quotes on hard work and success

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. ~Alan C. Kay



It is well to remember that a Martian observing his first baseball game would be quite correct in concluding that the last two words of the National Anthem are: PLAY BALL! ~Herbert H. Paper, in Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 April 1989



Tennis begins with love. ~Author Unknown



The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ~Matthew Arnold



Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles. ~Herbert Agar



No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. ~Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns 50



A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor. ~August Bier



Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Night Flight, 1931, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert



Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves.... Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine. ~James Poland



Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. ~William Arthur Ward



America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. ~Arnold Toynbee



I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ~Robert Frost, The Lesson for Today, 1942 I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ~Robert Frost, The Lesson for Today, 1942



And I wasn't the only slave to my nesting instinct. The people I know who used to sit in the bathroom with pornography, now they sit in the bathroom with their IKEA furniture catalogue. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 5



Go with your heart, buddy. Our brains only screw things up. ~Chris Fedak and Allison Adler, Chuck, "Chuck Versus the Ring"



He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"



Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~William Arthur Ward



The money's no better in retirement but the hours are! ~Anonymous



Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ~Timothy Fuller



How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? ~Logan Smith



Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. ~Author Unknown