Some Thots for One's A-muse-ment

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. James Crook

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. Abraham Lincoln

The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Coolidge

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. Richard Evans

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent Van Gogh

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Edison

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to come what they are capable of being. Goethe

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton

Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value. Albert Einstein

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. John Ruskin

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too. Lawrence Bixby

When I was a young man, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing. Albert Schweitzer

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

It's never crowded along the "extra mile." Napoleon Hill

Life is on the wire. All the rest is waiting around. Karl Wallenda

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. Helen Keller

Aerodynamically speaking, the design of the bumblebee is a disaster. Too much body weight. Too little wing span. Just can't fly. But it does.

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Louis Nizer

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Dr. Loretta Scott

Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn. John Wesley

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. Chinese proverb

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. Nietzche

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

To do the impossible, you must see the Invisible.