Weak men are the slaves of what Weak men are the slaves of what happens. happens.

Strong men are masters of what Strong men are masters of what happens. happens.

Weak men are victims of their Weak men are victims of their environment. environment.

Strong men are victors in any Strong men are victors in any environment. environment.

Strong men may not change the Strong men may not change the circumstances, but they will use them, circumstances, but they will use them,

compel them to serve, compel them to serve, and bend them to their purposes.and bend them to their purposes.

---George Craig Stewart ---George Craig Stewart

Make no little plans; Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. probably themselves will not be realized.

Make big plans; Make big plans; aim high in hope aim high in hope

and work remembering that a noble, logical and work remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, diagram once recorded will never die,

but long after we are gone but long after we are gone will be a living thing, will be a living thing,

asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

-Daniel H. Burnhom-Daniel H. Burnhom

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

The difficult The difficult we do immediately; we do immediately;

the impossible the impossible takes a little longer.takes a little longer.

---Air Force motto ---Air Force motto

We are We are never in never in the land the land of the of the done.done.

---Dr. Dooley's letter to a young doctor---Dr. Dooley's letter to a young doctor

Mediocrity does not inspire men to greatness.

---Zarlenga

Because you lack Because you lack a noble and a noble and

successful past is successful past is no reason why no reason why

you should lack a you should lack a noble and noble and

successful future.successful future. ---Thomas Dreier---Thomas Dreier

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

things you will do things you will do the best.the best.

Think like a person of action, act like a person

of thought.

Destiny is not a matter of chance,

it is a matter of choice.

---William Jennings Bryan

The man who The man who moves mountains moves mountains begins by carrying begins by carrying

away small away small stones.stones. ---Chinese Proverb---Chinese Proverb

There are some There are some timid souls that will timid souls that will never know victory never know victory

nor defeat. nor defeat. ---Theodore Roosevelt---Theodore Roosevelt

It's not where you It's not where you start; it's where start; it's where you end up. You you end up. You

haven't failed until haven't failed until you've stopped you've stopped

trying.trying.

Consider the Consider the postage stamp: postage stamp:

It secures success It secures success by sticking to one by sticking to one thing until it gets thing until it gets

there.there.

Nothing can be Nothing can be done except done except little by little.little by little.

---Charles Baudelaire---Charles Baudelaire

Excellence is never

an accident.

We ought to work harder

at being what we should be than hiding what we are.

Mend your Mend your speech a speech a

little, lest it little, lest it mar your mar your fortunes.fortunes.---Shakespeare---Shakespeare

Begin now what you

will be hereafter.

---St. Jerome

A man must A man must make his make his

opportunity.opportunity.---Francis Bacon---Francis Bacon

If better is If better is possible, possible,

good is not good is not enough.enough.

Accept Accept challenges challenges with open with open

arms.arms.---Jon Mulzet---Jon Mulzet

You must have long range

goals to keep you from being frustrated by

short term failures.

---Charles C. Noble

I am here today to be I am here today to be the best that I can be, the best that I can be, to seize the day, and to seize the day, and

to be a zenith.to be a zenith.---Clevetta Haynes---Clevetta Haynes

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

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

The reward of The reward of a thing well a thing well done is to done is to

have done it.have done it.---Ralph Waldo ---Ralph Waldo

Emerson Emerson

If I cannot do If I cannot do great things, great things,

I can do I can do small things small things

in a great way.in a great way.---Dr. Martin Luther King ---Dr. Martin Luther King

Our fate is not within the stars, it is within ourselves.

---Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

If I have seen If I have seen farther than other farther than other men it is because I men it is because I have stood on the have stood on the

shoulders of shoulders of giants.giants.

---Sir Isaac Newton ---Sir Isaac Newton

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

If you always If you always do do

what you what you always did, always did,

you'll always you'll always get get

what you what you always got.always got.

---Verne Hill---Verne Hill

Never, Never, never, never, never, never, never never

give up.give up.---Winston Churchill---Winston Churchill

The quality of a The quality of a person's life person's life is in direct is in direct proportion proportion

to their to their commitment to commitment to

excellence, excellence, regardless of their regardless of their

chosen field chosen field of endeavor.of endeavor.---Vince Lombardi---Vince Lombardi

Don't be afraid to take big steps. You can't cross a

chasm in two small jumps.

--- David Lloyd George

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

Ability will enable a man to get to the top.

But, it will take character

to keep him there.

Well done Well done is better is better

than than well said.well said.

---Benjamin Franklin---Benjamin Franklin

When someone does something good, applaud!

You will make two people happy.---Samuel Goldwyn

Don't let what Don't let what you cannot do you cannot do interfere with interfere with what you can what you can

do.do.---John Wooden ---John Wooden