Perfection : Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well ~ Angelique Arnauld

"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. "

-- Angelique Arnauld, Abbess of Port-Royal

Resources Dwelling within us ~ Richard Byrd

"Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

-- Richard Byrd, Explorer

Clearly Defined Goals ~ Robert Heilein, American Novelist

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."

-- Robert Heinlein, American Novelist

Don't wait for moods ~ Pearl Buck

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind
must know it has got to get down to work.
-- Pearl Buck, Novelist

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts ~ Ella Fitzgerald

"It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts."
-- Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

Attitude, aptitude and altitude ~ Zig Ziglar, Author

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."
-- Zig Ziglar, Author

Alexander Graham Bell quote on close and open door

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
-- Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor