"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
     - Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
     - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Sow a thought, reap an act;
 Sow an act, reap a habit;
 Sow a habit, reap a character;
 Sow a character, reap a destiny."
     - Anonymous

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
     - Peter Drucker

"You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one."
     - Henry D. Thoreau

"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."
     - Solomon Ibn Gabriol

"First say to yourself what you would be;
And then do what you have to do."
     - Epictetus

"Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
     - Harold R. McAlindon