Plodding wins the race. Aesop
Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) Trifles go to make perfection,<br>And perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian architect, painter, & sculptor (1475 - 1564) The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends. Charles de Gaulle
French general & politician (1890 - 1970) This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection. Saint Augustine
Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD - 430 AD) The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one. John Ruskin
English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900) We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see. Charles Peguy Anything too stupid to be said is sung. Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680) Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. Richard M. DeVos Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy. Author Unknown | 
