A few of my favorite quotes

When Health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, Art cannot become manifest, Strength cannot be exerted, Wealth is useless, and Reason in powerless.
Herophiles 300 B.C.

If you are bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things- you don't have enough goals.
Lou Holtz

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Un-rewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence, determination, and hard work make the difference.
Calvin Coolidge