More Favorite Quotes . . .

The truth is that bossiness is, without exception, about the worst way, short of violence, in which to get anything done by others, changed by others, or accepted by others.

Donald A. Laird

To be honest, as the world goes is to be one man (or woman) picked out of ten thousand.

Shakespeare

Don't be so afraid of sudden, sharp discomfort that you willingly tolerate chronic, continual deadening pain for the rest of your life!

Author unknown

A long time favorite, although a little bit long:

Class:

Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident it can handle whatever comes along.

Class never makes excuses; it takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.

Class knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

Class bespeaks an aristocracy unrelated to ancestors or money. A blueblood can be totally without class, while the son of a Welsh miner may ooze class from every pore.

Class can "walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch". Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because he (or she) is comfortable with himself.

Author Unknown

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles . . . The credit belongs to the man who is actually in t he arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, and comes up short again and again, because there is not effort without error or shortcoming . . . who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither the victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Pretty idealistic, but some good principles to aim for, all altered to include the female gender. J