There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.
—Liberty Hyde Bailey (American Botanist)
I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.
—Che Guevara (Argentine-Cuban Revolutionary)
Under the storm and the cloud today, and today the hard peril and pain—tomorrow the stone shall be rolled away, for the sunshine shall follow the rain.
—Joaquin Miller (American Poet)
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
—Mencius (Chinese Philosopher, Sage)
Nothing is harder on your laurels than resting on them.
—Modern Proverb
Creativity and love come from the same source.
—Laurens van der Post (South African Explorer, Writer)
If you want to build a great enterprise, you have to have the courage to dream great dreams. If you dream small dreams, you may succeed in building something small. For many people, that is enough. But if you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
—Howard Schultz (American Businessman)
I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading; it vexes me to choose another guide.
—Emily Bronte (English Novelist, Poet)
What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.
—Cleveland Amory (American Animal Rights Activist)
The kind of love that offers its life so easily, so stupidly, is always the love that is not returned.
—Ann Patchett (American Novelist)
Some of mankind’s most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.
—James Bryant Conant (American Chemist)
The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.
—Michael Korda (English-born Writer, Novelist)
I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
—Harold Wilson (British Political Leader)
Watch my dust.
—Babe Ruth (American Baseball Player)