Before that, you have to enter the race!

To finish first, you first have to finish.

~ Ron Denis, Formula One driver

Applies to life, too!

Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey

~ Jackie Stewart, on successful racing strategy

For those of us that frequently feel like cannon fodder:

Once you're inside the cannon, 

There's only one way out. 

~ Dake, on Billions

The hard part is getting started...

As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

~ Barbara Sher

If only...

 If you can take me anywhere, take me to the depths of your soul.

~ Michael Bliss

My latest favorite saying

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving.

But like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Somewhere, DEEP inside of me...

 I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember.  

Somewhere inside of me there will always be the person I am tonight.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, in Tender is the Night

My goal: to not be a fool...

 Our world is not divided by race, color, gender, or religion.

Our word is divided into wise people and fools.

And fools divide themselves by race,  color, or religion.

~ Nelson Mandela

Good advice. Soon, very soon...

Be a traveler, not a tourist.

~ Anthony Bourdain

relatable grafitti...

You were not here last night,

and I could not sleep.

Will you be here tonight?

~ found scratched on an ancient Egyptian wall excavated near Cleopatra's tomb

During times of universal deceit, speaking the truth becomes a revolutionary act. 
~ George Orwell