George Peabody – 1795 – Businessman
“Education: A debt due from present to future generations.”
Charles M. Schwab – 1862 – Businessman
“A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.”
Wendell L. Wilkie – 1892 – Lawyer
“I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.”
Enzo Ferrari – 1898 – Designer
“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”
Helen Gurley Brown – 1922 – Magazine Editor
“Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.”
Toni Morrison – 1931 – Writer and Editor (Chloe Anthony Wofford)
“When people say they don’t have time to write with small children, well, for me it was the opposite. I didn’t write anything before I had them. They gave me that.”
Bobby Robson – 1933 – Athlete
“Practice makes permanent.”
George Kennedy – 1925 – Actor
“When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two-hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.”
Duane Michals – 1932 – Photographer
“Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘wouldn’t it be interesting if …’; And then do it.”
Yoko Ono – 1933 – Artist
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
Jean M. Auel – 1936 – Writer
“I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.”
Cybill Shepherd – 1950 – Actress
“I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren’t true.”
Juice Newton – 1952 – Musician
“I can’t live off of yesterday – that’s in the past.”
John Travolta – 1954 – Actor
“So you know what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna do something really outrageous, I’m gonna tell the truth.”
Vanna White – 1957 – Celebrity
“When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off.”
Rob Andrew – 1963 – Athlete
“There’s no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don’t.”
Molly Ringwald – 1968 – Actress
“I don’t really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn’t want a different life.”
Sarah Brown – 1975 – Actress
“The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.”
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