How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. (Anais Nin)

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. (definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. (Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming)