"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study." -- Francis Bacon "Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability." -- Marcus T. Cicero " We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine." -- Eduardo Galeano " We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are."
-- Thomas ã Kempis " Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure." -- Joseph De Maistre " Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse." -- H. L. Mencken " Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought." -- Margaret Oliphant " 74 million years ago, the primitive ancestors of man were the first creatures with the ability to grasp an object in their hands. . . .fossil records indicate that the object appears to be a remote control, which man hasn't put down since." -- Unknown " Alright, who do I complain to? Some guy sold me a ticket for a tour of the 'Cave at Emptor,' but it turns out there's no such place!"
-- Brad Hamer "The best mind-altering drug is truth."
-- Lily Tomlin "Your problem is you're . . . too busy holding onto your unworthiness." --Ram Dass
"A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting."-- Abraham Maslow "Good friends are good for your health."
-- Irwin Sarason "Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." -- Elbert Hubbard "The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend." --Toni Morrison "Think twice before you speak - and you'll find everyone talking about something else."
-- Francis Rodman "When one must, one can."--Yiddish Proverb "Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in."-- Katherine Mansfield "You gotta believe!"-- Tug McGraw "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." -- H. L. Mencken "We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs." -- Kenneth Clark "The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed." -– Jim Rohn "Don't just do something, sit there! Sit there long enough each morning to decide what is really important during the day ahead." -- Richard Eyre "Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?" -– Brian Tracy "Don't ever slam a door; you might want to go back."-- Don Herold "I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education."-- Wilson Mizner "Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy." -- Samuel Johnson "All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else." -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias "In this country, when you finish second, no one knows your name." -- Frank McGuire "Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost." -- Martina Navritalova "I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known." -- Confucius |