Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt -

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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

- Anatole France -

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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.

- Dr. David M. Burns -

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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

- Joan Didion -

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It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.

- Dr. Rob Gilbert -

posted by assetwise @ 9:59 AM   

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

- Henry C. Link -

posted by assetwise @ 9:55 AM   

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

- Baltasar Gracian -

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You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.

- Barbara Hall -

posted by assetwise @ 9:56 AM   

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

posted by assetwise @ 9:50 AM   

You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

- Robert Louis Stevenson -

posted by assetwise @ 9:47 AM   

Courage is saying, "Maybe what I'm doing isn't working; maybe I should try something else."

- Anna Lappe -

posted by assetwise @ 9:53 AM   

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

- Edgar Watson Howe -

posted by assetwise @ 10:03 AM   

It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

- Queen Christina -

posted by assetwise @ 10:24 AM   

Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun.

- Robert Townsend -

posted by assetwise @ 9:53 AM   

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

- John Atkinson -

posted by assetwise @ 11:25 AM   

The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.

- Ellen Glasglow -

posted by assetwise @ 10:05 AM   

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

- Carl Jung -

posted by assetwise @ 10:05 AM   

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

- Roberto Benigni -

posted by assetwise @ 10:07 AM   

Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.

- Voltaire -

posted by assetwise @ 11:07 AM   

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

- Georg Wilhelm -

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