Bits of Wisdom
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. ~Henry David Thoreau
I learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~Henry David Thoreau
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle
The world is like a book, and those that never leave home read but one page. ~St. Augustine
If we did all that we are capable of doing we would literally astonish ourselves. ~Thomas Edison
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. ~Marcel Proust
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. ~William James
There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can. ~Henry Ford
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~Mark Twain
Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it — but sail we must, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Just do it! ~Nike
We ask ourselves 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be. ~Marianne Williamson
Boldly go where no one has gone before. ~Star Trek
Live long and prosper ~Spock, Star Trek