If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.

Freedom is in the Now

Arnaud Saint-Paul

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

Dean Koontz

England's genius filled all measure Of heart and soul, of strength and pleasure, Gave to the mind its emperor, And life was larger than before: Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit. The men who lived with him became Poets, for the air was fame.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Alex Rodriguez

...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to the next. Don't look past this boundary, they told Galileo, then Hutton, Darwin, Von Neumann, and Crick, always retreating with great dignity before the latest scientific advance, then drawing the next holy perimeter at the shadowy rim of knowledge.

David Brin

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Eddie Murphy

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Fran Lebowitz

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

William Glasser

Our job is only to hold up the mirror -- to tell and show the public what has happened.

Walter Cronkite

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

Ann Landers

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.

Eric Allenbaugh

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

Steve Irwin