Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyways.

--John Wayne, actor

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he is in. He treats failures simply as practice shots.

--Charles Franklin Kettering, inventor

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

--Nelson Mandela, statesman

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one big simpler.

--Albert Einstein, physicist

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

--Alfred Tennyson, poet

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you are willing to work.

--Oprah Winfrey, entertainer

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

--Doug Larson, humorist

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

--Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

--Martha Washington, wife of George Washington

I am very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was 40. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

--Earl Warren, chief justice of the U.S.