"Character is built daily by the way one thinks and acts - thought by thought, action by action.",-- Helen Douglas, legislator

"Character is built daily by the way one thinks and acts - thought by thought, action by action.",
Helen Douglas, legislator

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. ",-- Larry Bird, basketball player

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. ",
Larry Bird, basketball player

"Life is the sum of all your choices.",-- Albert Camus, Author

"Life is the sum of all your choices.",
Albert Camus, Author

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.",-- Orison Swett Marden, writer

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.",
Orison Swett Marden, writer

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.",-- Malcolm Forbes, publisher

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.",
Malcolm Forbes, publisher

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.",-- Barbara Pletcher, author

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.",
Barbara Pletcher, author

"If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.",-- Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO

"If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.",
Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO

"Someone has well said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road.",-- Robert Updegraff, business counselor

"Someone has well said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road.",
Robert Updegraff, business counselor

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.",-- Dorothy Thompson, journalist

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.",
Dorothy Thompson, journalist

"The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage - the thing you do that others don't.",-- John Rollwagen, executive

"The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage - the thing you do that others don't.",
John Rollwagen, executive

"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.",-- Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics pioneer

"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.",
Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics pioneer

"One often hears the remark "He talks too much." But when did anyone last hear the criticism "He listens too much?"",-- Norman Augustine, aerospace executive

"One often hears the remark "He talks too much." But when did anyone last hear the criticism "He listens too much?"",
Norman Augustine, aerospace executive

"Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.",-- Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.",
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.",-- Thomas Paine, statesman

"Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.",
Thomas Paine, statesman

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know where it can lead. ",-- Julia Morgan, architect

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know where it can lead. ",
Julia Morgan, architect

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart." -- Socrates

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must
take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their
own and depart."

Socrates

"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them.",-- Michael le Boeuf

"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them.",
Michael le Boeuf

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.",-- Denis Waitley, motivational speaker

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.",
Denis Waitley, motivational speaker

"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned." -- Emily Dickinson, poet

"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned."
Emily Dickinson, poet

"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself.",-- Robert H. Abplanalp

"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself.",
Robert H. Abplanalp

"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.",-- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.",
Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."",-- Lewis Carroll, author

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."",
Lewis Carroll, author