"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."
--Irving Berlin
"The deepest principle of Human Nature is the craving to be appreciated."
--William James
"He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time."
--Duc de la Rochefoucald
"Man lives by praise; most of us would rather be hurt by flattery than helped by criticism."
--Laurence J. Peter
"If you are afraid of your future, you don't have a present."
--James Petersen
"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding."
--Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
"Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead tocheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love."
--Mariah Burton Nelson
"Information is just signs and numbers, while knowledge involves their meaning. What we want is knowledge, but what we get is information."
--Heinz R. Pagels
"Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up."
--James Magary
"The computer is a moron."
--Peter Drucker
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
--Ben Sweetland
"Nothing is interesting if you're not interested."
--Helen MacInness
"Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth."
--Ed Howe
"Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you."
--Mae West
"There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity."
--General Douglas MacArthur
"The way to be safe is never to be secure."
--Benjamin Franklin
"You can't expect to win unless you know why you lose."
--Benjamin Lipson
"He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin."
--Horace
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
--Beverly Sills
"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
--Bob Hope
"If you see a tennis player who looks as if he's working very hard, then that means he isn't very good."
--Helen Wills Moody