"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once he is in. He treats his failures simply
as practice shots."
- Charles Kettering ( Inventor of electric ignition, Delco in 1909, 1876-1958)
"Sticks and stones are hard on bones Aimed with angry art, Words can sting like anything But silence breaks the heart"
-Phyllis McGinley, "Ballade of Lost Objects," 1954
"A realist believes that what is done or or left undone in the short run that determines the long
run."
- Sydney J. Harris ( American journalist and author 1917- 1986)
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I will give you who will make history. Give me a man
without a goal and I will give you a stock clerk."
- James Cash Penney ( JC Penney founder)