There are no secrets to success. Don't waste your time looking for them.
~ Colin Powell
If we are afraid to be different
in Action, Change, Courage, Individuality
If we are afraid to be different from the world, how can we make a difference in the world?
~ Rev. John Jenkins, President of Notre Dame University
We do not dare
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
~ Seneca
Our business
in Action, Initiative
We must take our business into our own hands.
~ Seth Luther
We must attack
in Initiative, Passion, Perseverance, Urgency, Vision
We are so outnumbered there's only one thing to do: We must attack.
~ Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, British WWII Admiral
Go softly
in Vision
Go softly and look afar.
~ Dutch proverb
Truman family motto
in Action, Attitude, Dedication, Duty, Courage, Initiative, Responsibility, Work
To do the right thing, to do the best we could, never complain, never take advantage, don't give up, don't be afraid.
~ Family motto of Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President
Tenacity
in Courage, Conviction
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery.
~ Eric Sevareid
Things do not change
Things do not change, we change.
~ Henry David Thoreau
A good anvil
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
~ Italian proverb
Our chief want
Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom and constraints
in Vision, Creativity, Limitations
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees oneself of the chains that shackle the spirit.
~ Igor Stravinsky
The chain of destiny
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
~ Winston Churchill
I will prepare
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Never give up
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
~ Harriet Stowe
Action over patience
Patience is a virtue but you will never ever accomplish anything if you don't exercise action over patience.
~ Byron Pulsifer
The creator's function
The creator's function is to sift the elements he receives from [imagination], for human activity must impose limits on itself. The more art is controlled, limited, worked over, the more it is free.
~ Igor Stravinsky
The barrier to success
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
~ Sven Eriksson
Arguing with an east wind
The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
~ James Russell Lowell
Loving the unlovable
in Forgiveness, Hope, Faith, Love
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton