If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe

The lesson of the story might appear to be that self-interested and ambitious people in power are often the cause of wastefulness in developing countries. But self-interested and ambitious people are in positions of power, great and small, all over the world. In many places, they are restrained by the law, the press, and democratic opposition. Cameroon's tragedy is that there is nothing to hold self-interest in check. -- Tim Harford

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb