Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.
- John F. Kennedy

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare

I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
- Albert Einstein

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
- Abraham Lincoln

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
- William Shakespeare

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
- Henry David Thoreau