If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.'
-- Dan Parker

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
-- Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2003

Do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don't pick your nose.
-- Jeff Mallett, Frazz, 08-03-04

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
-- Og Mandino