Pearl Buck

Most good ideas sparkle in simplicity, so much so that everyone wonders why no one ever did that before.

There is no substitute for hard work.

You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.

Once you focus on your life’s objectives, you need to focus on your instructors to make sure they are qualified to teach you what you want to know. They should have already been where you want to go and have lived to tell about it.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

Take time to be kind and to say thank you.