I like quotes, and those of you who follow me on Twitter see me post them from time to time. I've decided, in part due to an open request from Phil Haack for an inspirational quote, to catalog a few of my favorite quotes here:

"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."
- Samuel Johnson

"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
- Vince Lombardi

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
- Mario Andretti

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!"
- Will Rogers

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes."
- St. Clement of Alexandra

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined."
- Henry David Thoreau

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."
- Aldous Huxley

"Sometimes I think sensitive people are more capable of reflection because they have to shut the world out to function."
- @mfeathers

"What I think is interesting is that the people who are awed by greatness often become great themselves."
- @mfeathers

"We don't see things as they are -- We see things as we are."
- Anais Nin

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
- Bill Gates

"If you don't risk anything you risk even more."
- Erica Jong

"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it."
- H.E. Fosdick

"You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
- John Wooden

"If you don't set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to achieve the goals of someone else."
- Brian Tracy

"Never lose the childlike wonder. It's just too important. It's what drives us."
- Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

"If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you."
- Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."
- Christopher Morley

"It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure."
- Bill Gates

"We can do no great things, just small things with great love. It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into doing it."
- Mother Teresa

"I always learn more from failure than from success."
- Nick Malik

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
- Norman Vincent Peale

"Reality is a lot like an expensive wine, it won't appeal to children."
- Unknown

"Imagination is more important that knowledge"
- Albert Einstein

"I do not believe my energy and enthusiasm to be simply a factor of youth, but I am still young."
- Unknown

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else."
- Charles Dickens

"It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much."
- Kahlil Gibran

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
- Albert Einstein

"Never trade reputation for money."
- Warren Buffet

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
- Albert Einstein