All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.

Jib Fowles

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

Joseph Conrad

I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.

William Shakespeare

It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

Emily Dickinson

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

Albert Camus

Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.

Stephen King

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

Source Unknown

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

Harold S. Geneen

It posed the question posed by all such stone piles.: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like all such stone piles, it answered the question itself. Dumb terror had moved those stones so big

Kurt Vonnegut

Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

Dale Carnegie

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Anthony Robbins