It is not that I was credulous, simply that I belived in all things dark and dangerous. It was part of my young creed that the night was full of ghosts and witches, hungry and flapping and dressed completely in black.

Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental.

Patti Johnson

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path towards unity...

Abdu'l-Baha

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

Bible

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

Stephen Covey

Merciful death! How you love your precious guilt.

Anne Rice, Interview with the Va

Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

E. M. Forster

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.

Alan Dundes

There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades.

Michael Shermer

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Bill Owens

Epictetus goes much further when he asks: Why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there is anything wrong with our arguments or our choice?

Blaise Pascal

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)