"Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong."
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
"Failure is taking the path that everyone else does, success is making your own path."
"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will." John Atkinson
"I know it seems hard sometimes, but remember one thing, through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it gets, keep your chest out, keep your head up and handle it." Tupac
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity Maria Irene Fornes
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself Joseph Farrell
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925)
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions Cullen Hightower
Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies Dalton Camp
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure Peter Marshall
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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