“I know God will not give me anything I can't handle, I just wish (God) didn't trust me so much.”
-- Mother Teresa

"If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out."
--Louis Armstrong

"They are able because they think they are able."
--Virgil

“If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.”
--Cicero

Accomplish
"If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit."
--Oprah Winfrey (1954-) Speech to the American Women's Economic Development Corp., New York, 25 Feb 1989

Achievement
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only (those) who keep (their) eyes fixed on the far horizon will find (their) right road.
--Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the U.N. and 1961 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

"It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog."
--Joseph Conrad

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
--Friedrich Nietzsche

"The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become."
--Harold Taylor

"We only do well the things we like doing."
--Colette

"Every great human achievement is preceded by extended periods of dedicated, concentrated effort."
--Brian Tracy

Acknowledgement
"Acknowledgement is half of correction."
--Russian Proverb

Action
"When you see a snake, never mind where he came from."
--W. G. Benham

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."
--Henry David Thoreau

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg."
--Unknown

Adversity
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
--Walt Disney

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
--Edmund Burke

"We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't."
--Frank A. Clark

"A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain."
--Mildred W. Struven

Advice
"We ask advice, but we mean approbation."
--Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), English author, clergyman

"No one wants advice -- only corroboration."
--John Steinbeck (1902-1968) U.S. author

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
--Erica Jong (b. 1942), U.S. author

"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least."
--Earl of Chesterfield

"Who cannot give good counsel? 'Tis cheap, it costs them nothing."
--Robert Burton

"Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath."
--John Updike

"Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it."
--Gordon R. Dickson

"The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not and never persist in trying to set people right."
--Hannah Whitall Smith, writer and evangelist

Age
"I never knew so young a body with so old a head."
--William Shakespeare (1564-1616), "The Merchant of Venice"

"You yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am if like a crab you could go backward."
--William Shakespeare (1564-1616), "Hamlet"

Agreement
"We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't."
--Frank A. Clark

Alternatives
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
--Abba Eban (b. 1915) South African-born, Israeli diplomat and statesman

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."
--Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) German-born, U.S.A. political scientist, foreign-policy advisor, and Secretary of State

"'No alternative' is also an alternative."
--Jewish folk saying