Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident. Arthur Schopenhauer
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. Theodore Roosevelt
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. Bill Copeland
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. Albert Einstein
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. George Washington
We see things not as they are, but as we are. H. M. Tomlinson
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Mark Twain
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. Winston Churchill
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Chinese Proverb