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
Tycho Brahe 
Hans Frank 
Carlos Castenada 
Bill Weld 
Garson Kanin 
Glenn Tipton 
Tom Baker 
Jennifer Saunders