“There are countless ways of attaining greatness. But any road to reaching one’s maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.”
~ Buck Rodgers, IBM

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
~ John W. Gardner

“One good product or service can support you in style for the rest of your life.”

~ E. Joseph Cossman

Another term for balloon is bad breath holder.

~ Demetri  Martin

“Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ”

~ Barbara Kingsolver

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

“The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.”
~ Joe Batten

In a Rose Garden

» And vainly there foregathered,

Shall we regret the sun?
The rose of love, ungathered?

The bay, we have not won?

Ah, child! the world’s dark marges

May lead to Nevermore,
The stately funeral barges

Sail for an unknown shore,
And love we vow to-morrow,

And pride we serve to-day:
What-if they both should borrow

Sad hues of yesterday?

Our pride! Ah, should we miss it,

Or will it serve at last?
Our anger, if we kiss it,

Is like a sorrow past.
While roses deck the garden,

While yet the sun is high,
Doff sorry pride for pardon,

Or ever love go by.

Ernest Dowson [1867-1900]