Usually I try to stay away from motivational posters and quote-strewn notepads. Most of the time, the sayings are generic to a point of meaninglessness. Since I’ve started actually using the ‘expensive’ leather planner my company provided me with, I have found a few gems:
A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.
– Fanny Burney
The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
– Helen Keller
Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.
– John Barth