Pauline Esther Phillips – “The best index to a person’s character is…”

W. Somerset Maugham – “It is a funny thing about life…”

Gertrude Stein – “If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.”

Jean Sibelius – “Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.”

Chris Paul – “Hard work is my preferred language, and I try to speak it fluently.”  

Chuck Close – “Amateurs wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.”

Walter Lippmann – “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” 

Misty Copeland – “It’s important to know when to stop taking feedback to heart. There’s more reward in taking a risk than in listening...

Lauren Child – “I have regrets, definitely. They are little life ­lessons—reminders that if there is a next time, be braver.”

Mark Cuban – “When your back is against the wall, you’ve only got one direction to go.” 

Aldous Huxley – “Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.”

Quentin Crisp – “Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It’s cheaper.”