If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X+Y+Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut.

>> Albert Einstein

I want to put a ding in the universe.
>> Steve Jobs

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.
>> John F. Kennedy

There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there's virtually no competition.
>> Steven J Ross

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
>> Horace

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
>> Charles C. Noble

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
>> William James

I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation.
>> Robert Brault

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.
>> Della Reese

If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
>> Chinese Proverb

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
>> Henry Ford

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
>> Franz Kafka

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
>> Benjamin Jowett

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

>> Nicholas Chamfort

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
>> John Maxwell

You don't have to be a person of influence to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.
>> Scott Adams

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
>> Walter Bagehot

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
>> Nelson Mandela

It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.
>> Don Cornelius

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

>> Jeff Valdez

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

>> Albert Schweitzer

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

>> Carl Van Vechten

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.

>> Pam Brown

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

>> Mary Bly

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
>> William James

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.

>> W.C. Fields

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.

>> Lyman Beecher

I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it, unless I'm thirsty.

>> Lily Bollinger talking about champagne

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
>> Joe Moore

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.
>> David Ogilvy

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.
>> Desiderius Erasmus