I conceive a…

… knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built

– George Washington

Effective leaders….

… allow great people to do the work they were born to do

– Warren G Bennis

If a man does…

… not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away

– Henry David Thoreau

Impossible is just…

… a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than believe in the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact; It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration; It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing

– Muhammed Ali

Do what….

….. you can, with what you have, where you are.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

You can have…

anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it

–Robert Anthony

There has…

… never been a meaningful life built on easy street

– John Paul Warren

Watch your….

thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

– Lao-Tzu

You can never…

cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

– Christopher Columbus

You are not here…

… merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand

– Woodrow Wilson