(Henry David Thoreau)
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
(Henry Ford)
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
(Sophocles)
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
(John W. Gardner)
There shall be no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within any wilderness area and (except for emergency uses) no temporary road, no use of motor vehicle, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation.
(Wilderness Act Of 1964)
A ranger must be able to take care of himself and his horses under very trying conditions; build trails and cabins; ride all day and all night; pack, shoot and fight fire without losing his head. All this requires a very vigorous constitution. Invalids need not apply!
(USDA Forest Service)
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
(Calvin Coolidge)
It's not about time, it's about choices. How are you spending your choices? -Beverly Adamo Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms ? to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way
(Viktor E. Frankl)