Courage to follow Talent ~ Erica Jong

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

-- Erica Jong, Author

Quiting wrinkles the soul ~ Douglas MacArthur

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

-- Douglas MacArthur, General

We Are Not Entitled to Success, We Have to Earn It ~ Barack Obama

"We are not entitled to success. We have to earn it"
~ Barack Obama 2012 Democratic National Convention

Share your joy ~ Mark Twain

"To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with."

-- Mark Twain, Writer

Hard work & Luck ~ Thomas Jefferson

"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it."

-- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America

Achievements begin from an Idea ~ Napolean Hill

"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."

-- Napoleon Hill, author

Successful people learn from people who have done it before ~ Brian Tracy

"No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals."

-- Brian Tracy, Author