924) |
| People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. --George Bernard Shaw, British playwright (b. 1856) |
| He who strikes first, strikes twice. --Mexican proverb |
| Things turn our best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. --John Wooden, American basketball coach (b. 1910) |
| Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. --Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483) |
| I cannot live without books. --Thomas Jefferson, American President (b. 1743) |
| Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. |
| You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. --Beverly Sills, American opera singer (b. 1929) |
| Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd. --Anonymous |
| The future comes one day at a time. --Dean Acheson, American statesman (b. 1893) |
| Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. --Ed McMahon, American TV host (b. 1923) |
| The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. --William James, American philosopher (b. 1842) |
| This is America. You can do anything here. --Robert E. Turner, III, American cable-TV pioneer (b. 1938) |
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