Louisa May Alcott

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
American writer

Dr. Robert Schuller

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly."

Dr. Robert Schuller (1926 - )
American minister

John F. Kennedy

"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future."

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
35th president of the United States

Sun Tzu

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

Sun Tzu (c 500–320 bc)
Chinese philosopher

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The greater thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are going."

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

Mary Pickford

"Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it..."

Mary Pickford (1893-1979)
Canadian actress,
Academy Award® winner
cofounder of United Artists

John Ruskin

"Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. "

John Ruskin (1819-1900)
English art critic and social theorist

Ernest Hemingway

"Never mistake motion for action."

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
best-selling American writer

Johann Goethe

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

Johann Goethe (1749-1832)
German dramatist, poet & novelist

Benjamin Franklin

"Well done is better than well said."

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

Diana Ross

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself."

Diana Ross (1944 - )
American singer

Michael Jordan

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Michael Jordan (1963 - )
NBA basketball player and businessman,
regarded by many as the greatest basketball
player who ever played the game

John Ruskin

"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it."

John Ruskin (1819-1900)
English art critic & social theorist

Arte Moreno

"When you combine passion and hard work, then success is always possible."

Arte Moreno (1946 - )
owner of the Los Angeles Angels,
first Hispanic owner of a major league sports team,
former outdoor advertising salesman

Lyndon B. Johnson

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose."

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
36th President of the United States