1. Weak men are the slaves of what happens. Strong men are masters of what happens. Weak men are victims of their environment. Strong men are victors in any environment. Strong men may not change the circumstances, but they will use them, compel them to serve, and bend them to their purposes. ---George Craig Stewart

2. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. -Daniel H. Burnhom

3. The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. ---Thomas Henry Huxley

4. The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer. ---Air Force motto

5. We are never in the land of the done. ---Dr. Dooley's letter to a young doctor

6. Mediocrity does not inspire men to greatness. ---Zarlenga

7. Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future. ---Thomas Dreier

8. Excellence is a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do the best.

9. Think like a person of action, act like a person of thought.

10. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. ---William Jennings Bryan

11. The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones. ---Chinese Proverb

12. There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat. ---Theodore Roosevelt

13. It's not where you start; it's where you end up. You haven't failed until you've stopped trying.

14. Consider the postage stamp: It secures success by sticking to one thing until it gets there.

15. Nothing can be done except little by little. ---Charles Baudelaire

16. Excellence is never an accident.

17. We ought to work harder at being what we should be than hiding what we are.

18. Mend your speech a little, lest it mar your fortunes. ---Shakespeare

19. Begin now what you will be hereafter. ---St. Jerome

20. A man must make his opportunity. ---Francis Bacon

21. If better is possible, good is not enough.

22. Accept challenges with open arms. ---Jon Mulzet

23. You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures. ---Charles C. Noble

24. I am here today to be the best that I can be, to seize the day, and to be a zenith. ---Clevetta Haynes

25. Link yourself to your potential, not to your past. ---Stephen Covey

26. Success is not something to wait for, it is something to work for. ---Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. ---Dr. Martin Luther King

29. Our fate is not within the stars, it is within ourselves. ---Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

30. If I have seen farther than other men it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. ---Sir Isaac Newton

31. Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. ---Henry Ward Beecher

32. If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. ---Verne Hill

33. Never, never, never, never give up. ---Winston Churchill

34. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ---Vince Lombardi

35. Don't be afraid to take big steps. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. --- David Lloyd George

36. The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. ---Henry Emerson Fosdick

37. Ability will enable a man to get to the top. But, it will take character to keep him there.

38. Well done is better than well said. ---Benjamin Franklin

39. When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. ---Samuel Goldwyn

40. Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ---John Wooden