What the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning. -- Proverb Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. -- Billie Jean King Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. -- George Bernard Shaw A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. -- Richard Whately If you judge, investigate. -- Seneca He has no hope who never had a fear. -- William Cowper Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. -- Miguel de Cervantes BONUS QUOTE: Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. -- Admiral Hyman Rickover