Some words of wisdom -- "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead with it." -- Jonathan Winters "Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it the more it will elude you; if you turn your attention to other things, it will come softly, sit on your shoulder." "He who seeks for applause only from without has all happiness in another's keeping." -- Oliver Goldsmith "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -- Jonathan Winters "We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." -- Carlos Castaneda "If there is no wind, row." - Latin proverb "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt. "I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one." -- Mark Twain "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Walt Kelly "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves." -- Will Durant "The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm." -- Swedish proverb "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "Every man stamps his value on himself...man is made great or small by his own will." - J. C. F. von Schiller "There'll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read 'em but all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em." -- Kevin Welch "Faced with a crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. " -- Charles De Gaulle "The only thing in the world you change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world." -- Cher