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If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks. Frederick The Great king of Prussia 1740-1786  (1712 - 1786)
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of the utmost insecurity. Dag Hammarskj≈ld
But in modern war you will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway US author & journalist  (1899 - 1961)
Getting caught is the mother of invention. Robert Byrne
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s Elbert Hubbard US author  (1856 - 1915)
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US  (1743 - 1826)
The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. John F. Kennedy US Democratic politician  (1917 - 1963)
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel. Niccolo Machiavelli Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher  (1469 - 1527)
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run. Margaret Mead US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology  (1901 - 1978)
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose somber shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace. Fridjof Nansen
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families. Pythagoras Greek mathematician, philosopher, & scientist  (582 BC - 507 BC)
War is cruel and you cannot refine it. William Tecumseh Sherman
Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. U Thant
As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet  (1854 - 1900)
The greatest paradox of them all is to speak of "civilized warfare." Author Unknown
In seeking wisdom thou are wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it thou are a fool. Rabbi Ben-Azai
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. Robert Cecil
If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be. Robert Collier
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. C. C. Colton
We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with respect to accumulated wealth. Whatever tends to preserve the wealth of the wealthy is called conservatism, and whatever favors anything else, no matter what is called socialism. Richard T. Ely
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. Herb Caen
He who multiplies riches multiplies cares. Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer  (1706 - 1790)
Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust. R. D. Hitchcock
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US  (1809 - 1865)
The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed. Alfred A. Montapert
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper. Francis Quarles English poet  (1592 - 1644)
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd president of US  (1882 - 1945)
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet  (1854 - 1900)
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune. Author Unknown
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. Lily Tomlin US actress & comedienne  (1939 -  )
Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health. Author Unknown
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher  (1561 - 1626)
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. Miguel De Cervantes Spanish adventurer, author, & poet  (1547 - 1616)
He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so. C. C. Colton
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings-- they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through fire. Norman Douglas
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher  (55 AD - 135 AD)
Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting, Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer  (1706 - 1790)
Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it. Hermann Hesse Swiss (German-born) author  (1877 - 1962)
Everyone is wise until he speaks. Irish Proverb
Perhaps we are wiser, less foolish and more far-seeing than we were two hundred years ago. But we are still imperfect in all these things, and since the turn of the century it has been remarked that neither wisdom nor virtue have increased as rapidly as the need for both. Joseph Wood Krutch US author & critic  (1893 - 1970)
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" US novelist  (1923 -  )
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream. Latin
Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled. Count Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna
Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding. Bible, Proverbs, 4:7
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. Theodore Roosevelt 26th president of US  (1858 - 1919)
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician  (5 BC - 65 AD)
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Charles Haddon Spurgeon English preacher  (1834 - 1892)
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. Publilius Syrus  (~100 BC)
Water is the only drink for a wise man. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for. W. C. Fields US actor  (1880 - 1946)
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist  (1694 - 1778)
The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom. Author Unknown
If wisdom were on sale in the open market, the stupid would not even ask the price. Author Unknown
Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be. Author Unknown
You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God. Author Unknown
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible. South
Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. Overlung
By words the mind is winged. Aristophanes Greek Athenian comic dramatist  (450 BC - 388 BC)
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life. Frederika Bremer
In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat. Robert Byrne
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. Anatole France French novelist  (1844 - 1924)
One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes. Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard. Eric Hoffer  (1902 - 1983)
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US jurist  (1841 - 1935)
The poor and the affluent are not communicating because they do not have the same words. When we talk of the millions who are culturally deprived, we refer not to those who do not have access to good libraries and bookstores, or to museums and centers for the performing arts, but those deprived of the words with which everything else is built, the words that opens doors. Children without words are licked before they start. The legion of the young wordless in urban and rural slums, eight to ten years old, do not know the meaning of hundreds of words which most middle-class people assume to be familiar to much younger children. Most of them have never seen their parents read a book or a magazine, or heard words used in other than rudimentary ways related to physical needs and functions. Thus is cultural fallout caused, the vicious circle of ignorance and poverty reinforced and perpetuated. Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble. Peter S. Jennison
It is with a word as with an arrow - once let it loose and it does not return. Unknown Quotations by unknown authors 
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero. Johann Kaspar Lavater
Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously. Sidney Madwed
Half the controversies in the world are verbal ones; and could they be brought to a plain issue they would be brought to a prompt termination. Parties engaged in them would then perceive either that in substance they agreed together, or that their difference was one of first principles. We need not dispute, we need not prove, we need but define. At all events, let us, if we can, do this first of all and then see who are left for us to dispute; what is left for us to prove. Cardinal John Newman
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. Plutarch Greek biographer & moralist  (46 AD - 120 AD)
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled. Earl of Roscommon
It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet  (1564 - 1616)
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. Edward Thorndike
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground. Noah Webster
When thoughts fails of words, they find imagination waiting at their elbow to teach a new language without words. Author Unknown
One thing you can give and still keep is your word. Author Unknown
The written word can be erased - not so with the spoken word. Author Unknown
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed. Frank Deford
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life. Eugene Delacroix French Romantic painter  (1798 - 1863)
I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer  (1706 - 1790)
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do. Elbert Hubbard US author  (1856 - 1915)
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. Napoleon
The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life. Charles M. Schwab
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
Behind every successful man there are usually a lot of unsuccessful years. Author Unknown
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold. John Jay Chapman
To worry is a sin. Only one sort of worry is permissible; to worry because one worries. Hasidic Saying
The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg  (1742 - 1799)
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. Ovid Roman poet  (43 BC - 17 AD)
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. Josh Billings US Humorist  (1818 - 1885)
Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time - the cemetery. Author Unknown
The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve. Author Unknown
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt
It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dreaded dangers, though in a long lifetime few of the dangers come to anything. Author Unknown
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician  (5 BC - 65 AD)
Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never. Michel de Montaigne French essayist  (1533 - 1592)
The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen. George S. Arundale
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. Andrew Carnegie US businessman & philanthropist  (1835 - 1919)
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson. Bruce Catton
A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results. Benjamin Disraeli British politician  (1804 - 1881)
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm US (German-born) psychologist  (1900 - 1980)
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. George Gurdjieff
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority. Tom Hopkins
If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom. Sidney Madwed
A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power. Mark Rutherford
We know what we are, but not what we may be. William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet  (1564 - 1616)
Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Lord Tennyson
Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and find himself. Author Unknown
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. Thomas Aquinas
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
No more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but that mark of a fake messiah. Richard Bach
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist  (1856 - 1950)
He is great who confers the most benefits. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. Woodrow Wilson 28th president of US  (1856 - 1924)
Men have become the tools of their tools. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, "there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it." A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence. Tom Blair
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. Cato
The unspoken word never does harm. Kossuth
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. Pythagoras Greek mathematician, philosopher, & scientist  (582 BC - 507 BC)
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are. Alford
Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginning. Robert Collier
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist  (1879 - 1955)
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works. John Gaule
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Hans Hofmann
The wisest keeps something of the vision of a child. Though he may understand a thousand things that a child could not understand, he is always a beginner, close to the original meaning of life. John Macy
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, 1939 US dramatist  (1905 - 1984)
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. Mark Russell US comedian, political commentator, & satirist  (1932 -  )
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. Norman Vincent Peale US clergyman  (1898 - 1993)
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
Men are punished by their sins, not for them. Elbert Hubbard US author  (1856 - 1915)
But he who never sins can little boast <br> Compared to him who goes and sins no more. N. P. Willis
You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow US poet  (1807 - 1882)
The surest method against scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well doing. Boerhaave
The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation. Tyron Edwards
There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears. Bishop Hall
What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler German Nazi dictator, orator, & politician  (1889 - 1945)
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk. Moliere French actor & comic dramatist  (1622 - 1673)
Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed. Bernard Joseph Saurin
How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper! Sterne
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. Johann Kaspar Lavater
A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity. Johann Kaspar Lavater
From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life; where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas, and by frequent exercise of its powers, the understanding gains fresh vigor. Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician  (1672 - 1719)
No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. C. C. Colton
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. Thomas Fuller English clergyman & historian  (1608 - 1661)
We are a kind of Chameleons, taking our hue - the hue of our moral character, from those who are about us. John Locke English empiricist philosopher  (1632 - 1704)
It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take diseases, one from another; therefore, let all take heed as to the society in which they mingle, for in a little while they will be like it. Rule of Life
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician  (1672 - 1719)
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. Robert Cecil
The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it is the shades of privacy. Johnson
One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe. Percival
To revive sorrow is cruel. Sophocles Greek tragic dramatist  (496 BC - 406 BC)
Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. Ausonius
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. Henry Ward Beecher US abolitionist & clergyman  (1813 - 1887)
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. Nelson Boswell
Experience shows that success is due less to ability that to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. Charles Buxton
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. Dale Carnegie
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit  (1835 - 1910)
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist & short story author  (1860 - 1904)
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us. C. C. Colton
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Benjamin Disraeli British politician  (1804 - 1881)
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison US inventor  (1847 - 1931)
Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. Harvey Firestone
The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? Brendan Francis
We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve. J. B. S. Haldane
There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. Josiah Gilbert Holland
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. Elbert Hubbard US author  (1856 - 1915)
STRATEGY is; A style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring FUTURE SUCCESS. Pete Johnson
Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom. Helen Keller US blind & deaf educator  (1880 - 1968)
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US  (1809 - 1865)
To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful in any and all areas of your life you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy, happy and successful thoughts twenty four hours a day and cancel all negative, destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These two types of thought cannot coexist if you want to share in the abundance that surrounds us all. Sidney Madwed
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. Orison Swett Marden  (1850 - 1924)
When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, and all of his faculties say "amen" to what he is doing, and give their unqualified approval to his efforts, - this is happiness, this is success. Orison Swett Marden  (1850 - 1924)
If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it. Robert Montgomery
One never learns by success. Success is the plateau that one rests upon to take breath and look down from upon the straight and difficult path, but one does not climb upon a plateau. Josephine Preston Peabody
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. Diana Rankin
But what is the difference between literature and journalism?<br> ...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all. Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891 Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet  (1854 - 1900)
Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. David Sarnoff
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. Samuel Smiles
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solved each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They kept going regardless of the obstacles they met. Clement Stone
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he imaged, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as a traitor. But place yourself at the head of a rebellion and gain your point, and all future generations will worship you as the Father of their Country. Hendrik W. Van Loon
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. Tennessee Williams US dramatist  (1911 - 1983)
Make service your first priority, not success and success will follow. Author Unknown
Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819 3rd president of US  (1743 - 1826)
If people did not prefer reaping to sowing, there would not be a hungry person in the land. Author Unknown
If the truth be known, most successes are built on a multitude of failures. Author Unknown
Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. Author Unknown
Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. Try to please everybody." Author Unknown
The secret of success is to do all you can do without thought of success. Author Unknown
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared. Edward Dahlberg
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some. Jose Marti
We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust French novelist  (1871 - 1922)
Biography lends to death a new terror. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet  (1854 - 1900)
A little tact and wise management may often evade resistance, and carry a point, where direct force might be in vain. Author Unknown
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English critic & poet  (1772 - 1834)
Nothing is so frequent as to mistake an ordinary human gift for a special and extraordinary endowment. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US jurist  (1841 - 1935)
Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing. Sydney Smith English essayist  (1771 - 1845)
Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign. William Cowper English poet & translator  (1731 - 1800)
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least with are the greatest babblers. Plato Greek author & philosopher in Athens  (427 BC - 347 BC)
If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. Francis Quarles English poet  (1592 - 1644)
I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician  (1672 - 1719)
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. Henry Fielding English dramatist & novelist  (1707 - 1754)
Good taste is the flower of good sense. A. Poincelot
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. Abraham Lincoln, in a book review 16th president of US  (1809 - 1865)
Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may. Jack Holland
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
You teach best what you most need to learn. Richard Bach
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward Bulwer-Lytton English dramatist, novelist, & politician  (1803 - 1873)
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. Howard Crosby
Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be learned than learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we properly learn nothing from him, if by "learning" we now suddenly understand merely the procurement of useful information. Martin Heidegger
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. Carl Jung Swiss psychologist  (1875 - 1961)
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books. Michel de Montaigne French essayist  (1533 - 1592)
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. Frederick William Robertson
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker US columnist & journalist  (1925 -  )
We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet  (1854 - 1900)
The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country. Learned Hand
A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving US essayist, historian, & novelist  (1783 - 1859)
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man. A. Bronson Alcott
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180  (121 AD - 180 AD)
No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible. Baudjuin
As the flectcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. Buddha Indian philosopher & religious leader  (563 BC - 483 BC)
There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead. Arthur Honegger French composer  (1892 - 1955)
Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemingway US author & journalist  (1899 - 1961)
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Rene Descartes French mathematician & philosopher  (1596 - 1650)
Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry. Havelock Ellis English sexual psychologist  (1859 - 1939)
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. Martin H. Fischer
All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist  (1749 - 1832)
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. Robert Henri US painter  (1865 - 1929)
Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US jurist  (1841 - 1935)
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. William James US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist  (1842 - 1910)
An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. Mackay
Thoughts are funny little things,<br>They can make paupers or make kings. Sidney Madwed
The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow. And since the only real freedom a person has is the choice of what thoughts he will feed to his Inner-Consciousness he is totally responsible for the outcomes he gets. Sidney Madwed
Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship. Alfred A. Montapert
All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking. C. H. Parkhurst
Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself. Plato Greek author & philosopher in Athens  (427 BC - 347 BC)
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. Sir Barnett Cocks  (1907 - 1989)
The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking. Albert Schweitzer French philosopher & physician  (1875 - 1965)
God is a thing that thinks. Benedict Spinoza
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author  (1817 - 1862)
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts. Paul Valery French critic & poet  (1871 - 1945)
All grand thoughts come from the heart. Vauvenargues
Vacant minds must have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class bodies on them. Author Unknown
All movements go too far. Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher  (1872 - 1970)
Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough. Author Unknown
Thinking things has been done through the ages; knowing things remains to be done. Author Unknown
The brain that bubbles with phrases has hard work to collect its thoughts. Author Unknown
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Author Unknown
The price is what you pay; the value is what you receive. Author Unknown
"Careful with fire" is good advice we know.<br>"Careful with words" is ten times doubly so. William Carleton
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington First president of US  (1732 - 1799)
Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities. Henry Ward Beecher US abolitionist & clergyman  (1813 - 1887)
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them. Henry Steele Commager
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. E. B. White, Some Remarks on Humor, introduction US author & humorist  (1899 - 1985)
People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability. J. William Galbraith
Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage. John Oliver Hobbes
The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves. Sidney Madwed
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me. Hugh Prather
In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost. Madame Swetchine
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Alvin Toffler
Early civilizations complained about still earlier ones, much as we do about both Author Unknown
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids Aristotle Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist  (384 BC - 322 BC)
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is a human owl, vigilant in darkness, and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. Henry Ward Beecher US abolitionist & clergyman  (1813 - 1887)
I dote on his very absence. William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet  (1564 - 1616)
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. Norman Douglas
Self-trust is the essence of heroism Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
Do what you know and perception is converted into character. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet  (1803 - 1882)
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. James Froude
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity John Ballantine Gough
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. John Howe