Quotes from authors born on Feb 7th
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Charles Dickens
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Alfred Adler
My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.
Emo Philips
Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sylvia Kristel 
Pat Morita 
Arthur Koestler 
Frank Press 
Prince Metternich 
Muddy Waters 
Ken Dodd 
Donald Johanson