The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy -- invincible determination -- a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.

When you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but whether it's worth while, going through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said when he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o taste.

Charles Dickens

Thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.

William James

Do what is right for the right reasons.

L.M. Fields

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Dean Karnazes

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.

Mia Hamm

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim.

David Miliband

If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends.

Stan Mikita

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

Patty Berg, In The Golfer's Book

It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership.

Mary Augusta Ward

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

Ronnie Lott

I put hardwood floors on top of walltowall carpet.

Steven Wright

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.

Proverb