Olympics 2006

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
Arnold Bennett

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Arnold Palmer (1929 - )

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925)

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)

We are in the midst of the 2006 Olympics with all the images of courage and competition.







I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Alanis Morissette (1974 - )

Safeguard the health both of body and soul.

Cleobulus .

Presidents of note

Quotations by Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Quotations by George Washington

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

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