"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude." – Ralph Marston
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
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"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist." – Albert Einstein
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” – Albert Einstein
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." – Thomas Merton
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death." – Leonardo da Vinci
“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"Life is the flower for which love is the honey." – Victor Hugo
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
"Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives" – Blaise Pascal
“Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives” – Blaise Pascal
"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." – Anatole France
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to …
"The success combination in business is: Do what you do better… and: do more of what you do…" – David Joseph Schwartz
“The success combination in business is: Do what you do better… and: do more of what you do…” – David Joseph Schwartz
"If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire." – Winston Churchill
“If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would …
"It’s the national addiction: warmth on chilly winter nights, innocence on Saturday afternoons, the essence of hearth, home and blissful abandon." – Patricia Linden
“It’s the national addiction: warmth on chilly winter nights, innocence on Saturday afternoons, the essence of hearth, home and blissful abandon.” – Patricia Linden
"How dreary – to be – somebody! How public – like a frog – to tell your name – the livelong June – to an admiring bog!" – Emily Dickinson
“How dreary – to be – somebody! How public – like a frog – to tell your name – the livelong June – to an …
"I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate." – Elbert Hubbard
“I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.” – Elbert Hubbard
"Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy." – Aristotle
“Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose …
"Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig." – Albert Einstein
“Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a …
"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old." – James A. Garfield
“If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.” – James A. …
"For success, attitude is equally as important as ability." – Harry F. Banks
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Harry F. Banks
"I love our craft so much and it’s just an exhilaration on Valentine’s Day." – Edward Appelson
“I love our craft so much and it’s just an exhilaration on Valentine’s Day.” – Edward Appelson
"Be tender towards the fault of others, be strict towards your own." – H. H. Swami Tejomayananda
“Be tender towards the fault of others, be strict towards your own.” – H. H. Swami Tejomayananda
"One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to do is worth all of the good thought, warm feelings, and passionate prayers in which idle men indulge themselves." – David McKay
“One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to do is worth all of the good thought, warm feelings, and passionate prayers in which …
"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." – Gail Devers
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible …
"War is a catalouge of blunders." – Winston Churchill
“War is a catalouge of blunders.” – Winston Churchill
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." – C.S. Lewis
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” – C.S. Lewis
"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well." – Abraham Lincoln
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction" – Blaise Pascal
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction” – Blaise Pascal
"The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed." – Bennett Cerf
“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” – Bennett Cerf
"Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men" – Theodore Reik
“Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men” – Theodore Reik
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal." – Pamela Vaull Starr
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr
"First you must find… another shrubbery! (dramatic chord) Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. ("A path! A path!") Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest… with… a herring!" – Monty Python
“First you must find… another shrubbery! (dramatic chord) Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly …
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil." – Aristotle
“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” – Aristotle
"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be." – Bob Dylan
“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” – Bob Dylan
"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success." – Elbert Hubbard
“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
"The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender." – William Booth
“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.” – William Booth
"Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time." – Oswald Chambers
“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.” – Oswald Chambers
"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people" – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people” – Eleanor Roosevelt
"Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought." – Napoleon Hill
“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” – Napoleon Hill
"after a break-up people always claim that things will get better, and in fact they do… but not because we in fact ARE better but that the pain, has beaten every last ounce of feeling from us. after we are wasted away, because food and drink seems to be like sand being choked down, and sleep is no comfort because you know you’ll dream of them, and have to wake with knowing they’ll not be there. after all this is accepted, we are what people claim is ‘better’" – Gabriel Swann
“after a break-up people always claim that things will get better, and in fact they do… but not because we in fact ARE better but …
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination" – Albert Einstein
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination” – Albert Einstein
"It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence" – Oscar Wilde
“It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from …
"We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant." – Albert Einstein
“We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.” – Albert Einstein