" Pain is a very precious gift. Do not waste it. "

Martha Singleterry

" Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: “Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.” "

Halford E. Luccock

" Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. "

J. S. Bryan

" You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. "

Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future US cartoonist (1957 – )

" Television has raised writing to a new low. "

Samuel Goldwyn US (Polish-born) movie producer (1882 – 1974)

" The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. "

Harry Golden US journalist (1902 – 1981)

" This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. "

William Shakespeare, “King John”, Act 5 scene 7 Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

" People and things do not upset us, rather we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us. "

Albert Ellis, founder of Rational Emotive Therapy

" That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false. "

Paul Valery French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)

" [Spring is] a true reconstructionist. "

Henry Timrod

" I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. "

William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

" Praise the bridge that carried you over. "

George Colman, The Younger English dramatist & theater manager (1762 – 1836)

" Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. "

Froude

" The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood. "

Alexander Haig

" Give a man a fire and keep him warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he will be warm for rest of his life. "

Anonymous

" To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way. "

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

" Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification. "

Alice Thomas Ellis

" I am more afriad of an army of 100 sheep lead by a lion than an army of 100 lions lead by a sheep. "

Tallyrand

" Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. "

Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

" I am only one, but I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I can not do interfere with what I can do. "

Edward E. Hale

" So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace – neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence. "

Homer, The Odyssey Greek epic poet (800 BC – 700 BC)

" The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. "

Fran Lebowitz US writer and humorist (1950 – )

" It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit. "

William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

" A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. "

Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey in “Gaudy Night” English mystery author (1893 – 1957)

" Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. "

Zora Neale Hurston US novelist of Harlem Renaissance (1901 – 1960)

" A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. "

Jack London US adventurer, author, & sailor (1876 – 1916)

" He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter. "

Henry Fielding English dramatist & novelist (1707 – 1754)

" The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket. "

Kin Hubbard (1868 – 1930)

" Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. "

Emile Coue French psychotherapist (1857 – 1926)

" I am never afraid of what I know. "

Anna Sewell British author (1820 – 1878)

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