Thinking

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."

-- George S. Patton 

Dreams

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."

-- Orison Swett Marden 

Education

"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

-- Maya Angelou

Self-Discovery

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. "

-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Success

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."

-- Mark Twain 

Wisdom

"What use is it to know things if you don’t know yourself?"

-- Saint Augustine

Persistence

"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

-- Benjamin Franklin 

Activism

"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

-- Henry Ross Perot

Self

"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."

-- Lao Tzu

Progress

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

-- Frank Zappa