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- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), "Man in the Arena" Speech given April 23, 1910
- Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
- Richard Byrd
- Never underestimate the power of the irate customer.
- Joel E. Ross
- Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.
- Nicholas Boileau
- Whenever a friend succeeds a little something in me dies.
- Gore Vidal (1925 - )
- In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.
- Antonio Porchia, Voices
- 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 the right road.
- Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
- It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have the highest happiness such as goes along with being a great man, by having wide thoughts and much feeling for the rest of the world as well as ourselves.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
- There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
- Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
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