“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly…who knows the great enthusiasms, the great de…votions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” ~ Swindoll

“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.” ~Henry Ford

“The day soldiers stop bring you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.” ~General Colin Powell

“I am easily satisfied with the very best.” ~Winston Churchill

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don’t invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.” ~Sam Walton