The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. (Harold Taylor)
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. (Confucius)
Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside. (Chris Messina)
Our lives teach us who we are. (Salman Rushdie)
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory. (Pierre Corneille)
If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift. (Homer)
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. (Izaak Walton)
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. (Epictetus)
Did I ever tell you about a nasty habit that flight attendants pick up on the job? We learn to always keep smiling, even when we're out of Bloody Mary Mix. (Eric Wald)