"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart." -- Robert Ingersoll, orator
"It's better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late."-- Marilyn Kennedy, leadership coach
"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat." -- Allen Klein, businessman
"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this isn't so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success." -- Thomas Edison, inventor
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
