When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.Bill Shoemaker, Jockey
"Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement."
Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twai
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Petriukas su tėvu valgo bulves. Petriukas, besiekdamas šaukštu sviesto, užkabina tėvo butelį su degtine. Butelis susvyruoja, atrodo, jau tuoj nukris, bet nenukrenta. Petriukas nusijuokia ir sako:
- Tėti, butelis buvo per plauką nuo mirties! Tėtis niūriai pažiūri į Petriuką ir sako: - Tu irgi.