* If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. — Albert Einstein
* You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. — Beverly Sills
* Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. — Franklin P. Jones
* Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality , overcomes everything. — George Lois
* Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. —Abraham Lincoln
* There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, ‘It all depends on me.’ — Andre Gide
* Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. —Arnold Bennett
* The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. — Ellen Parr
* To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. — Elbert Hubbard