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True happiness...is not attained through

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

by Helen Keller

Life's errors cry for the merciful beauty

Life's errors cry for the merciful beauty that can modulate their isolation into a harmony with the whole.

by Sir Rabindranath Tagore

Reputation is what other people know

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

by Lois McMaster Bujold

There is music wherever there is

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.

by Thomas Browne

God grant me the courage not to give up what

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

by Chester W. Nimitz

First, have a definite, clear practical idea

First, have a definite, clear practical idea; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

by Aristotle

Health is the greatest gift

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

by Buddha

When a true genius appears in the world

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

by Jonathan Swift

If you are afraid of your future

If you are afraid of your future, you don't have a present.

by James Petersen

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

by Kahlil Gibran

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line. and adding to one's liberty.

by Henri Frédéric Amiel

Happiness is when what you think

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

by Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is a funny thing

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

by William Arthur Ward

Fame is like a river

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

by Francis Bacon

In politics, absurdity is

In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

by Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing resists a human will that stakes

Nothing resists a human will that stakes its very existence upon the achievement of its purpose.

by Benjamin Disraeli

The nearest way to glory is to strive

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

by Socrates

Being defeated is often a temporary

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

by Marilyn vos Savant

What separates the winners from the

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

by Donald Trump

Good luck is often with the man

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans.

by Unknown

Fame is like a river, that beareth up

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

by Francis Bacon

Love is not blind - it sees more

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

by Rabbi Julius Gordon

We have two ears and one tongue

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

by Diogenes

Faith is the bird that sings

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.

by Rabindranath Tagore

To acquire knowledge, one must study

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

by Marilyn vos Savant

Everything that is done in the world

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

by Martin Luther King Jr.

Experience is a comb which nature

Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.

by Belgian Proverb

Of all forms of caution, caution in love

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

by Bertrand Russell

Quality is not an act

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

by Aristotle

It is from numberless diverse acts

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

by Robert Francis Kennedy

The more you are willing to accept responsibility

The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.

by Brian Koslow

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

by Francois Fenelon

Home is not where you live

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

by Christian Morgenstern

Sometimes its better to put love

Sometimes its better to put love into hugs than to put it into words.

by Unknown

A joyful heart is the inevitable

A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.

by Mother Teresa

Do not go where the path may lead

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not let what you cannot do

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

by John R. Wooden

Success is the sum of small efforts

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

by Robert J. Collier

Persistence is to the character

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

by Napoleon Hill

Those who are lifting the world upward

Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.

by Elizabeth Harrison

When dealing with people

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

by Dale Carnegie

Temper is a weapon that we

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

by James Matthew Barrie

Men are like steel

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

by Chuck Norris

I love you; not only for what you are

I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.

by Roy Croft

The most efficient way to live reasonably

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

by Alexis Carrel

This one step - choosing a goal and

This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.

by Scott Reed

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen.

by Paul Tillich

All men dream: but not equally

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

by T.E. Lawrence

The future is not something we enter

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.
by Leonard I. Sweet

Don't grumble that roses have thorns

Don't grumble that roses have thorns, be thankful that thorns have roses.
by Unknown

The future is purchased by the present

The future is purchased by the present.

by Samuel Johnson

The great thing in the world is

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes

A single rose can be my

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

by Leo Buscaglia

What worries you

What worries you, masters you.

by John Locke

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

by Fred Allen

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and indeed, all the sweets of life.

by Joseph Addison

Never cut what you can untie

Never cut what you can untie.

by Joseph Joubert

A little and a little, collected together

A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

by Saadi

Nobody got anywhere in the world

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

by Louis L'Amour

Truly great friends are hard to find

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

by Unknown

Let us be grateful to the mirror

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

by Samuel Butler

I think all art is about control

I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.

by Richard Avedon

True strength is delicate

True strength is delicate.

by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.

by Hans Nouwens

We are each of us angels with only one wing

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

by Lucretius

Living is more a question of what

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.

by Marcel Duchamp

Life does not obey our expectations

Life does not obey our expectations. Life obeys our intentions, in ways we may not expect.

by Lloyd Strom

Others have seen what is and asked why

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

by Pablo Picasso

The cruelest lies are often

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

by Adlai Stevenson

The only journey is the

The only journey is the one within.

by Rainer Maria Rilke

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.

by Robert Kiyosaki

Let us be grateful to the mirror

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

by Samuel Butler

Success is nothing more than a few

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

by Jim Rohn

The truest characters of ignorance

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

by Samuel Butler

In a continent but recently settled

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

by Hervey Allen

The difficulty is not so great

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

by Homer

The way to know life is

The way to know life is to love many things.

by Vincent Van Gogh

Mistakes are painful when they happen

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

by Denis Waitley

Things we do not expect

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

by Titus Maccius Plautus

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

by Swami Vivekananda

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Excellence is to do a common

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

by Booker T Washington

Variety's the very spice of life

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

by William Cowper

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, The foresight to know where you are going, And the insight to know when you have gone too far.

by Irish Blessings

Listen to many, speak to a few

Listen to many, speak to a few.

by William Shakespeare

Envy, like flame, blackens that which

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

by Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn

The sweetest of all sounds

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

by Xenophon

Success is walking from failure

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

by Winston Churchill

Ambition can creep

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

by Edmund Burke

Clarity is the counterbalance

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

by Marquis De Vauvenargues

You will become as small as your

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

by James Allen

Cease to inquire what the future

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

by Horace

You can learn a line from a

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

by Paul Brown

The first recipe for happiness is

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

by Andre Maurois

Decide what you want, decide what you are

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

by H. L. Hun

Look back, and smile

Look back, and smile on perils past.

by Walter Scott

I attribute my success to this

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

by Florence Nightingale

You can fool some of the people all of

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

by Abraham Lincoln

Good advice is always certain to be

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

by Agatha Christie

To thine own self be true

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

by William Shakespeare

In creating, the only hard thing's

In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak.

by James Russell Lowell

A propensity to hope and joy is

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

by David Hume

A man is but the product

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.

by Mahatma Gandhi

One way to get the most out of life

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

by William Feather

A man loves the meat

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

by William Shakespeare

Any man who can drive safely while kissing

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

by Albert Einstein

A hero is one who knows how to

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

by Novalis

Take rest; a field that has rested

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

by Ovid

Kindness, I've discovered

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

by Isaac Bashevis Singer

When the game is over

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.

by Italian Proverb

Life is too short to work so hard

Life is too short to work so hard.

by Vivien Leigh

A peace is of the nature of a conquest

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

by William Shakespeare

To the world you may be one person

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

by Heather Cortez

In the sweetness of friendship

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

by Khalil Gibran

The more things you do

The more things you do, the more you can do.

by Lucille Ball

Humor is a rubber sword

Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

by Mary Hirsch

Friendship often ends in love

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.

by Charles Caleb Colton

The whole world steps aside for

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.

by Unknown

It is only in sorrow bad weather

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

by Amelia Barr

A competent and self-confident person is

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

by Robert A. Heinlein

What we play is life

What we play is life.

by Louis Armstrong

Creative without strategy is

Creative without strategy is called art. Creative with strategy is called advertising.

by Jef I. Richards

Creative without strategy is

Creative without strategy is called art. Creative with strategy is called advertising.

by Jef I. Richards

All mankind is divided into three classes

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

by Arabian Proverb

Happiness is the absence of

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

by Zhuangzi

A real friend is one who walks

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

by Walter Winchell

Many are called but few get up

Many are called but few get up.

by Oliver Herford

It is the province of knowledge

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

In action a great heart is the chief

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

by Arthur Schopenhauer

Children are like wet cement

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

by Dr. Haim Ginott

It has long been an axiom of mine

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Childhood is that wonderful time

Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

by Richard Zera

When what we are is what we

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

by Malcolm Forbes

Never fear shadows

Never fear shadows... that always means there is a light shining somewhere.

by Jonathan Santos

Look at misfortune the same way

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

by Walt Alston

To exist is to change, to change is to mature

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

by Henri Bergson

Give to every human being every right

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Destiny is no matter of chance

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

by William Jennings Bryan

Life isn't a matter of milestones

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

by Rose Kennedy

Chance favors those in motion

Chance favors those in motion.

by James Austin

Follow your bliss and the universe

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

by Joseph Campbell

Patience is bitter

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A good listener is not only popular

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

by Wilson Mizner

The true measure of a man is

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.

by Martin Luther King Jr.

The time you enjoy wasting

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

by Bertrand Russell

Celebrate what you want

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

by Thomas J. Peters

It's not what you achieve

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

by Carlton Fisk

Walk while ye have the light

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

by John Ruskin

Success usually comes to those

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

by Henry David Thoreau

If you can't dazzle them

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

by W. C. Fields

Sometimes even the greatest joys

Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

by Sarah Palin

Bureaucracy is the art of

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

by Javier Pascual Salcedo

The Soul is the voice

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

by George Santayana

Arriving at one goal

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

by John Dewey

Everything has been figured out

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Within yourself deliverance must be

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

by Edwin Arnold

Books are the compasses and telescopes

Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.

by Jesse Lee Bennett

In wisdom gathered over time

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

by Ansel Adams

I have friends in overalls

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

by Thomas A. Edison

Books are the bees which carry

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

by James Russell Lowell

It's risky in a marriage for a man

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

by Marcel Achard

If you have controlled your mind

If you have controlled your mind you are the conqueror of the whole world.

by Swami Sivananda

If you're always battling against

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

by Mitch Albom

He who excuses himself

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

by Gabriel Meurier

Unless we remember we cannot understand

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

by E. M. Forster

Psychiatrists don't solve

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

by Victoria Abril

A bird does not sing because it has

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

by Chinese Proverb

We secure our friends not

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

by Thucydides

I confess that I listen to my

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

by Herb Alpert

Best friends are the siblings

Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us.

by Unknown

Being an intellectual creates

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

by Janis Joplin

One person with a belief is equal to

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

by John Stuart Mill

Man's greatness lies

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

by Blaise Pascal

Learning without thought

Learning without thought is labor lost.

by Confucius

It is easy to get everything you want

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

by Elbert Hubbard

The key is to keep company only with people who

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

by Epictetus

Genius is the ability to renew one's

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Paul Cezanne

There are three musts that hold us back

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

by Albert Ellis

To know oneself

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

by Albert Camus

Behavior is a mirror in which

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A journey of a thousand miles

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

by Lao Tsu

The more one pleases everybody

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

by Stendhal

All glory comes

All glory comes from daring to begin.

by Eugene F. Ware

Your life is what your

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

by Marcus Aurelius

Be kind, for everyone you meet

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

by Plato

In bad luck hold out

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in.

by German Proverb

Wisdom begins in wonder

Wisdom begins in wonder.

by Socrates

The thing always happens

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

by Frank Lloyd Wright

A good laugh is sunshine

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

by William Makepeace Thackeray

Assumptions are the termites

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

by Henry Winkler

Your Goals High Enough To Inspire

Your Goals High Enough To Inspire You And Low Enough To Encourage You.

by Unknown

Nobody can give you wiser

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Care about people's approval

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

by Lao Tzu

Well done is better

Well done is better than well said.

by Benjamin Franklin

Imagination is everything

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming
attractions.

by Albert Einstein

Defeat is not the worst of

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

by George Edward
Woodberry

The person who seeks all their

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.

by Dale Carnegie

Silence is one of the hardest

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

by Josh Billings

The world more often rewards

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.

by François de La Rochefoucauld

Great design will not sell an inferior product

Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product un achieve its maximum potential.

by Thomas J. Watson Jr.

Believe that life is worth

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

by William James

The design process, at its best

The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.

Jeff Smith

Apology is a lovely perfume

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.

by Margaret Lee Runbeck

Do not dwell in the past

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

by Buddha

A crust eaten in peace

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

by Aesop

Find a job you like

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Where hope grows

Where hope grows, miracles blossom.

by Elna Rae

If you can't feed a hundred

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

by Mother Teresa

A wise man can learn more

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

by Bruce Lee

To affect the quality of the day

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

by Henry David Thoreau

Two things a man should never be

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

by Thomas Fuller

We cannot teach people anything

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

by Galileo Galilei

Without a rich heart

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is better to offer

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

by George Washington

Marriage is a book of which

Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.

by Beverley Nichols

Knowledge is power

Knowledge is power.

by Francis Bacon

Ambition is the path to success

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

by Bill Bradley

The best way to predict

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

by Alan Kay

The best thing about me

The best thing about me is you.

by Shannon Crown

Men must live and create

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

by Albert Camus

Habits are safer than rules

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you.

by Frank Crane

If you can dream it

If you can dream it, you can do it.

by Walt Disney

Growing old is mandatory

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
~ Chili Davis

If you want to conquer fear

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

by Dale Carnegie

There is no pain so great

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

by Aeschylus

To be a good loser

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

by Carl Sandburg

Education is a private matter between

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.

by Lillian Smith

The sincere friends of this world

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

by Giotto di Bondone

Advice is what we ask

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

by Erica Jong

What you do today can

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

by Ralph Marston

Prosperity makes friends

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

by Publilius Syrus

The glow of one warm thought

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

by Thomas Jefferson

Morality is simply the attitude

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.

by Oscar Wilde

We can't help everyone

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

by Ronald Reagan

Admiration is a very short-lived passion

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

by Joseph Addison

If you could only love enough

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.

by Emmet Fox

In the truest sense

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Act as if what you do

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

by William James

The young man knows the rules

The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

I imagine that yes is

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.

by E. E. Cummings

An ounce of performance is worth

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

by Elbert Hubbard

Believe you can and

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

by Theodore Roosevelt

Fear can keep us up all

Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.

by Philip Gulley

Dreams are today's answers

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

by Edgar Cayce

Goals are dreams with

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

by Diana Scharf Hunt

The soul's joy lies

The soul's joy lies in doing.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Three Rules of Work

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

by Albert Einstein

For it was not into my ear you

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

by Judy Garland

Any intelligent fool can make

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

by Albert Einstein

I have looked into your eyes

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

by Pope John XXIII

A polite devil is more agreeable

A polite devil is more agreeable than a rude saint.

by Lebanese Proverb

A compliment is something

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

by Victor Hugo

Never give in

Never give in and never give up.

by Hubert H. Humphrey

The only way to avoid being miserable

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

by George Bernard Shaw

If it were not for hopes

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

by Thomas Fuller

If you wish success in life

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

by Joseph Addison

Mastering others is strength

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

by Lao Tzu

My best friend is the man who

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

by Aristotle

What great thing would you

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

by Robert H. Schuller

And now, this is the sweetest

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.

by Donald Cargill

He who's not busy

He who's not busy being born is busy dying.

by Bob Dylan

Talk sense to a fool

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

by Euripides

Winning isn't everything

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

by Vince Lombardi

Love looks through a telescope

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

by Josh Billings

When deeds speak

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

What is called genius is

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
by Henry David Thoreau

Where there is movement

Where there is movement, there is improvement.

by Rick Helders

Friendship is Love

Friendship is Love without his wings!

by Lord Byron

Real glory springs from the

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

by Joseph P. Thompson

Expect problems and eat

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

by Alfred A. Montapert

A man may fall many times

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.

by Elmer G. Letterman

Nothing is impossible

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!

by Audrey Hepburn

Time is what we want most

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

by William Penn

All a man can betray

All a man can betray is his conscience.

by Joseph Conrad

Music is love in search

Music is love in search of a word.

by Sidonie Gabrielle

We are not creatures of circumstance

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

by Benjamin Disraeli

It's always too early

It's always too early to quit.

by Norman Vincent Peale

Six essential qualities that are the key

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
by William Menninger

Wisdom is knowing when

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
by Paul Engle

Let us live for the beauty

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

by Charles Lamb

Be faithful to that which

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

by Andre Gide

If you have zest and enthusiasm

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

by Norman Vincent Peale

Go forth a conqueror and win

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

by Virgil

Wisdom is not in words

Wisdom is not in words. Wisdom is meaning within words.
by Khalil Gibran

The ultimate aim of the ego

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

by Muhammed Iqbal

The privilege of a

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

by Joseph Campbell

Management is efficiency in climbing

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

by Stephen Covey

There can be no happiness

There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.

by Victor Robinson

Know or listen

Know or listen to those who know.

by Baltasar Gracian

Life's like a play

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

by Seneca

You have to dream before

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

by Abdul Kalam

We do not inherit the earth from

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

by American Proverb

Each day provides

Each day provides its own gifts.

by Marcus Aurelius

Nothing splendid has ever been

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances.

by Bruce Barton

Wherever you are

Wherever you are - be all there.

by Jim Elliot

A successful marriage requires

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

by Germaine Greer

A smile is the light in yourhttp://media-express-downloads.com/

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

by Denis Waitley

When mental energy is allowed to

When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.

by James Allen

Take the first step in faith

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

by Martin Luther King Jr.

Design is a plan for arranging elements

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such way as best un accomplish a particular purpose.

by Charles Eames

Live so that when your children

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.

by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Go as far as you can see

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

by Thomas Carlyle

Be thine own palace

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

by John Donne

Shoot for the moon

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.

by Les Brown

You will either step forward

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

by Abraham Maslow

Every exit is an entry

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

by Tom Stoppard

Bad design is smoke

Bad design is smoke, while good design is a mirror.

by David Craib

Do the hard jobs first

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

by Dale Carnegie

The only important thing about design

The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.

by Victor Papanek

Create your own visual style

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

by Orson Welles

You are never too old to set

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

by C. S. Lewis

You can't build a reputation on

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

by Henry Ford

The crisis of today is

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

by H. G. Wells

It's a funny thing about life

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

by W. Somerset Maugham

Plant the seed of desire in your mind

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

by Robert Collier