“I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.” William Makepeace Thackeray

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.” Leonardo da Vinci

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still” Lao Tzu

“One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade” Chinese Proverb

"Dead owls don't give a hoot". Woody Paige

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." David Brinkley

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confuscius

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Tom Bodett