“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.”

- Abigail Adams

“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”

— Confucius

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

-Napoleon Bonaparte

“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth; and truth rewarded me.”

- Simone de Beauvoir

“Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.”

- Steve Albini

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

-Albert Einstein

“To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.” – Akhenaton

“Show class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”

— Paul Bryant

“Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.” -Ayn Rand

“Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour by hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.” -Laurence J. Peter