Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. Sir William Henry Bragg

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Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford

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Make it a practice to keep on the lookout for novel and interesting ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaption to the problem you are working on. Thomas Edison

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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.  Alvin Toffler

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock

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Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

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The first time you quit, it’s hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, youdon’t even have to think about it. Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant

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For philosopher coaches, a valiantly fought defeat is better than a poorly played win. Gary Walton in Beyond Winning

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To achieve success, decide what you want, decide what you are willing to give up to achieve it and then be about it.

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.  W.B. Yeats

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Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.   Arthur Schopenhauer

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It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.  Albert Einstein

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The first day I was at camp, I was afraid I was going to die. The next two weeks my sole fear was that I wasn’t going to die. And after that I knew I’d never die because I’d become so hard that nothing could kill me. WWI U.S. Marine

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Often the margin between winning and losing is defined by how successfully one copes- and even exploits- negative factors.  Don’t make the mistake of thinking that this is difficult only for you!

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My company’s mascot is the bumblebee.  Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly.  But the bumblebee doesn’t know that, so it flies anyway. Mary Kay Ash

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It’s easy to practice something you’re already good at, and that’s what most people do.  What’s tough is to go out and to work hard on the things that you don’t do very well.  Pete Rose

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It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done 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 errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in worthy causes; who at the best, knows in the end of 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 cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality.  Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory; to master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity. General Douglas MacArthur

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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.  It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up.  It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.  It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.  Denis Watley