"The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly."
--Cecil B. DeMille
"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."
-Dalai Lama
"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions.
I want to use them, to enjoy them, & to dominate
them."
--Oscar Wilde
"You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind.
You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind."
--Zig Ziglar
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
--John Quincy Adams
"Start where you stand, work with whatever tools you have at your command, and the better tools will be found as you go along."
--Napoleon Hill
"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
--Mark Twain
but not everyone lives."
--Alan Sachs
"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."
--Dalai Lama
"And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth Make the fault the worse by the excuse."
--William Shakespeare (King John, Act IV, scene 2)
"The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement.
The antidote is to every evening think what can be done
better tomorrow."
"No one ever damaged their eyesight looking on the brighter side of life."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
--Albert Einstein
"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."
--David Brinkley
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
--John Wooden