Man is his own star and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all influence, all fate. John Fletcher, 1647 English dramatist (1579 - 1625) Adversity does teach who your real friends are. Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999 US science fiction author I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in France had on the nations of the world. To me, it was like a match lighting a bonfire. Charles A. Lindbergh Talent does what it can, Genius does what it must. Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland US actress & singer (1922 - 1969) I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson. George Washington Carver Heroes are often the most ordinary of men. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) Becuase I could not stop for Death<br> He kindly stopped for me<br> The carriage held but just ourselves<br> And Immortality Emily Dickinson US poet (1830 - 1886) ...and that this country shall have a new birth of freedom, and that this government, of the people, for the people, by the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address 16th president of US (1809 - 1865) Trying is the first step towards failure. Homer Simpson, The Simpsons |