The spirit the will to win

The spirit, the will to win,

and the will to excel, are the things that endure.

These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Vincent Thomas Lombardi

As the rest of the world

As the rest of the world is walking out the door,

your best friend’s are the ones walking in.

- Anonymous -

Be a yardstick of quality

Be a yardstick of quality.

Some people aren’t used to an environment

where excellence is expected.

- Stephen Jobs  -

A real act of honesty

A real act of honesty is not enough to

be honored by everyone,

but being witnessed by you and God alone.

- Czeonollo -

It is the characteristic

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong

man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore

and make a decision about them.

The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives

they have not chosen themselves.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -

What I must do is all that concerns me

What I must do is all that concerns me.

This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life,

may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.

It is harder because you will always find those who think

they know what is your duty better than you know it.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

It used to take courage

It used to take courage–indeed,

it was the act of courage par excellence–

to leave the comforts of home and family and

go out into the world seeking adventure.

Today there are fewer places to discover,

and the real adventure is to stay at home.

- Alvaro de Solva -

Men of perverse

Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence

of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.

- Sophocles -

We should not pretend

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect;

we apprehend it just as much by feeling.

Therefore, the judgement of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth,

as must, if it be honest, also come an understanding of its inadequacy.

- Carl Jung -