| "Good-bye
for now - and may you always have peanut butter." -Trixie,
Dean Koontz' retired CCI dog. (www.deankoontz.com
and click on Trixie)
"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while
we are here, we might as well dance!
"Do what you can, with what you,
have where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt
"Kites rise against the wind, not
with it." -Winston Churchill
"Act as if it were
impossible to fail." - Dorothea Brande
"All serious daring starts
from within." -Eudora Welty,
American Writer
"If you play it safe in life you've decided that you
don't want to grow anymore." —Shirley Hufstedler,
First U.S. Secretary of Education
"Many of life's failures are people who did not
realize how close they were to success when they
gave up." —T. Edison,
Inventor, Industrialist
"Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is
boring without it." —Pearl Buck,
American Writer, Civil Rights Activist
"The main dangers in this life are the people who
want to change everything — or nothing." —Nancy Astor,
English Stateswoman
"To move freely you must be deeply rooted." —Bella Lewitzky,
American Dancer/Choreographer
"The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams." —Eleanor Roosevelt,
American First Lady, Civil Rights Activist
"There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm
successful now. I might as well take a nap.'" —Carrie Fisher,
American Actor, Writer
"We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour
to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own
story." —Mary McCarthy,
American Writer
"As great scientists have said and as all children
know,
it is above all by the imagination that we
achieve perception, and compassion, and hope." —Ursula K. LeGuin,
American Science Fiction Writer
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try
to keep looking upward." —Charlotte Brontë,
British Novelist
"It takes a deep commitment to change and an even
deeper commitment to grow." —Ralph Ellison,
American Author
"I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when
I will say, 'This is what I believe. Finished.' What
I believe is alive...and open to growth."
—Madeleine L'Engle,
American Author
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are
doomed if you don't try." —Beverly Sills,
American Opera Singer, Arts Administrator
"The joy that isn't shared dies young." —Anne Sexton,
American Poet
"Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't
build on it; it's only for wallowing in." —Katherine Mansfield,
New Zealander Writer
"To fly we have to have resistance." —Maya Lin,
American Artist and Architect
"I was brought up to believe that the only thing
worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate
information in the world."
—Margaret Mead,
American Anthropologist
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose." —Indira Gandhi,
Indian Prime Minister
"What I regret, on behalf of myself of long ago, is
not the overweeningness, but the playing it safe."
—Elizabeth Bowen,
Irish Writer
"If you want to be listened to, you should put in
time listening." —Marge Piercy,
American Writer
"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand
something you've understood all your life, but in a
new way."
—Doris Lessing,
British/South African Novelist
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." —Albert Einstein,
German/American Physicist
"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful
things happen to you." —Mary Tyler Moore,
American Actor
"Besides learning to see, there is another art to be
learned — not to see what is not." —Maria Mitchell,
American Astronomer
"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun."
—Katharine Hepburn,
American Actor
"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in
time
but in their significance to ourselves they
find their own order...the continuous thread of
revelation." —Eudora Welty,
American Writer
"The cloud never comes in the quarter of the horizon
from which we watch for it." —Elizabeth Gaskell,
English Writer
"Adventure is worthwhile in
itself." —Amelia Earhart,
American Aviator
"Life is either a daring
adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a
superstition. It does not exist in nature."
—Helen Keller,
American Author, Public Speaker
"If you have made mistakes...there is always another
chance for you...you may have a fresh start any
moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure'
is not the falling down, but the staying down."
—Mary Pickford,
American Actor
"From what we get, we can make a living; what we
give, however, makes a life." —Arthur Ashe,
American Athlete
"Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a
longer time at what pains you." —Colette, French
Author
"The dedicated life is the life worth living. You
must give with your whole heart." —Annie Dillard,
American Author
"If you really want something, and really work hard,
and take advantage of opportunities, and never give
up, you will find a way.
Follow your Dreams." —Jane Goodall,
Anthropologist
"You have to leave room in life to dream."
—Buffy St. Marie,
Cree Songwriter, Artist
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's
courage."
—Anais Nin,
French-born American Writer, Diarist
"I was taught that the way of progress is neither
swift nor easy."
—Marie Curie,
Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner
"Champions take responsibility. When the ball is
coming over the net, you can be sure I want the
ball."
—Billie Jean King,
American Athlete
"We still think of a powerful man as a born leader
and a powerful woman as an anomaly."
—Margaret Atwood,
Canadian Author
"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be
satisfied with tranquility: they must have action;
and they will make it if they cannot find it."
—Charlotte Brontë,
English Author
"If you try to measure the future you will never
risk the present. Playing it safe: a ghastly game."
—Catherine Deneuve,
French Actor
"Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on
what you intend to do."
—Liz Smith,
American Journalist
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can
the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and
success achieved."
—Helen Keller,
American Author, Public Speaker
"It's never too late — in fiction or in life — to
revise."
—Nancy Thayer,
American Writer
"The best prophet is common sense, our native wit."
—Euripidies,
Greek Playwright
"Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product."
—Eleanor Roosevelt,
American First Lady, Civil Rights Activist
"Challenges make you discover things about yourself
that you never really knew. They're what make the
instrument stretch — what make you go beyond the
norm."
—Cicely Tyson,
American Actor
"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden.
And then you realize how obvious they've been all
along."
—Madeline L'Engle,
American Author
"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for
knowledge of all around us; and the more we gain,
the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we
are capable of seeing."
—Maria Mitchell,
American Astronome
"The secret of joy in work
is contained in one word–excellence. To know how to
do something well is to enjoy it."
—Pearl S. Buck,
American Writer/Civil Rights Activist
"You cannot hope to build a better world without
improving the individuals. To that end, each of us
must work for our own improvement and, at the same
time, share a general responsibility for all
humanity."
—Marie Curie,
Polish/French Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner
"You have to love always learning. I think when you
quit learning, you're dead." —Hilary
Mine, Executive Vice President, Probe
Research
"Security is not the meaning of my life. Great
opportunities are worth the risks." —Shirley Hufstedler,
first U.S. Secretary of Education
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of
our life are made. Destiny is made known silently."
-Agnes De Mille,
American Dancer, Choreographer
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can
make a big difference, ignore the small daily
differences we can make which, over time, add up to
big differences that we often cannot foresee."
-Marian Wright
Edelman, Founder, President, Children's
Defense Fund
"Don't settle.
This is the best job market we've
ever seen, you don't have to settle.
Be open and
passionate about learning new things." —Beth
VanStory, Former President, iMotors
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams
and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it
so." —Belva Davis,
American Journalist, Community Activist
"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is
strengthened by use." —Ruth Gordon,
American Actor, Screenwriter
"I have learned that success is to be measured not
so much by the position that one has reached in
life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome
while trying to succeed."
—Booker T. Washington,
American Educator
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be
sought for with ardor and attended to with
diligence." —Abigail Adams,
American First Lady
"The main thing we want to do is encourage people to
be curious so we have to meet their needs instead of
make them adapt to ours."
—Annie
Valva, Director of Technology, WGBH
Interactive
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so
pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of
adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." —Anne Bradstreet,
Poet
"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind
as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may
fix its intellectual eye." —Mary Shelley,
British Author
"Motivation will almost always beat mere talent."
—Norman R. Augustine,
Chairman, U. S. Antarctic Program External Panel
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
—Helen Keller,
American Author, Public Speaker
"Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill
through the rock of inertia." —Alexis Carrel,
French Biologist
"We especially need imagination in science. It is
not all mathematics, nor all logic, but is somewhat
beauty and poetry." —Maria Mitchell,
American Astronomer, 1818-1889
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" —T.S. Eliot,
American-born English Poet
"It never occurred to any of
us there were things we couldn't do." —Linda
Sanford, General Manager, Global
Industries, IBM
"The important thing technology will do is it will
bring us all together so we really can exchange
information and help each other."
-Lynne
Franks, Author "The SEED Handbook-The
Feminine Way to Create Business"
"Be true to yourself, have confidence, not
arrogance, strive to learn all the time, and if you
think tech is only for the 'nerds' and 'geeks', you
are dead wrong. Technology needs more folks who can
lend the human view and perspective to make it come
to life for all of us."
—Mei-Lin
Cheng, CTO and VP of Engineering,
WineryExchange
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in
the face. You must do the thing which you think you
cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt,
American First Lady, Humanitarian
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be
understood." — Marie Curie,
Polish/French Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner
"Sail out to sea and do new things." — Admiral Grace
Hopper, Computer Programming Pioneer
"Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein
get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a
woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male
schlemiel."
— Bella Abzug,
American Civil Rights Attorney, Politician,
Activist
"What did it for me? It wasn't my education or
experience. It's my passion."
— Andrea Jung,
President and CEO, Avon Products, Inc.
"Build your life the right way, brick by brick,
piece by piece, lesson by lesson and you will have
the strength to withstand adversity." — Janet Reno,
U.S. Attorney General
"Besides learning to see, there is another art to be
learned—not to see what is not." — Maria Mitchell,
(1818-1889), American Astronomer
"Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier." — Susan Rabin,
Communications Consultant
"Be driven and focused on your idea, product, or
vision, but do reality checks all the time and
modify your plan along the way."
—
Mia Di Giovanni, Founder, President
and CEO, SmoothSale
"Try to work at a place where others know more than
you and when you feel intimidated remind yourself
how lucky you are to be around people you can learn
from. And then turn to the next girl or woman you
see and help her learn something you know or were
recently taught. What goes around comes around!"
—
Annie Valva, Director of Technology
for WGBH Interactive
"Being surrounded by mediocrity may make you look
good briefly but will not provide the environment
that will bring out your best."
— Barbara Babcock,
Corporate Vice President, e-Business Services
Unisys
"We were born to succeed, not to fail." — Henry David Thoreau,
American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really
want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I
don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald,
American Musician
"To leap is not only to leap, it is to hit the
ground somewhere." —Elizabeth Bowen,
20th Century British Author
"Always figure out what's important to you in life,
and then go after it.
Don't get swayed by what's
important to other people.
Then, proceed with the
best job you can do -- maintain your integrity,
treat people fairly and keep asking questions."
—Elizabeth
Kalodner, CEO, SocialNet.co.
"You never find yourself until you face the truth."
—Pearl Bailey,
American Actress
"The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my
problem, it's their problem. If I see a door comin'
my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock
down the door,
I'm sliding through the window. I'll
never let it stop me from what I want to do." —Rosie Perez,
American Actress, Dancer, and Choreographer
"Learn, learn, learn. Speak out loud about what you
know. Read, attend conferences, study online what
the top internet analyst are saying from the top
investment banks. Never believe that you can't do
it."
—Mary
Furlong, Founder and Chairman, ThirdAge
Media
"When nothing is sure,
everything is possible." —Margaret Drabble,
British Author
"Convincing yourself that the worst that can happen
is not that bad, is what you use to get to the next
step." —Jeanette
Symons, CTO and VP of Engineering, Zhone
"We must leave our mark on life while we have it in
our power, lest it should close up, when we leave
it, without a trace." —Isak Dinesen,
Danish Author
"It is vain to say human beings ought to be
satisfied with tranquility: they must have action;
and they will make it if the cannot find it." —George Eliot,(Marian Evans)Author
"I am living proof that if you want something bad
enough, and are willing to sacrifice and work hard,
you can get it." —Nora
Denzel, VP & GenMgr of
Storage Organization, HP
"The minute you settle for less than you deserve,
you get even less than you settled for." —Maureen Dowd,
American Journalist
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." —Indira Gandhi,
Indian Prime Minister
"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon
error also." —Carl Jung, Swiss
Psychologist
"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting
peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release
from little things; knows not the livid loneliness
of fear."
—Amelia Earhart,
American Aviator
"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by
spending oneself that one becomes rich." —Sarah Bernhardt,
French Actress
"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but
it is the journey that matters in the end." —Ursula Le Guin,
American Science Fiction Writer
"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly." —Lauren Bacall,
American Actor
"Life appears to me to be too short to be spent in
nursing animosity or registering wrong." —Charlotte Brontë,
British Novelist
"Figure out what your most magnificent qualities are
and make them indispensable to the people you want
to work with. Notice that I didn't say 'work for.'"
—Linda
Bloodworth-Thomason, American Television
Producer, Writer
"Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever
time of life it may occur." —Muriel Spark,
Scottish Novelist
"You've got to take the initiative and play your
game. In a decisive set, confidence is the
difference." —Chris Evert,
American Athlete
"Study as if you were going to live forever; live as
if you were going to die tomorrow." —Maria Mitchell,
American Astronmer
"One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."
—Rita Mae Brown,
American Author
"Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you
least expect it, there will be a fish." —Publius Ovidius Naso
(Ovid), Roman Poet
"No other field can offer, to such an extent as
mathematics, the joy of discovery, which is perhaps
the greatest human joy."
—Rózsa Péter,
Hungarian Mathmetician, Founder of Recursive
Function Theory
"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there
is no substitute for paying attention." —Diane Sawyer,
American Journalist
"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."
-Diane Arbus,
American Photographer
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