“No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” — John Locke
“If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.” — Unknown
“Stubbornness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.” — John Wooden
An action committed in anger, is an action doomed to failure.” — Genghis Khan
“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.” — Clive Staples Lewis
Sign on a restaurant tip jar: “If you fear change, leave it here.”
“An action committed in anger, is an action doomed to failure.” — Genghis Khan
“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.” — Clive Staples Lewis
Sign on a restaurant tip jar: “If you fear change, leave it here.”
“Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.” — New Guinea Proverb
“I feel, in fact, as if I’ve been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. ” — Andre Agassi, former professional tennis player
“Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.” — Douglas Adams, from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Newspapers should have no friends.” — Joseph Pulitzer
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We try to hide our feelings, but we forget that our eyes speak.” — Unknown
“Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?” — James Thurber
“You live and learn… at any rate, you live.” — Douglas Adams
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” — Zig Ziglar
“During the day I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” — Unknown
“Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things.” – Jim Rohn
“One could argue that you don’t know the rule until you know its exceptions.” – Matthew Frederick & Vibeke Norgaard Martin, 101 Things I Learned in Law School
“That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.” – H.L. Mencken
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You know, all that matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.” — Paul Walker
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life.” — Amy Poehler
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — Winnie the Pooh
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” — Aldous Huxley
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” — Thomas A. Edison
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” — Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist.” — Joel Osteen
“A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.[ed]” — John Barrymore
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” — Douglas Adams