"We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon." ~ Ayn Rand ~

"Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." ~ Howard Aiken ~

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." ~ Jim Ryun ~

"An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one nobody can imitate." ~ De Chateaubriand ~

"Thinking men cannot be ruled." ~ Ayn Rand ~

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing---that's why we recommend it daily." ~ Zig Ziglar ~

"Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." ~ Anna Freud ~

"There are three ways to get things done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone else to do it. (3) Forbid your kids to do it. ~ Unknown ~

"The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests." ~ Albert Jay Nock ~

"Few minds wear out; more rust out." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee ~

"I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow." ~ Woodrow Wilson ~

"Excellence is the difference between what I do and what I am capable of." ~ Fortune Cookie ~

"Logic is the beginning of wisdom; not the end." ~ Spock (Star Trek VI) ~

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?" ~ Benjamin Franklin ~

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." ~ Les Brown ~

"The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary." ~ May B. Smith ~

"You can't make footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to make butt prints in the sands of time?" ~ Bob Moawad ~

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together." ~ Vista M. Kelly ~

"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." ~ Arnold Toynbee ~

"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." ~ Arnold H. Glasow ~

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." ~ Christopher Reeve ~

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." ~ Bill Cosby ~

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." ~ Dale Carnegie ~

"People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food." ~ Dorothy Gilman ~

"Always remember that the future comes one day at a time." ~ Dean Acheson ~

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else." ~ Erma Bombeck ~