When We Win or Lose

"What is true of warfare is equally true in business, and in most other problems which confront us through our life.  We win of lose according to the nature of the plans we build and carry out.  Organized effort is effort which is directed according to a plan that was conceived with the aid of imagination, guided by a definite chief aim and given momentum with initiative and self confidence."

-- Napoleon Hill


“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world."

-- Phillip Pullman