621 – “I have been very fortunate in worldly matters; many men have worked much harder, and not succeeded half so well, but I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.”

–David Copperfield in Charles Dicken’s David Copperfield

505 – “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]

289 – “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but playing a poor hand well.”

–anonymous