Children possess a remarkable amount of passion. They throw themselves completely, heart and soul, into everything.
~ Mary Lou Retton
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"Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, but by going off the main road; by trying the untried." -- Frank Tyger
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
- Samuel Johnson
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
-- James Allen
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."
-- Jacques Barzun
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”
Jamie Paolinetti quotes (American Schroeder Iron Pro Cycling)
"Only as high as I reach can I grow, Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see, Only as much as I dream can I be."
-- Karen Raven
“Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.”
Henry David Thoreau
No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation ~
Daniel Webster
