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// Set to number of quotes available.
   var number=105;
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quotes = new Array(105);
authors = new Array(105);

quotes[0] = "Unlike sports,there is no bench in Scouting...Everybody has a chance to shine.";
authors[0] = "Harvey Thompson, Council Executive, Essex Council, New Jersey";
quotes[1] = "We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.";
authors[1] = "Winston Churchill. British orator, author, and prime minister during World War II, 1874-1965";
quotes[2] = "Our life is what our thoughts make it.";
authors[2] = "Marcus Aurelius. Roman emperor, best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy, AD 121–180";
quotes[3] = "I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.";
authors[3] = "Benjamin Franklin. American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790";
quotes[4] = "Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.";
authors[4] = "Charles Handy in 'Across the Board'";
quotes[5] = "Character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs.";
authors[5] =  "Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem";
quotes[6] = "Character is much easier kept than recovered.";
authors[6] =  "Thomas Paine";
quotes[7] = "The forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.";
authors[7] = "Anne Frank";
quotes[8] = "A man's character is his fate.";
authors[8] = "Heraclitus";
quotes[9] = "Character makes us great in all conditions.";
authors[9] = "Ralph Waldo Emerson";
quotes[10] = "Judge not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.";
authors[10] = "Martin Luther King";
quotes[11] = "The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.";
authors[11] = "Michael de Montaigne. French writer and philosopher 1533-1592";
quotes[12] = "In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help to train us in perseverance.";
authors[12] = "Mao Tse-Tung. Chinese stateman, the key figure in China in the 20th century, 1893-1976";
quotes[13] = "To win without risk is to triumph without glory.";
authors[13] = "Pierre Corneille. French poet and dramatist, creator of French classical tragedy, 1606-1684";
quotes[14] = "Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.";
authors[14] = "George Santayana. Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist, 1863-1952";
quotes[15] = "He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.";
authors[15] = "Ralph Waldo Emerson. American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882";
quotes[16] = "Don't quit.";
authors[16] = "Ralph James Corrin, Sr., longtime Scouter and mentor to many, many Scouts";
quotes[17] = "As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.";
authors[17] = "Antoine de Saint-Exupery. French aviator and writer, author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944 ";
quotes[18] = "The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.";
authors[18] = "Aristotle. Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist";
quotes[19] = "The harder I work the more I live.";
authors[19] = "George Bernard Shaw. Irish comic dramatist and literary critic. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature,1856-1950"; 
quotes[20] = "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.";
authors[20] = "Albert Einstein. German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, 1879-1955";
quotes[21] = "A great flame follows a little spark.";
authors[21] = "Dante Alighieri. Italian author considered one of the greatest poets in all literature, 1265-1321";
quotes[22] = "Only the ideas that we really live have any value.";
authors[22] = "Hermann Hesse. German novelist and poet, 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1877-1962";  
quotes[23] = "Nine-tenths of education is encouragement. (The other tenth is regular beatings - Whittet's Corollary";
authors[23] = "Anatole France. French writer, member of the French Academy and 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1844-1924";
quotes[24] = "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.";
authors[24] = "Colin Powell. US Secretary of State, 1937-";
quotes[25] = "Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.";
authors[25] = "Epictetus. Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135";
quotes[26] = "The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.";
authors[26] = "Michael de Montaigne. French writer and philosopher 1533-1592";
quotes[27] = "Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.";
authors[27] = "Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. German poet, novelist, playwright and philospoher, 1749-1832";
quotes[28] = "There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.";
authors[28] = "William Blake. English poet, painter, engraver and visionary mystic, 1757-1827";
quotes[29] = "As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.";
authors[29] = "Antoine de Saint-Exupery. French aviator and writer, author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944";
quotes[30] = "The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.";
authors[30] = "Aristotle. Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist";
quotes[31] = "The harder I work the more I live.";
authors[31] = "George Bernard Shaw. Irish comic dramatist and literary critic. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature,1856-1950";
quotes[32] = "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.";
authors[32] = "Albert Einstein. German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, 1879-1955";
quotes[33] = "Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.";
authors[33] = "Joseph Joubert. French philosopher, 1754-1824";
quotes[34] = "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.";
authors[34] = "James Arthur Baldwin.  American essayist, novelist, and playwright, 1924-1987";
quotes[35] = "I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.";
authors[35] = "Abraham Lincoln. 16th U.S. president, 1809-1865";
quotes[36] = "We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.";
authors[36] = "Helen Keller. American author and educator who was blind and deaf, 1880-1968";
quotes[37] = "When we are not sure, we are alive.";
authors[37] = "Graham Greene. English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, 1904-1991";
quotes[38] = "I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.";
authors[38] = "D. H. Lawrence . British novelist, poet and essayist, 1885-1930";
quotes[40] = "Well done is better than well said.";
authors[40] = "Benjamin Franklin. American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790";
quotes[41] = "Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.";
authors[41] = "Honore de Balzac. French literary artist, author of 'The Human Comedy', 1799-1850";
quotes[42] = "A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.";
authors[42] = "Leo Tolstoy. Russian author, a master of realistic fiction and one of the world's greatest novelists, 1828-1910";
quotes[43] = "I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.";
authors[43] = "Woodrow T. Wilson. 28th president of the United States 1856-1924";
quotes[44] = "If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.";
authors[44] = "Neil Simon. One of the most popular playwrights in the history of the American theatre, 1927-";
quotes[45] = "Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.";
authors[45] = "Roger Babson. American statistician, business forecaster and author, 1875-1967";
authors[46] = "The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.";
authors[46] = "Epictetus. Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55 - c.135";
quotes[47] = "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.";
authors[47] = "William Butler Yeats. Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1865-1939";
quotes[48] = "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.";
authors[48] = "Henry Ford. American industrialist pioneer of the assembly-line production method, 1863-1947";
quotes[49] = "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.";
authors[49] = "Sir Francis Bacon. English lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, 1561-1626";
quotes[50] = "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.";
authors[50] = "William Shakespeare. Dramatist and poet considered to be the greatest English playwright, 1564-1616";
quotes[51] = "Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.";
authors[51] = "Kahlil Gibran. Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet, 1883-1931";
quotes[52] = "Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.";
authors[52] = "Pablo Picasso. Spanish painter, one of the greatest artist of the 20th century, co-creator of cubism, 1881-1973";
quotes[53] = "Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are but on the direction in which you are tending.";
authors[53] = "Samuel Butler. English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902";
quotes[54] = "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.";
authors[54] = "Michael Jordan. NBA basketball player, 1963- ";
quotes[55] = "Imagination is more important than knowledge.";
authors[55] = "Albert Einstein. German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, 1879-1955";
quotes[56] = "If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.";
authors[56] = "Meister Eckhardt. Dominican theologian and writer who was the greatest German speculative mystic, 1260-1328";
quotes[57] = "Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.";
authors[57] = "Ralph Waldo Emerson. American lecturer, poet and essayist, 1803-1882";
quotes[58] = "All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.";
authors[58] = "Samuel Butler. English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902";
quotes[59] = "Success is sweet, and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.";
authors[59] = "Amos Bronson Alcott. American philosopher, teacher and reformer, 1799-1888";
quotes[60] = "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.";
authors[60] = "Henry David Thoreau. American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862";
quotes[61] = "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.";
authors[61] = "William Shakespeare.  Dramatist and poet considered to be the greatest English playwright, 1564-1616";
quotes[62] = "No man is useless while he has a friend.";
authors[62] = "Robert Lewis Stevenson.  Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894";
quotes[63] = "People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.";
authors[63] = "Eleanor Roosevelt.  United Nations Diplomat, humanitarian and wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt,1884-1962";
authors[64] = "There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.";
authors[64] = "Henry Ford.  American industrialist pioneer of the assembly-line production method, 1863-1947";
quotes[65] = "In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help to train us in perseverance.";
authors[65] = "Mao Tse-Tung. Chinese stateman, the key figure in China in the 20th century, 1893-1976";
quotes[66] = "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.";
authors[66] = "Winston Churchill. British orator, author, and prime minister during World War II, 1874-1965";
quotes[67] = "Our life is what our thoughts make it.";
authors[67] = "Marcus Aurelius. Roman emperor, best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy, AD 121-180";
quotes[68] = "To win without risk is to triumph without glory.";
authors[68] = "Pierre Corneille. French poet and dramatist, creator of French classical tragedy, 1606-1684";
quotes[69] = "Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.";
authors[69] = "George Santayana. Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist, 1863-1952";
quotes[70] = "He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.";
authors[70] = "Ralph Waldo Emerson. American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882";
quotes[71] = "For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.";
authors[71] = "Lao Tzu.  China taoist philosopher, BC 600";
quotes[72] = "It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.";
authors[72] = "Harvey S. Firestone.  American industrialist founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.,1868-1938";
quotes[73] = "The language of friendship is not words but meanings.";
authors[73] = "Henry David Thoreau.  American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862";
quotes[74] = "Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.";
authors[74] = "Last Words. William James.  American philosopher and psychologist, 1842-1910";
quotes[75] = "Gifted leadership occurs when heart and head--feeling and thought--meet. These are the two winds that allow a leader to soar.";
authors[75] = "Daniel Goleman, Primal Leadership";
quotes[76] = "The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.";
authors[76] = "Mother Teresa";
quotes[77] = "Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love; and then for the second time in the history of the world man will have discovered fire!";
authors[77] = "Teilhard de Chardin";
quotes[78] = "The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man";
authors[78] = "Seneca. Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD";
quotes[79] = "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving... and that's your own self.";
authors[79] = "Aldous Huxley";
quotes[80] = "Lessons are not given, they are taken";
authors[80] = "Cesare Pavese. Italian poet, critic, and novelist, 1908-1950";
quotes[81] = "The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.";
authors[81] = "Carl Sagan. American astronomer and science writer, 1934-1996";
quotes[82] = "Out of clutter, find Simplicity.  From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.";
authors[82] = "Albert Einstein";
quotes[83] = "Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.";
authors[83] = "Amos Bronson Alcott. American philosopher, teacher and reformer, 1799-1888 ";
quotes[84] = "Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.";
authors[84] = "Rainer Maria Rilke";
quotes[85] = "Creativity takes courage.";
authors[85] = "Henri Matisse. Artist regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century, 1869-1954";
quotes[86] = "There is no failure except in no longer trying.";
authors[86] = "Elbert Hubbard. American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915";
quotes[87] = "The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.";
authors[87] = "Morrie Schwartz, quoted by Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and the Last Great Lesson, Doubleday, 1997";
quotes[88] = "Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.";
authors[88] = "Vaclav Havel";
quotes[89] = "Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.";
authors[89] = "Henry David Thoreau. American essayist, poet and philosopher,1817-1862";
quotes[90] = "Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.";
authors[90] = "Leo Buscaglia";
quotes[91] = "I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.";
authors[91] = "Carl Sandburg. American poet, historian and novelist, 1878-1967 ";
quotes[92] = "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.";
authors[92] = "Gail Sheehy";
quotes[93] = "Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.";
authors[93] = "Winston Churchill. British orator, author, and prime minister during World War II, 1874-1965";
quotes[94] = "No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.";
authors[94] = "Helen Keller";
quotes[95] = "A man of courage is also full of faith.";
authors[95] = "Marcus Tullius Cicero. Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, writer and orator 106-43 BC";
quotes[96] = "We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgement of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, as must, if it be honest, also come an understanding of its inadequacy.";
authors[96] = "Carl Jung";
quotes[97] = "The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.";
authors[97] = "Pablo Casals. Spanish-born cellist and conductor, 1876-1973";
quotes[98] = "One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.";
authors[98] = "Washington Irving, called the “first American man of letters” , 1783-1859";
quotes[99] = "The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.";
authors[99] = "G. K. Chesterton. English critic and author of verse, essays, novels and short stories, 1874-1936";
quotes[100] = "Choose only one master: Nature.";
authors[100] = "Rembrandt. Dutch painter and draftsman, a giant in the history of art, 1606-1669";
quotes[101] = "My hopes are not always realized, but I always hop.";
authors[101] = "Ovid. Roman classical poet, author of 'Metamorphoses', 43 BC - 17";
quotes[102] = "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.";
authors[102] = "Aesop. Author of a collection of Greek fables";
quotes[103] = "The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.";
authors[103] = "Ralph Waldo Emerson. American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882";
quotes[104] = "The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.";
authors[104] = "Marquis de Vauvenargues. French moralist and essayist, 1715-1747";
quotes[105] = "Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.";
authors[105] = "Charles H. Parkhurst 1842-1933, American Clergyman, Reformer";


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