We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe

Rules of Optimization: Rule 1: Don’t do it. Rule 2 (for experts only): Don’t do it yet. -- M.A. Jackson

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous