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- When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have.
- Owen Wister, The Virginian, Chapter 13, 1929
- I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 1
- My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
- Jack Layton, Letter to Canada, 08-20-2011
- Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.
- Mark Roberts, Mike & Molly, Peggy's New Beau, May 16, 2011
- A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.
- Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope, Happy Halloween, October 26, 2010
- Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us? How dare we let it into our decision making; into our livelihoods; into our relationships? It's funny isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up, in costume and celebrate fear.
- Greg Daniels, Carrie Kemper, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, The Office, Spooked, October 2011
- If I've learned one thing in the 14 years I've been a full-time cartoonist, it's that you can not let anyone else define your professionalism. It has to be a personal ethos to which you adhere despite third party influence or acceptance. The old measuring sticks for professionalism are going away and now more than ever it's time for independent creatives to set the bar. Set it high.
- Scott R. Kurtz, PvPonline, 11-28-2011
- This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), The American Scholar, August 31, 1837
- Our great weariness comes from work not done.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971
- I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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