" He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of an endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. "

Robyn Davidson

" They say that the wages of sin is death. But after taxes its just a tired feeling really. "

Paula Poundstone, HBO stand-up routine

" To be possessed is an admirable reason for possessing. "

Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night

" The art of being bored is lost. "

Ted Klauber, Senior Executive, FCB Worldwide

" Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. "

Arthuer Schopenhauer

" Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor. "

John Haggai

" Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. "

Victor Marie Hugo

" The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. "

Saint Jerome church father & saint (374 AD – 419 AD)

" To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself. "

Sophy Burnham

" Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. "

Annie Lennox

" They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. "

Steven Wright US comedian and actor (1955 – )

" The Army has carried the American … ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. "

Tom Lehrer US humorist, singer, & songwriter (1928 – )

" Outer space is no place for a person of breeding. "

Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887 – 1969)

" Whoops is a word that should never be said by some professions – Pilots, Racing car drivers, and hair colourists come immediately to mind but Dentists also have to be up in the top five. "

Richard Stubbs, Comedian, Book – ” Still Life”

" Free your mind, and the rest will follow. Be colorblind, don

" Fix it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. "

Pioneer Motto

" When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight. "

Michael Bridge

" What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? "

Dr. Robert Schuller

" If little else, the brain is an educational toy. "

Tom Robbins US novelist (1936 – )

" He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom. "

Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

" The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving. "

Ulysses S. Grant US general & politician (1822 – 1885)

" This is quite a three-pipe problem. "

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)

" Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. "

James Russell Lowell

" Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. "

Paxton Hood

" Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. "

Ghandi

" Everything you can imagine is real. "

Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)

" When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions. "

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

" When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely– the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. "

J. Krishnamutri

" I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future. "

Dan Quayle US Republican politician (1947 – )

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