Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

Omit needless words. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

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

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

We tend to seek easy, single-factor explanations of success. For most important things, though, success actually requires avoiding many separate causes of failure. -- Jared Diamond

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou

You can do anything, but not everything. ~Anonymous

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu