By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
Italian proverbs
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
No author
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninty-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Edison
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Aristotle
There are no gains without pains.
Benjamin Franklin
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
Cecil B. DeMille
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Henry Ford
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Do not praise yourself when going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.
Russian proverbs
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Edmund Burke
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
Jesse Owens
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Ralph Nader
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Winston Churchill
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Napoleon Hill
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
