In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed — they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? — the cuckoo clock. – Graham Greene and Orson Wells, The Third Man

We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The most important thing about goals is having one. – Geoffrey F. Abert