Madeleine Albright

"As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... but no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still -- and persevere."

Madeleine Albright (1937 - )
former U.S. Secretary of State,
first foreign-born U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Raymond Chandler

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
American novelist and screenwriter

Dag Hammarskjold

"Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road."

Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Swedish statesman and humanitarian

Henry Ford

"Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

Henry Ford (1863-1947)
American industrialist, inventor

Elbert Hubbard

"We work to become, not to acquire."

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)
American businessman, writer and publisher

Eleanor Roosevelt

"Never let anyone tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Man's mind, stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
American physician and author

Vince Lombardi

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. "

Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)
Hall of Fame football coach

Albert Einstein

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Benjamin Disraeli

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
British statesman and prime minister

Will Rogers

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Will Rogers (1879-1935)
American humorist, actor and philanthropist

George Bernard Shaw

"I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Leonardo da Vinci

"God sells us all things at the price of labor."

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Babe Ruth

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."

Babe Ruth (1895-1948)
American baseball player
currently holds the No. 2 spot for
the most home runs of all time with 714

Margaret Thatcher

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough; that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose."

Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )
first woman in European history elected prime minister