If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

Irvin S. Cobb

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Marie Curie (1867-1934)

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control - for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Charline Jordan

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Frost

Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware.

David Armistead