Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. – Author Unknown

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. – Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work. – Joseph de Maistre