Random Quotes



Opportunity...often it comes in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
- Napoleon Hill


There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 4 scene 3


Sports Quote

Luck is the residue of design.
- Branch Rickey - former owner of the Brooklyn Dodger Baseball Team


World War I Quote

"Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best."
- President Woodrow Wilson, April 2, 1917












U.S. Civil War Quote

"It's bad. It's damned bad."
- Abraham Lincoln's first reaction to the Union Army's rout at First Manassas


Beatles Quote

"It's hard to follow my own act. But the only answer to that would be to give up after the Beatles. I only had two alternatives. Give up or carry on."
- Paul McCartney


Michael Jackson Quote

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
- Michael Jackson, Man In The Mirror



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