Hope is a waking dream.
-Aristotle
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
- Robert Heinlein
I enjoy Heinlein, he said profound things with humor. (tourbi)
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life.
--Baruch Spinoza
Treat the Earth well: It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.
-Native American proverb
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.
-Bishop Westcott
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
--Albert Schweitzer