Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.   John W. Gardner

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”  John W. Gardner

 

“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”

John W. Gardner

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” John W. Gardner

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”  Alexander Graham Bell  “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”  Alexander Graham Bell  “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”  John D. Rockefeller