A few quotes from the estimable, if presidentially inept, H. Ross Perot, who famously brought us the Giant Sucking Sound.

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

If you see a snake, just kill it – don’t appoint a committee on snakes.