Bruce Barton

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances."

Bruce Barton (1886-1967)
American advertising executive, U.S. congressman

Henri Bergson

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. "

Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
French philosopher, Nobel Prize Laureate

Dag Hammarskjold

"Your duty, your reward -- your destiny -- are here and now."

Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Secretary General of the United Nations
Nobel Prize laureate

Eleanor Roosevelt

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
U.N. diplomat, humanitarian, U.S. First Lady

Benjamin Franklin

"There are no gains, without pains."

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
American statesman, writer,
scientist & printer

Madeleine L'Engle

"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts."

Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - )
American writer

Howard Schultz

"Success is not an entitlement. It has to be earned."

Howard Schultz (1954 - )
Chairman of Starbucks Coffee Company

Andrew Carnegie

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you.

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
Scottish industrialist & philanthropist
founder, Carnegie Steel Company

Lyn St. James

"You accomplish victory step by step, not by leaps and bounds."

Lyn St. James (1947 - )
American race car driver second woman in history to race in the Indianapolis 500

John McCain

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act despite our fears."

John McCain (1936 - )
U.S. Senator, Vietnam veteran

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
American writer

Madeleine Albright

"Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume."

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

Helen Keller

"One cannot consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar."

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Winston Churchill

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British prime minister during WWII

Stephen King

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

Stephen King (1947 - )
American horror writer hard worker