Look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte English novelist (1816 - 1855) Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend. Charles Spurgeon Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov" Russian novelist (1821 - 1881) You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar, "Secrets of Closing the Sale", 1984 You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky Canadian hockey player (1961 - ) In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. Warren Buffett US financier & investment businessman (1930 - ) The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyperreality Italian novelist & semiotician (1932 - ) In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras. Tom Nolan, in The Wall Street Journal The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. Cecil B. DeMille US movie producer (1881 - 1959) If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. Shimon Peres Israeli (Polish-born) politician (1923 - ) |