Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself Joseph Farrell
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 William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925)
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions Cullen Hightower
Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies Dalton Camp
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure Peter Marshall
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. Albert Einstein
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. John N. Mitchell
Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about people you don't like
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life. Oscar Wilde
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this Emo Phillips
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him Paul Eldridge
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page Bill Clinton (1946 - )
There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity Robertson Davies
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