“ Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself. William Hazlitt
“ I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller
“ Borrowed thoughts like borrowed money only show the poverty of the borrower. Lady Marguerite Blessington
“ Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. It is seeing things in a straight line without any bend or break or aberration of sight seeing them as they are without any warping of vision. Flawle… Maude Adams
“ Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng but in ourselves are triumph and defeat. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“ Self-respect is the root of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham J. Heschel
“ Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself and you begin to follow your own instincts-only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied and wh… Raquel Welch
“ Not being beautiful was the true blessing. ... Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome. Golda Meir
“ The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity self-sufficiency and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find bor… Dr. William Menninger
“ In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt
“ We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and what, and that we are. The greatest tragedy that can… N. Scott Momaday
