Sunday, January 13, 2008

Formula for success

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is -try to please everybody.--Herbert Bayard Swope

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.--James Bryant Conant –

The greatest mistake is life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. –Elbert Hubbard

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.--Adlai E. Stevenson

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. --Edmund Burke

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. --Bob Dylan

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave. –Mark Twain

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. -- Henry David Thoreau

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King Jr

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. –Anais Nin

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