“Dissatisfaction is a great starting point, for it is right there that we have the most power, strength, and energy to push change through.”
— David DeNotaris

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright

“Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.”
— Olga Korbut

“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.”
— Barabra Sher

“Newspapering is 10,000 doors opened. It is election night, with two decisive precincts missing; it is the circus in town, the visiting speaker, the legislative hearing, the city budget, the building of a highway, a new stock issue, a commencement address. It is a governor speaking wearily of some program killed. It is a world of frauds and honest men, and always a deadline coming up.”
— James Kilpatrick

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Yelling about the media is like bellowing at the umpire. Maybe it can’t change the calls reporters and editors made about yesterday’s story, but it might make a difference in tomorrow’s.”
— Eleanor Randolph
LA Times, July 22, 1996

“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”
— W. Clement Stone

“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.”
— Doris Lessing

“All progress depends on the unreasonable man. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.”
— George Bernard Shaw