The mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ~ Francis Bacon

The good I have done will always remain. (E nai wale no oukou i kuu pono, aole e pau.) ~ Kamehameha the Great

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. ~ Helen Keller

You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. ~ William F. Buckley, Jr

There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his hands. ~ Homer

The man who has done his best has done everything. ~ Charles Schwab

What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing. ~ Pablo Picasso

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. ~ Woodrow Wilson

Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~ German Proverb

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King, Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi to come back, but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. ~ Marian Wright Edelman

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. ~ Thomas Jefferson

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ~ Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Lexicon

Just do what you do best. ~ Red Auerbach

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. ~ Bo Bennett

A man’s accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. ~ John Foster Dulles

Accomplishments have no color. ~ Leontyne Price

An unbelievable sense of accomplishment goes with a successful ride. ~ Tom Blake