Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
- William James

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world – making the most of one's best.
- Harry Emerson Fosdick

When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.
- Agapet

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
- Ann Landers

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
- Charles Du Bos

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
- Aristotle

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
- Alexander Pope

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can you can't do any better.
- Harry S. Truman

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
- Paul Goodman

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is hard to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline.
- W. L. Shirer

So, then, to every man his chance -- to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining golden opportunity -- to every man his right to live, to work, to be himself, to become whatever his manhood and his vision can combine to make him -- this, seeker, is the promise of America.
- Thomas Wolfe

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.
- Knute Rockne

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing.
- J.E de Goncourt

To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities.
- Grenville Kleiser

Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.
- Propertius

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.
- Phillips Brooks

Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
- Will Rogers

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Success doesn't "happen." It is organized, preempted, captured, by consecrated common sense.
- F.E. Willard