Ann's Abode

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
David Frost

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates

Failure is success if we learn from it.
Malcolm Forbes

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
Mortimer Adler

To understand is to perceive patterns.
Isaiah Berlin

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.