"We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~Walter Gagehot

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ~Colin Powell

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe Jr

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up. ~ Chinese Proverbs

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. ~Napoleon Hill

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. ~Leo Buscaglia

I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. ~Author Unknown

You can never plan the future by the past. ~Edmund Burke

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success. ~Ingrid Bergman

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. ~Charles M. Schwab

"Excellence lies in the follow through, not in the brilliant idea." Robin Sharma

"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." ~ Babe Ruth

The right man is the one who seizes the moment. ~ J.W. von Goethe

I would love to kiss you. ~Rumi

Look at Love... how it tangles with the one fallen in love. ~ Rumi

I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean. ~Rumi

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. ~Theodore Roosevelt

"Take time for good books; time to absorb the thoughts of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets." ~ Wilfred Peterson

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.-Edmund Burke

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.-J.Nuveen

The way we see the problem is the problem. -Stephen Covey

Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system. -Stephen Covey

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. -Peter Drucker

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice. -John C. Maxwell

Leadership is more ? if not much more ? influence, rather than position. -John C. Maxwell

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up. -John C. Maxwell

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. Brian Tracy

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ~Steve Jobs

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. John von Neumann

"The mistakes are all waiting to be made." - chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

"In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience." - W.B. Prescott

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr

We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? Niels Bohr

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein

The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. Aristotle Onassis

Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. Guy Davenport

Any man who is under 30, and isn't a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, & isn't a conservative, has no brains. W. Churchill

I've learned that people will forget what u said, people will forget what u did, but people will never forget how u made them feel. Maya

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me. Ambrose Bierce

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. Gore Vidal

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man. Erica Jong

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. Mel Brooks

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong

Luck is the residue of design. Branch Rickey

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor

"God, please save me from your followers!" - Bumper Sticker

Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket? Bumper Sticker

While we are postponing, life speeds by. Seneca

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together. Georg Lichtenberg

When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche

I'll sleep when I'm dead. Warren Zevon

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. Gandhi

A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault. Henry Kissinger

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. Xenocrates

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Auric Goldfinger

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life." - Frank Zappa

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are & what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet. Randy Pausch