“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.” –Calvin Coolidge
“Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” –Marva Collins
“A smooth sea never yielded a skilled sailor.” – Author Unknown
"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
—Lao-Tze
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. "—Erica Jong
"If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake." —Frank Wilczek
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." —Oscar Wilde
"The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself." —Wallace Wattles
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." —William Arthur Ward
"You can never get enough of what you don’t really need." —Eric Hoffer
"My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me." —Garry Shandling
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. "—Erica Jong
"We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong."—Bill Vaughan
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do." —John Ruskin
"If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake." —Frank Wilczek
"I make people fat." - Mark Rippetoe
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." —Oscar Wilde
"The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself." —Wallace Wattles
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." —William Arthur Ward
"You can never get enough of what you don’t really need." —Eric Hoffer
"My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me." —Garry Shandling