- Life moves forward one conversation at a time.”
–Seth Besmertnik, CEO and co-founder of Conductor. - Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.”–William Cornelius Van Horne,Canadian railway executive
- Sail forth — steer for the deep waters only.”–Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist and journalist
- Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”–Amelia Earhart, American aviator
- Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.”
–Thomas Szasz,
Hungarian psychiatrist - We are born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
–Judith “Miss Manners” Martin,American journalist and author - The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil.”
–Hannah Arendt,German-American political theorist - Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
–Amos Bronson Alcott, American educator, writer and reformer - He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”–Michel de Montaigne French philosopher and statesman
- If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” –Thomas Aquinas,
Italian priest, philosopher and theologian - Actions are the seed of fate. Deeds grow into destiny.”–Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. president
- Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.”–Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor and writer
- I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.”–Eleanor Roosevelt,U.S. first lady
- The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”
–Antony Jay,British writer, broadcaster, director and actor - Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”–Corrie ten Boom, Dutch writer
- No one ever said on their deathbed, ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.’ “–Danielle Berry,
American computer programmer - In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.”–John Leonard, American critic
- Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we seek too late the one that is open.”–Alexander Graham Bell,American inventor
- Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.”–Hans Hoffman,German-American abstract expressionist painter