Stock Market Walks Lower On Indigenous Peoples’ Day – $AAPL $ATOS $INVO $PEGY $ROIV Rise!

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

I hope that all is well with and yours again today.  As for the stock market, today’s session was a decidedly negative affair that coincided with a number of holidays including Indigenous Peoples’ Day (formerly known as Columbus Day), the Jewish holiday called ‘Sukkot,’ and, of course, Canada’s ‘Thanksgiving Day.’ Sorry if I missed any of the other holidays today, but no one is perfect. Some good news that came for most of us today is that oil prices pulled back to close at $90.93/bbl, -1.7%. A welcomed move after last week’s double digit surge that came post OPEC+’s over reported decision to restrict production, beginning in November, now by 2 million barrels/day surfaced. Gas is still overpriced at the pump, but maybe there is ‘hope’ that a global recession is on the way as some desire & that may pressure prices lower as demand might lessen. Back on the negative front, the US dollar index also continued to gain moving up another .34% to close at $113.18, which is increasingly placing us at odds with the world and multi-national corporations bottom-lines as well. Speaking of a recession, according to an interview on CNBC today, JPMorgan Chase (JPM, $104.99, -.93%) CEO Jamie Dimon stated  “These are very, very serious things which I think are likely to push the U.S. and the world — I mean, Europe is already in recession — and they’re likely to put the U.S. in some kind of recession six to nine months from now.”  This sobering statement means that we might see the S&P 500 hit 2800 before it is all done as it closed at 3,612.39 (-.75%) today. If it does this, then I would suggest we might be in one of the best positions of our life again to snap up values across the board. In the meantime, it probably remains that investors should be prudent and to store of up a bit of cash for this potential buy opportunity and to look to the lower caps in the meantime as they have already been hit the hardest to date and  the generalist investor has, for the most part, vacated its premises already. 

As for the balance of the indices, the Dow ended the session at 29,202.88 (-.32%) with Dow component and heavily weighted tech giant Apple (AAPL) adding some support as it ticked up to close at $140.42, +.24%.  The growth oriented and tech heavy Nasdaq also moved lower to close at 10,542.10 (-.1.04%) as EV and tech giant Tesla (TSLA) ticked lower to close at $222.96, -.05%. The small caps on the Russell 2000 closed at 1,691.92 (-.60%). The MicroCaps also pulled back broadly on the day as the iShares Micro-cap ETF (IWC) moved down by .71% to close at $103.48. Biotech stocks also drifted a bit lower today as the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed down 1.83% to close at $77.65. The 52-wk range is $61.78 – $134.79. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) moved lower to close at $117.95, -.75%. The 52-range is $104.29 – $164.83. The iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH) closed at $254.50, down .74%. A decent measure of the markets volatility or the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) closed at $32.45, jumping again 3.48% as it traded within the wide range of $32.05 – $33.99. 

Around the crypto and precious metals’ tree, Bitcoin (BTC) edged lower $19,133.15, -1.45% over the last 24-hours at the time of this writing. Gold prices closed at $1,673/oz., -$27/oz. & silver closed at $19.64/oz., down $.51/oz. on the day. Two mining producers closed the day as follows: Hecla Mining Company (HL) closed at $4.28, +.47% and First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) closed at $8.20, -.36%. Hecla Mining Company and Alexco Resource Corp. (NYSE American: AXU; TSX: AXU) recently announced on Sept 7 that the Alexco acquisition has been completed.

 

 

On Aug. 25th, Atossa’s CEO, Dr. Steven Quay, M.D., Ph.D., and Kyle Guse, GC & CFO presented at Tribe Public’s Webinar Presentation and Q&A Event. During this complimentary event, Atossa management spoke of new opportunities for its inhalation therapy, AT-H201, to potentially treat lung injury caused by cancer treatment and were available for a Q&A session focused on Atossa’s research programs and future development. To watch the event video titled “The Important Role For Inhalation Therapy In Oncology” please visit the Tribe Public YouTube Channel. 

Borqs Technologies, Inc. (BRQS, $.6150, -2.72%), a global provider of 5G wireless solutions, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, and innovative clean energy, recently provided the following updates on the Company.

• On Sept 20, Borqs announced its solar energy storage subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy LLC (HHE), a company that offers state-of-the-art renewable energy and energy storage systems to the Single-Family Residential, Multi-Dwelling Unit Residential and Commercial building markets, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kapolei Diversified Properties, LLC to deliver energy to Luhauola, a new mixed-use development in Kapolei, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The property includes 10,000 square feet of commercial space, plus outdoor dining for local food establishments. The residential portion of the property includes 29 workforce housing rental apartments. U.S. Energy Information Administration data shows oil generated about two-thirds of Hawaii’s electricity in 2021. That makes Hawaii the most petroleum-dependent state.

• HHE is a premier provider of an energy storage system that is engineered to provide a new level of resilience to homeowner, multi-dwelling units and businesses, giving energy security in uncertain and unstable times. The Holu system is completely integrated, meaning engineered and tested from the start, at the system level. Other suppliers piece together components made by multiple vendors in unknown factories with unknown work conditions, causing the customer to have questionable reliability, safety and performance when all the disparate pieces are put together. Our energy storage system is certified and warrantied as an integrated product, including our breakthrough “modular energy controller”, so you get resilience, safety and performance you can count on day in and day out, and you get “cloud-based” upgrades and performance enhancements based upon the rate structures you reside in. Holu Hou Energy will construct the Solar + Energy Storage system utilizing its market leading HoluPower Residential Energy Storage System, combined with the Residential and Commercial scale solar generation. The contract is valued at several million dollars and includes 200KW of PV and 500KWh of energy storage. The system will be placed into service in 2023.

Brad Hansen, CEO of Holu Hou Energy

“Our products and services are improving the lives of customers every day by delivering cheaper, cleaner and more reliable electricity, including to those living in Multi-Dwelling Unit residential housing,” stated Brad Hansen, CEO of Holu Hou Energy. “We look forward to building on our Hawaii leadership position and bringing this same energy independence to markets like California in the near future. The cost of utility electricity in Hawaii has risen by about 60% over the last 18-months, with residential rates being at a historical high of around $0.50/kWh. Reliance on fuel oil for a significant part of Hawaii’s power generation means that these unprecedented rates are not likely to abate soon. HHE brings the most safe and productive solar and energy storage solutions to customers, including to those in income brackets not historically able to have their energy needs met by renewables.”

• U.S. Energy Information Administration data shows oil generated about two-thirds of Hawaii’s electricity in 2021. That makes Hawaii the most petroleum-dependent state.

• On July 15, Borqs Technologies announced that its majority owned solar energy storage systems subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy LLC (“HHE”), has signed agreement with Honokea Villages to deliver a major renewable energy generation and storage system to Honokea’s planned ecological sports training and Hawaiian Cultural facility in their “ahupua’a”, or local community. The development will have Olympic calibre training facilities for surfing, sport climbing, kayaking, beach volleyball, and more, and will serve as tool to celebrate athletics in Hawaii. The renewable energy system will feature over 3 MW of PV generation and over 4 MWh of energy storage, enough to power 100% of the operations of the facility, and will be financed under a 20-year power purchase agreement, or PPA. The system provided by HHE will begin construction in 2023 and its value is estimated at nearly $20M. This project is included in the $49.8 million of Q2 2022 signed contracts announced earlier this month. Honokea Villages was co-founded by Brian Keaulana in 2011 to address the need for Hawaiian Surf Culture to be incorporated into, what was at the time, the fledgling surf park industry. Now 11 years later there are 100+ surf parks being planned around the world with names like Kelly Slater and in places as foreign as Switzerland. “Honokea aims to ensure Hawaiian Culture is incorporated into every aspect of the planning of the family destination: excellence in sports, sustainability, arts and culture. It’s a place for the whole family that’s truly designed to benefit our community in as many ways as possible especially on our side of the island,” says Keaulana.

Economic Reports

On Monday, the Final IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI September report confirmed that it landed at 52,  about what was expected. However, the ISM Manufacturing Index report for September came in nearly 2 points lower at 50.9% and is showing some signs of a slowdown as the Fed continues on their war path to raise interest rates and reign in their fight against inflation.  The Construction spending report also confirmed a .7% drop in August also showing some signs of economic weakness.

On Tuesday, the Factory orders for manufactured goods report came in flat M/M in August, however shipments of manufactured goods rose .5%. The August JOLTS Job Openings report also clocked in at 10.053M.

On Wednesday, the Weekly MBA Mortgage Application Index report confirmed a 14.2% drop in concert with the recent and ongoing rise in interest rates.  The September ADP Employment Change report came in 208k in total. The U.S. trade deficit report confirmed a narrowing move to $67.4B in August giving an indication the global commercial acting is showing further signs of weakness. The September IHS Markit Services PMI final reading report confirmed a move to 49.3 essentially in line. The September ISM Non-Manufacturing Index report showed a slight drop to 56.7%.

On Thursday, the Initial jobless claims report for the week ending October 1 confirmed a rise by 29k to 219k. The continuing jobless claims report for the week ending September 24 also showed a 5k rise to 1.361M. The Weekly EIA natural gas inventories also showed a 129 bcf build

Investing & Inspiration

1. “The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
2. “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot
3. “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” – William James
4. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

5. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

6. “I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.” – Edgar Allan Poe
7. “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” – Coco Chanel
8. “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
9. “The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.” – Finley Peter Dunne
   “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
   “Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
   “To begin, begin.” – William Wordsworth
   “You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
   “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke
   “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
   “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H. G. Wells
   “Won’t be long before we view gasoline cars the same way we view steam engines today.” – Elon Musk
   “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller
   “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison“Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.” – Oscar Wilde
   “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
   “Good questions outrank easy answers.” – Paul Samuelson
   “Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” – Plato
   “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank
   “All money is a matter of belief.” – Adam Smith
   “People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.” – Epictetus
   “Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return.” – Ben Bernanke
   “I never called my work an ‘art’. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.” – Walt Disney
   “Hitch your wagon to a star.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
   “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
   “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
   “Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.” – Walter Scott
   “If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.” – Tallulah Bankhead
   “When one must, one can.” – Charlotte Whitton
   “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus
   “If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.” – Winston Churchill
   “Hope is patience with the lamp lit.” – Tertullian
   “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” – Francis of Assisi
   “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   “Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” – Anne Frank
   “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.” – Albert Einstein
   Hope is but the dream of those who wake.” – Matthew Prior
   “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul
   “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius
   “Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw
   “Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
   “History is a vast early warning system.” – Norman Cousins
   “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – John Dryden
   “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
   “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
   “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
   “The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.” – Francesco Guicciardini
   “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato
   “Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.” – Earl Wilson
   “Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.” – James Thurber
   “If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.” – Hal Borland
   “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
   “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.” – Elon Musk
   “Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” – William Blake
   “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali
   “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
   “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
   “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
   “The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.” – Carl von Clausewitz
   “There are no shortcuts in evolution.” – Louis D. Brandeis
   “I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.” – Leni Riefenstahl
   “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau
   “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius
   “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
   “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” – George S. Patton
   “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
   “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
   “It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.” – Aeschylus
   “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
   “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
   “Anything simple always interests me.” – David Hockney
   “He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
   “Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.” – Victor Hugo
   “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” – Aldous Huxley
   “View health as an investment, not an expense.” – John Quelch
   “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
   “Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
   “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
   “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke
   “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt
   “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
   “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
   “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
   “And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.” – Black Elk
   “Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.” – Joseph Hall
   “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” – Maya Angelou
   “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
   “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” – Ray Bradbury
   “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius
   “I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” – Robert H. Schuller
   “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
   “It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” – Thomas Sowell
   “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha”
   Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak
   “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Khalil Gibran
   “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
   “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
   “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
   “Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.” – Allen Klein
   “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
   “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
   “In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” – Albert Einstein
   “Life is too short for long-term grudges.” – Elon Musk
   “There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” – Henry Kissinger
   “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” – Oliver Goldsmith
   “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
   “Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” – Omar N. Bradley
   “Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
   “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” – Ernest Hemingway
   “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
   “Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” – Nelson Mandela
   “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes
   “A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
   “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein
   “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
   “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – W. Edwards Deming
   “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
   “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
   “Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.” – Muhtar Kent
   “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
   “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
   “Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” – Donna Karan
   “It’s crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.” – Nathan Chen
   “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
   “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
   “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
   “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” – John C. Maxwell
   “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
   “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin
   “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo
   “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
   “I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.” – Michael J. Fox
   “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
   “But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.” – Bill Nye
   “Bitcoin, in the short or even long term, may turn out be a good investment in the same way that anything that is rare can be considered valuable. Like baseball cards. Or a Picasso.” – Andrew Ross Sorkin
   “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin
   “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” – Demi Lovato
   “Infrastructure investment in science is an investment in jobs, in health, in economic growth and environmental solutions.” – Oren Etzioni
   “Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our country’s future.” – Sheldon Whitehouse
   “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” – Sun Tzu
   “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
   “Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.” – Franz Liszt
   “The sofa is a really important investment for anybody, and I don’t mean financially. You need to find a really great sofa that can transition with you, and you can build from there.” – Jeremiah Brent
   “There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.” – Orison Swett Marden
   “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie
   “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
   “In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son
   “A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.” – Jackie Kennedy
   “The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life.” – Bill Gates
   “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius, Chinese
   “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale
   “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”– Albert Einstein
   “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey
   “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
   “In my view, the biggest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital. Not only is the mere drop in stock prices not risk, but it is an opportunity. Where else do you look for cheap stocks?” – Li Lu
   “A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
   “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
   “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
   “Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations – and consequently in our own long-term national interests.” – Liya Kebede
   “Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
   “No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch
   “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”– Arthur Ashe
   “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
   “The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.” – Drew Bledsoe