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Do not protect yourself by a fence

  Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. - Czech Proverb The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. - Chinese Proverb Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. - Spanish Proverb You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. - Irish Proverb When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. - Albanian Proverb Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb Complain to one who can help you. - Yugoslav Proverb If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. - Italian Proverb Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law. - Japanese Proverb Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. - Spanish Proverb READ MORE  

The trouble with being punctual

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. - Will Rogers, New York Times, Apr. 29, 1930 Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. - Mark Twain The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. - Plutarch Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. - John Randolph We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. - John F. Kennedy The sinews of war are infinite money. - Cicero When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. - Albanian Proverb Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb BACA LAGI  

If you gotta go, you gotta go

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go. - Lillian Carter What you risk reveals what you value. - Jeanette Winterson Life is a risk. - Diane Von Furstenberg There is no point in doing more efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. - Seneca Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. - John Locke If small and nimble are qualities at one extreme of a continuum that is bookended at the other side by heavy and dominant, the former traits are ideally suited for points of origin and times of high volatility. These are periods of constant change, multiple openings, and perpetually shifting opportunity. The latter set of qualities, conversely, will fare best in times of maturity, when making sharp turns is no longer part of the navigation. - Dan Ramsden, CEO and Venture capitalist Just trust yourse...

There is always some madness in love

  There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. - Friedrich Nietzsche Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. - Edgard Varese You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. - Salvador Dali In a mad world only the mad are sane. - Akira Kurosawa Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein (attributed) There is no great genius without some touch of madness. - Seneca If you don't risk anything you risk even more. - Erica Jong Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. - George S. Patton There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy READ MORE

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles

  Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. - Alexandre Dumas I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. - Mark Twain Actions lie louder than words. - Carolyn Wells Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. - Herbert Hoover Strong reasons make strong actions. - William Shakespeare Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. - Jean Paul Richter No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. - Plutarch You must not come lightly to the blank page. - Stephen King Reason should direct and appetite obey. - Cicero

Courage is being scared to death

  Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. - Sidney J. Harris Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. - David T. Wolf Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain No man ever listened himself out of a job. - Calvin Coolidge Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin A friend is a gift you give yourself. - Robert Louis Stevenson Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. - Carol Burnett Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. - John Locke READ MORE