Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?

The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence

Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.