The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

— John Pierpont Morgan

Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.

— Henry Hartman

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

— George Eliot

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

— Max DuPree

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson