"Every artist was first an amateur." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit." -Napoleon Hill
"Where there is no shame, there is no honor." -African Proverb
"Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way." -Edward De Bono
"You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel." -Michael Ondaatje
"If anyone else can do it, or make it in life, so can I. " -Thomas J. Vilord
"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child." -The Knights of Pythagoras
"Concentrate: put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket." -Andrew Carnegie
"Give yourself something to work toward--constantly." -Mary Kay Ash
"Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them." -Edward W. Howe