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Margaret Sanger: Diplomacy
“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts. ” ~Margaret Sanger
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Samuel Johnson: New acquaintances
“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ” Samuel Johnson
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Paul Fussell: War
Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it. -Paul Fussell, historian, author, and professor (1924-2012)
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Dario Argento: Of horror, terror and revulsion
Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation. ~Dario Argento
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Debbi Fields: Superman
“You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in. ” ~Debbi Fields
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John Lennon: Behind every idiot
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. ” ~John Lennon
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George Eliot: Never too late
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” ~George Eliot.
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Confucius: Wealth and rank
“Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.” ~Confucius
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Noam Chomsky: Comforting illusion
“If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. ”~Noam Chomsky
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Margaret George: Defeat and betrayal
“Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow.” ― Margaret George, Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles
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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ” ~Demosthenes.
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Carolyn Coats: More models, less critics
“Children have more need of models than of critics.” ~Carolyn Coats
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Benjamin Franklin: Half truths
“Half a truth is often a great lie. ” ~Benjamin Franklin
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George Iles: Superstition
“A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.” ~George Iles
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Kenneth G. Wilson: Usage
“Often the accurate answer to a usage question begins, ‘It depends.’ And what it depends on most often is where you are, who you are, who your listeners or readers are, and what your purpose in speaking or writing is. “—Kenneth G. Wilson, author and professor (1923-2003)
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John Landis: Typecast
“Directors, like actors, get typecast. ” ~John Landis
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John Witherspoon: Of speaking and ceasing
“Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. ” ~John Witherspoon
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Soren Aabye Kierkegaard: Freedom of thought
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid. ” ~Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
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Buddha: All that we are…
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. ” ~Buddha
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Benjamin Franklin: Strictest law, severest injustice
“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.” ~Benjamin Franklin.
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Frank Shutts: Success
“One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.” ~Frank Shutts
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Isabel Allende: Peace
“Peace requires everyone to be in the circle—wholeness,inclusion.” ~Isabel Allende.
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Bertolt Brecht: The way things are…
“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. ” ~Bertolt Brecht
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Evelyn Waugh: Limitations
“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.” ~Evelyn Waugh.
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Unknown: Myth
“A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.” ~Unknown.
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Ambrose Bierce: War
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” ~Ambrose Bierce.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Years and days
“The years teach much which the days never know.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Thomas Carlyle: The person you honor…
“Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. ” Thomas Carlyle
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Unknown: Relegate and delegate
“The business world reaches out for and rewards leaders who can relegate and delegate.” ~Unknown
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Oprah Winfrey: Integrity
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” ~Oprah Winfrey.
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Tom Robbins: Living for, dying for and killing for
“There are many things worth living for, there are a few things worth dying for, but there is nothing worth killing for.” ~Tom Robbins
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Mark Twain: Anger
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ~Mark Twain.
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Herbert Agar: Truth
“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.” ~Herbert Agar
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Woodrow Wilson: The right fight
“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it. ” Woodrow Wilson
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Alan Rickman: Mavericks and misfits
“Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. ” ~Alan Rickman
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Arthur Conan Doyle: First of criminals
“When a doctor does wrong, he’s the first of criminals—he has nerve and knowledge.” ~Arthur Conan Doyle.
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John C Maxwell: Leadership
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.” ~John C Maxwell.
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Joseph Joubert: Genius and labour
“Genius begins great works, labour alone finishes them.” ~Joseph Joubert.
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Dean Karnazes: The human body
“The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.” —Dean Karnazes.
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Colleen DeReuck: Work horse
I don’t rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I’m a cart horse. I work hard. Colleen DeReuck, U.S. Olympian
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Steve Prefontaine: Success
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. Steve Prefontaine
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Vash Young: Value for money
“I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business. ” ––Vash Young Related articles Understanding Money Market Accounts (ally.com) Would you do anything for money? (christianpf.com)
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Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought
“Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.” —Amos Bronson Alcott.
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William Cobbett: A single leap
“It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. ” –—William Cobbett
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Helen Adams Keller: Test of democracy
“The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.” —Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (1880-1968).
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Josh Billings: Not by the horns, but by the tail
“Don’t take the bull by the horns, but by the tail, then you can let go when you want to.” ~Josh Billings.
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Peter Munk: Not Einstein
“I’m not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused. ”—Peter Munk.
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Joe Theismann: Gain an advantage
“I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage. ” —Joe Theismann
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John Wooden: Success
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.“ —John Wooden, American basketball player and coach.
