Stock Market Ends First Half Solidly As Nasdaq Leads All – $AAPL $ADT $AI $ATOS $INVO $LTRN $TSLA Rise!

Happy Saturday!

I hope that you had a great week,  already enjoyed your first cup of Joe this morning, and that you have great plans ahead for your weekend.

As for the broad markets this week, stocks moved significantly higher over the course week and ended the first help 2023 well into the green. The S&P 500 closed at 4,450.38 (+2.3%) for the week and is now up 15.9% YTD as 11 out of the 11 sectors closed in the green this week with the real estate sector up 5%, the energy sector up 4.8%, the materials sector up 4%, the industrials up 3.9%, the financials up 2.9%, the information technology up 2.9%, & the consumer discretionary sector up 2.5% leading the way.

The Dow 30 closed at 34,407.60 (+2%) for the week and is now up 3.8% YTD.  The Walt Disney Company (DIS) closed at $89.28, +1.34% over the last 5-days. Nike (NKE) closed at $110.37, +.78% over the last 5-days despite missing quarterly expectations. 

The Nasdaq closed at 13,787.92 (+2.8%) and is now up an amazing 31.7% YTD.  The ‘Magnificent Seven’ performed as follows over the last 5-days: which includes Apple (AAPL, $193.97, +2.31% over the last 5-days, +49.29% YTD), Alphabet (GOOGL $119.70, -2.16% over the last 5-days +35.67%, GOOG, $120.97, -1.67%, +36.33% YTD), Microsoft (MSFT, $340.54, +1.65% over the last 5-days, +42% YTD), Amazon (AMZN, $130.36, +.80% over last 5-days, +55.19% YTD), Meta (META,$286.98, -.61%, +138.47% YTD), Tesla (TSLA, $261.77, +2.01% over last 5-days, +261.77, +112.51% YTD), and Nvidia (NVDA, $423.02, +.22% over the last 5-days, +189.46% YTD). This so-called group accounts for ~84% of the Nasdaq 100’s ~$4T growth in market cap YTD. Netflix (NFLX) also cooled off after its recent run to close at $440.49, +3.88% over the last 5-days, +49.38% YTD. C3 AI (NYSE: AI)  over the last 5-days closed at $36.43, +9.10% , & 225.56% YTD.

The small caps on the Russell 2000 closed at 1,888.73 (+3.7%) for the week & is now up 7.2% YTD. The MicroCaps also moved higher this week as the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) closed at $109.30,+1.60% this week & is now up 1.36% YTD.  

The macroeconomic schedule provided another group og interesting reports. On Tuesday, the Total durable goods orders repot that came in 1.7% higher M/M in May. The FHFA Housing Price Index report also confirmed an increase of .7% in April. The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index report showed a 1.7% drop in April. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index report exhibited a significant mover up to 109.7 in June. The New home sales report showed a 12.2% M/M jump in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 763k units & on a Y/Y basis, new home sales have moved up 20%. On Wednesday, the Weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index report moved up to 3%. The May Advanced International Trade in Goods report came in at -$91.1B. The May Advanced Retail Inventories report came in at .8% & the May Advanced Wholesale Inventories report came in at -.1%. On Thursday, the third estimate for Q1 GDP report was upwardly revised to 2% as consumer spending came in better than expected, however the GDP Deflator was also moved slightly down to 4.1%. The Initial jobless claims report for the week ending June 24 dropped 26 kto 239k & the continuing jobless claims report for the week ending June 17 dropped 19k to 1.742M. The May Pending Home Sales report fell 2.7% M/M. On Friday, the Personal income report showed .4%M/M rise in May  & personal spending edged up .1%. The PCE Price Index report confirmed a move up by .1% & the Core-PCE Price Index rose .3%.  On a Y/Y basis, the PCE Price Index is up 3.8% but .5% lower than April. The core-PCE Price Index is  up 4.6% Y/Y a touch lower than in April. The final reading for the June University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index came in at 64.4 as folks seem to be feeling better about the inflation situation.  The June Chicago PMI came in higher at 41.5, but still well below the expansion cutoff. 

 The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) rebounded by 3.16% over the last 5-days to close at $40.83 & the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) rose 3.42% over the last 5-days to close at $36. 

The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) closed at $13.59 & down 4.63% over the last 5-days.

As a result, the yield curve rose over the course of the week as the 2-yr note yield moved up 13bps to 4.88% & the 10-yr note yield moved up 8bps to 3.82%. The U.S. Dollar Index ticked higher to close the week at 103.92 up from 102.87 last Friday. 

As for the biotech sector, the Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) closed at $126.96 -1.20% over the last 5-days and is now down 3.30% YTD, the NYSE ARCA Biotech Index (^BTK) closed at 5,225.24, -2.90% over the last 5-days and is now down 1.06% YTD, & the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) pulled back to closed at $83.20, -2.26% over the last 5-days, & is now up .24% YTD. The 52-week range is is now $72.44-$95.18. Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) closed at $44.14, +4.75% over the last 5-days and is now up 41.29% YTD.  

The iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH) closed at $280.35, +.61% over the last 5-days and is now down 1.22% YTD.  

From the world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) moved to $30,507.07 & up .78% over the course of the last 5-days at the time of the completion of this message. 

Gold prices closed at $1,926, +$2/oz over the last 5-days. Silver prices closed at $22.85, -$.49/oz over the last 5-days. 

VP Watchlist Updates

On June 26, Lantern Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRN, $5.64, +9.51% over the last 5-days) an artificial intelligence (“AI”) company developing targeted and transformative cancer therapies using its proprietary RADR® AI and machine learning (“ML”) platform with multiple clinical stage drug programs in place and with a mission to transform the cost, pace, and timeline of oncology drug discovery and development, announced the company has published new findings in Oncotarget demonstrating drug candidate LP-284’s in vitro and in vivo antitumor potency for multiple non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), including mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and double-hit lymphoma (DHL). The journal article titled “LP-284 Targets Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and DNA Damage Repair Deficiency” further supports LP-284’s development for NHL and advancement towards a first-in-human Phase 1 trial, which is anticipated for the second half of 2023. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) remain one of the leading causes of cancer deaths globally and have an estimated 500,000 new cases globally, with NHL being the leading hematological malignancy in the US. Despite advances for NHL using combination and targeted therapies, nearly 20% to 40% of patients with certain subtypes still relapse after treatment. In aggressive subtypes of NHL, like MCL, nearly all patients relapse from standard-of-care (SOC) therapies. READ MORE at this link.

Shares of InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INM), a leader in the research, development and manufacturing of rare cannabinoids, closed at $.9265, -.91% over the last 5-days.

• On June 22, InMed announced safety and efficacy results from its Phase 2 clinical trial, called 755-201-EB (the “Phase 2 Trial”), for the treatment of symptoms related to EB. The purpose of the Phase 2 Trial was to evaluate the safety of INM-755 CBN cream, which consists of the control cream plus the active pharmaceutical ingredient CBN, and obtain preliminary evidence of efficacy in treating symptoms and healing wounds over a 28-day period in patients with EB. All four subtypes of inherited EB, including EB Simplex, Dystrophic EB, Junctional EB, and Kindler Syndrome were accepted into the Phase 2 Trial. The Phase 2 Trial used a within-patient, double-blind design whereby matched index areas were randomized to INM-755 CBN cream or control cream. The Phase 2 Trial enrolled a total of 19 patients. Data from one patient were excluded from efficacy analyses due to a significant protocol deviation. Of the 18 remaining patients whose data were considered reliable for clinical review, 17 were treated for chronic non-wound itch and one patient was treated for wound-related itch. The remaining endpoints (pain, wound healing) could not be analyzed due to too few enrollees with such symptoms. Of the 18 participants assessed, chronic itch improved by a clinically meaningful amount in 12 patients (66.7%). InMed will pursue strategic partnership opportunities for INM-755 in epidermolysis bullosa (“EB”) and other itch-related skin conditions.

• On June 1, InMed announced that results from a neurodegenerative disease study was presented in a scientific poster at the Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Montreal from May 28-31, 2023. The InMed sponsored research, entitled “Cannabinoids modulate cytotoxicity and neuritogenesis in Amyloid-beta-treated neuronal cells”, demonstrated the ability of a specific rare cannabinoid (“pCBx”) in InMed’s 900 Series library of potential candidates that reduces amyloid toxicity and tau protein expression while enhancing neuronal cell growth and neuritogenesis markers in vitro, all considered to be important targets in the potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. The research was conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Ujendra Kumar and Dr. Rishi Somvanshi of the faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Studies have shown that cannabinoids, via their endocannabinoid receptors (CB1R and CB2R) that naturally occur in the human body and brain, reduce amyloid-beta (“Aβ”) toxicity, decrease p-tau protein expression and provide neurite outgrowth, thus improving neuronal viability and function. The results presented demonstrate the anti-apoptotic effects of pCBx and its role in neuritogenesis in the cells of neuronal origin and support the role of pCBx as a potential therapeutic intervention in neurodegenerative diseases.

• On May 31, our sister organization, Tribe Public, hosted a Presentation & Q&A Webinar Event titled “InMed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INM) Addressing The Increasing Demand For Rare Cannabinoids.” The event was co-hosted by InMed Pharmaceutical’s (NASDAQ: INM) CEO Eric A. Adams, MIBS, & BayMedica’s Jerry P. Griffin, VP, Sales and Marketing. InMed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INM, $1.34, +6.35%) is a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of rare cannabinoids, which is developing a pipeline of rare cannabinoid therapeutics and dedicated to delivering new treatment alternatives to patients that may benefit from cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical drugs. i.e. Alzheimer’s Disease, Glaucoma, & a rare genetic skin disease, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Together with its subsidiary, BayMedica LLC, the Company has unparalleled cannabinoid manufacturing capabilities to serve a spectrum of consumer markets, including pharmaceutical and health and wellness. If you missed this event, then you may now watch the event video at the Tribe Public YouTube Channel by clicking here. 

Thanks again for your attention this week. Please continue to share your thoughts, questions, & ideas as we move forward. 

In the meantime, please enjoy the balance of the weekly newsletter’s videos, quotes, updates and let’s find ways to crush it again this year!

Investing & Inspiration

1. “Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.” – Earl Wilson
2. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
3. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”– Samuel Smiles
4. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
5. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent Van Gogh
6. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
7. “Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” – Walter Anderson
8. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
9. “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” – John Wooden
10. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
11. “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis
12. “The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” – Robert Kiyosaki
13. “O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
14. “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.” – Elon Musk
15. “Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” – John Boyle O’Reilly
16. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
17. “Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak
18. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
19. “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
20. “Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.” – Meister Eckhart
21. “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.” – Leo Buscaglia
22. “Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.” – Wordsworth
23. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
24. “A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” – Tecumseh
25. “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
26. “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
27. “The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
28. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa
29. “The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” – Barack Obama
30. “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius
31. “No man was ever wise by chance.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
32. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
33. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

34. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

35. “I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs

36. “Research is creating new knowledge.” – Neil Armstrong

37. “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” – Jonas Salk
38. “Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.” – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
39. “There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.” – Ken Kesey

40. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather

41. “The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.” – Nadia Boulanger

42. “More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.” – Rose Kennedy

43. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes

44. “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain

45. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

46. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi

47. “Without labor nothing prospers.” – Sophocles

48. “Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.” – Albert Einstein

49. “This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” – Hannah Arendt

50. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

51. “He who is brave is free.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

52. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk

53. “I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.” – Auguste Rodin

54. “Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

55. “He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.” – Lao Tzu

56. “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall

57. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

58. “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan
59. “Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.” – Kevin Brady
60. “If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.” – Allu Arjun
61. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” ~ George S. Patton
62. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt
63. “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
64. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
65. “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
66. “And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.” – Black Elk
67. “Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.” – Joseph Hall
68. “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
69. “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
70. “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” – Ray Bradbury
71. “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
72. “I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” – Robert H. Schuller
73. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
74. “It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” – Thomas Sowell
75. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha”
76. Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” –  Boris Pasternak
77. “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Khalil Gibran 
78. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
79. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
80. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” –  Colin Powell
81. “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
82. “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
83. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
84. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
85. “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
86. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.” – Elon Musk
87. “There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” – Henry Kissinger
88. “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” – Oliver Goldsmith
89. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
90. “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
91. “Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
92. “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” – Ernest Hemingway
93. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
94. “Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” – Nelson Mandela
95. “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes
96. “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
97. “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
98. “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
99. “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – W. Edwards Deming
100. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
101. “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
102. “Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.” – Muhtar Kent
103. “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
104. “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
105. “Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” – Donna Karan
106. “It’s crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.” – Nathan Chen
107. “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
108. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
109. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
110. “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
111. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
112. “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin
113. “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
114. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
115. “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
116. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
117. “But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.” – Bill Nye
118. “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
119. “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin
120. “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
121. “Infrastructure investment in science is an investment in jobs, in health, in economic growth and environmental solutions.” – Oren Etzioni
122. “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
123. “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” – Sun Tzu
124. “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
125. “Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.” – Franz Liszt
126. “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
127. “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
128. “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
129. “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
130. “In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son
131. “A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.” – Jackie Kennedy
132. “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
133. “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius, Chinese 
134. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale
135. “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”– Albert Einstein
136. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey
137. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
138. “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
139. “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
140. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
141. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
142. “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
143. “Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
144. “No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch 
145. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”– Arthur Ashe
146. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
147. “The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.” – Drew Bledsoe