It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.

Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.

Evaluate what you want -- because what gets measured, gets produced.

Evaluate what you want -- because what gets measured, gets produced.

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator read more

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.