Agree to Disagree

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

You failed or you quit?

You can never quit. Winner never quit, and quitters never win.

- Ted Turner

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Willingness and Laziness

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

-William Feather

There's a difference between being lazy and being unwilling.

Good for the Worst

A good action is related in some way to lifting the worst off in society.

-John Rawls, a philosopher

Memory and Intelligence

A good memory is a cheap trick that creates a deceptive aura of intelligence around an otherwise ordinary intellect.

- From NYTimes