The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear.

-William Jenning s Bryan Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and se lf-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can mee t life. -Ann Landers Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. -George Herbert There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing tha t others believe in us. -Orison Swett Marden As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rid yourself of this I-am-a-poor-worm-in-the-dust idea. You are a god, with infi nite capabilities. -Dale Carnegie & J. Berg Esenwin The secret with me is that in success as in failure, in the consciousness of my doing as in my habits, I am myself. There are a great many who dare not, or lack the ability, to be themselves. -Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson, from "Short Stories" This is the temptation of the time: as the bulk of men think, so think you, and as the bulk of men say, so say you, and as the bulk of christian professors talk , so talk you. -Charles Spurgeon When confronting ask descriptive questions instead of evaluative questions. -Un known Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. -Edward R. M urrow Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called co nscience. -110 Rules of Civility To find the meaning of an idea, we must examine the consequences to which it lea ds in action, otherwise dispute about it may be without end and will surely be w ithout fruit. -Charles Pierce All sins cast long shadows. -Irish proverb All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scienti fic discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events. -Lawrence J. Peter Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please. -Edmund Spenser Be not tedious in discourse, make not many digressions, nor repeat often the sam e matter of discourse. -110 Rules of Civility Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. -Benjamin Fr anklin Do not betray even to your friend to much of your real purposes and thoughts. In conversation ask questions oftener than you express opinions and when you speak , offer data and information rather than beliefs and judgments. -Francis Bacon Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive. -110 Rules of Civility It is not every question that deserves an answer. -Publius Syrus There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time. -Southey He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ce ases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man. -Lavater Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but, far more difficult stil l, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. -G.A. Sala Many can argue, not many converse. -A. Bronson Alcott The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third go od humor, and the fourth wit. -William Temple In my whole life I have only known ten or twelve persons with whom it was pleasa nt to speak--i.e., who keep to the subject, do not repeat themselves, and do not talk of themselves; men who do not listen to their own voice, who are cultivate d enough not to lose themselves in commonplaces, and, lastly, who possess tact a nd good taste enough not to elevate their own persons above their subjects. -Me tternich

When the sea rises all the boats rise with it. -Rick Pitino The corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. -John Marshall Every year the dollar cost of corporate crime to Americans is over ten times gre ater than the combined arsons, robberies, burglaries and auto thefts committed b y individuals. One in five of America's 500 largest corporations has been convic ted of at least one major crime or has paid civil penalties for serious misbehav ior. -Gerry Spence No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. -Jacob Bronowski Corruption wins not more than honesty. -William Shakespeare The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt. -Rousseau Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein Doubt indulged becomes doubt realized. To determine to do anything is half the b attle. Courage is victory, timidity is defeat. -Nelson Courage is knowing what not to fear. -Plato You can gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you r eally stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived t hrough this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . .You must d o the thing which you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt Pray about everything and fear nothing. -Joyce Myers If I falter, push me on. If I stumble, pick me up. If I retreat, shoot me. -Mot to of the French Foreign Legion If God be with us, everything that is impossible becomes possible. -Greek Prove rb Step on your fear and it will turn into courage. -Bob Lee Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, no r his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his min d. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Fatigue makes cowards of us all. -Vince Lombardi No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. -Helen Keller If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you nev er will change the outcome. -Michael Jordan Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. -General George Patton To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you s ee every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. -Th eodore H. White