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Mary Kay Ash
Edmund Burke
20th/21st century Lin Yutang
Besides the noble art of getting things done, TBD Francis Bacon
Silence is the virtue of fools General Anon
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they know quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know? Francis Bacon
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half 20th/21st century Dr. Robert Anthony
Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle Mary Kay Ash
Give yourself something to work toward--constantly Sir Winston Churchill
Business as Usual Sir Winston Churchill
When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened Philip Crosby
You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right Albert Einstein
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value Albert Einstein
Most people go on living their everyday life: half frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragi-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world Albert Einstein
The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss Helen Keller
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world |
