The first principle is that you must not fool yourself

and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988)

There is nothing impossible to him who will tryAlexander the Great (356BC - 323BC)

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most

important thing that I can do. Because then they will

act.Jack Welch (1936-)

Chance favours only the prepared mind.Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope

to have in the futureCharles F. Kettering

Everyone is surrounded by opportunities. But they

only exist once they have been seen. And they will

only be seen if they are looked for.Edward de Bono (1933-)

Common sense is not so common.Voltaire (1694-1778)

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the

answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.Albert Camus (1913-1960)

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

Things should be made as simple as possible, but no

simpler.Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who

thinks but does not learn is in great danger.Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of

progress.Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Education... has produced a vast population able to

read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. G. M. Trevelyan

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against

reality. Jules de Gaultier

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time

to change that here and there.Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988)

The way to succeed is to double your error rate. Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art

is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams (1957-)

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human

when he turns obstacles into opportunitiesEric Hoffer (1902-83)

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.Aesop