When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his crew was well motivated.
--The Hunt For Red October  

They build too low who build beneath the skies
--an inscription on a building in Washington, D.C

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundation under them.
--Henry David Thoreau

If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not.

Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.
--Sir Winston Churchill

You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!
--Bob Richards

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
--Frank Outlaw

Buddhist teaching called the "Dhammapada"

The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings....
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
--Donald Laird

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
--William Boetcker

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
--Sir John Lubbock

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.
--Howard Stern

This time like all times is a very good one if we but know what to do with it
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.
--George Van Valkenburg

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
--Marquis De Vauvenargues

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
--Frank A. Clark