Auditors are the troops who watch a battle from the safety of a hillside and, when the battle is over, come down to count the dead and bayonet the wounded

Anon

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others let go.

William Feather

To him who is determined it remains only to act.

Italian proverb

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Aristophanes

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

William James