"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved."

Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), French actor, singer

"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement."

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (b. 1924), 39th US President, Democrat