People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they dont know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. – George Allen, Sr.
Im a wonderful disaster. So are you. Were all a mess. Were in this culture that says take this pill and youll be happy, go on this diet and youll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more. – Emilio Estevez
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry. – Edgar W. Howe
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818
