The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. Emile Zola

We're all atheists about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. Saint Augustine

Not everything that can be counted counts, & not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe & human stupidity, & I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Sir Winston Churchill

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. A. J. Liebling

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Charlton Heston

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand

Don't be so humble - you are not that great. Golda Meir

His ignorance is encyclopedic. Abba Eban

"If a man does his best, what else is there?" - General George S. Patton

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day. ~Johnny Carson

High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless. John Mayer

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck. ~Mohammad Ali

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars." - Les Brown

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going." - Earl Nightingale

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Zig Ziglar

"Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life." -Les Brown

Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. David Joseph Schwartz

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive. Robert Schuller