If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch read more

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.

You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you read more

You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too read more

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.

Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, read more

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- read more

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.