think big

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big.”

- Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect

don't be a hermit

'it is isolation that is critical to war. you can't be abusive when you realize your connectedness."

~David Kadlec

blame game

"the only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else."

~Oscar Wilde

keep on keeping on

"many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

~Thomas A. Edison

give them an 'A'

"I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble."

~ Rudyard Kipling

the trick

"The trick is what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same."

~ C.Castaneda

all things in small doses

"If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please."

~ Epictetus