Sixth American President and eldest son of the second US President, John Quincy Adams stated,

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Why do we find it so difficult to have patience?

Known as one of America's Best Story-Tellers, a camp-fire dweller and a beloved troubador, Louis L'Amour was a writer of western fiction with over 100 novels and 30 motion pictures penned to his name.

"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content."

When we settle for being content, we let mediocrity prevail.

A student of Socrates, this person is known as one of the most influential philosophers of ancient Greece and a teacher to Aristotle. The Philosopher Plato remarked,

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Why don't we more carefull choose our words?

The famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison stated,

There are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.

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America's Presidential First Lady
Nancy Reagan feminantly stated,

A woman is like a tea bag,
you can not tell how strong she is
until you put her in hot water.

Agreeably, the same can be said for men.

The legendary showman and creator of the 'Greatest Show on Earth,' PT Barnum started his 'circus' career in 1834 just after an attempt in newspaper publishing. His circus was eventually sold to Ringling Brothers in 1907 for a price of US$400,000.

If I shoot at the sun I may hit a star.

Let us all aim high.

Writer of science fiction and short stories, William Rotsler gives us these words,

You won't find a solution by saying there is no problem.

So let us be mindful of problems and find solutions.

Once known as The Lady Diana Spencer with paternal honor of Earl, Diana Frances became Princess with wedlock to Prince Charles in 1981 - becoming Princess Diana of Wales. She soon became one of the world's most influential women in history.

Only do what your heart tells you.

May we strive to act with such compassion and love as she did.

American folk and blues singer, guitarist and song writer, Dave Van Ronk said,

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

I agree with the man.

French pilot and author Antoine de Saint-Exupery remarks on love,

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Antoine must not have found the right lady.

Do not hide from the truth, because the truth, once known, will set you free!

As i wait in the airport with a 5-hour delay, i am reminded of these words from Scottish Historian and notable essayist of the Victorian era Thomas Carlyle,

Endurance is patience concentrated.

American writer, editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard said,

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Silence is a wonderful form of communication rarely used.

British Conservative and once Aithest turned Anglican, the Right Honourable Enoch Powell said these words,

For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea.

It is amazing how politician's learn to ride the wave. Surf's up!

Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said,

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.

We learn by example.

The United Kingdom's only jewish Prime Minister, Benjamin Disreali is credited with starting the Conservative Party and was most known in his day for wearing fancy clothes.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

There's no sensation quite like that of gratitude.

A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Basil Rathbone is most worldly known for his role as Sherlock Holmes, although he was commonly also casted as the sauve villian for such movies as The Adventures of Robin Hood, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield in the 1930's. It is even rumored that he was screen-tested and interviewed for the role of Rhett Butler.

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.

We must choose to live our passions and not look back.

Actress Uta Hagen was involved with over 22 Broadway Productions and is credited as one of the most important acting teachers in America. She wrote with wit and clarity about the technical craft of acting.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular...it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

Think. Stand. Jump. Be Creative and follow your dreams and passion. We must live the life we feel inside us, just waiting to be free.

Intrigued by Western and Eastern philosophies, 1946 Literature Nobel Laurerate Hermann Hesse was awarded with these words,

"for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style."

His last work was The Glass Bead Game. Interesting to note, his popularity in America occurred during the late 1960's and into the out-spoken 1970's. Hesse died in August 1962.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

All cut from the same cloth, should we mend our own imperfections, others would also be no longer visible.

Until the 1920's, this man was known chiefly in avant-garde and esoteric literary circles. The 1947 Nobel Prize of Literature went to French writer André Paul Guillaume Gide with this statement, "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight."

It is said his works gravitate around his continuous effort to achieve intellectual honesty and self-exploratory.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

I think we determine its an adventure when we're already on the roller coaster, or when the ride has come to its stop.