One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.

Thomas Carlyle

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

George A. Sheehan

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.

Alberta Flanders

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

Victor Hugo

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed and external changes over which no one has control.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Experience is a wonderful thing, it enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Source Unknown

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

Bill Vaughan

Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

Joe Morton

I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end.

Michael Reagan

We did not go out looking to build a cell tower.

Stephen Richards

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Eric Hoffer