“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things—to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
“We never know the whole man, though sometimes, in quick flashes, we know the true man.”
Agathe Christie
“Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.”
George Foreman
Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is.
We are the planet, fully as much as its water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet survives, it will only be through heroism.
Russell Banks,
writer
1940-2023
I want to learn to love people like this, the way I love my dog, with pride and enthusiasm and a complete amnesia for faults.
Ann Patchett,
writer
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.”
Sophia Loren
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”
Stephen Hawking
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde
I’m tightly wound. I’m a loose cannon. Both — I’m a tightly wound loose cannon, a tight loose.
Jonathan Lethem,
writer
Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.
Nadia Comaneci – Former Gymnast-Gold Medalist
Your job is to be the best version of yourself and then invite others to join you.
Mark Groves – Musical Artist-Speaker-Writer-Motivator
Get me a room at Hotel Eternity / Where Time likes to stop now and then.
Charles Simic,
poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur Foundation genius award recipient, poet laureate of the US
1938-2023
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.
Unknown
