The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor

– Vince Lombardi

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty

– Maya Angelou

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.  Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.