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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.David T. Wolf (1943 - )
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.Peter de Vries
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden", 1854
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.Miss Piggy
"Success doesn't come to you. you go to it."Marva Collins
"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
Joseph Addison"Kindness in words creates confidence Kindness in thinking creates profoundness Kindness in giving creates love." Lao-Tzu
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." Helen Keller
If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.
Zig ZiglarUnless you change how you are,you will always have what you've got.
Jim Rohn"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
Lou Holtz"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it's successful outcome.
William JamesNone of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. ( Ralph Waldo Emerson)
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. (Winston Churchill)
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. (Shakespeare)
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. (Nora Roberts)
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.(T. S. Elliot)
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. (Aristotle)
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.(Elizabeth Kubler Ross)
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