Quotes For You

  Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. - Elmer G. Letterman Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it. - Francis Thompson People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. - Hermann Hesse Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Sir Francis Bacon Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Sir Winston Churchill Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. - Gore Vidal Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Farquhar Tupper Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the en...

  Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali Laughter is inner jogging. - Norman Cousins Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. - Elsa Maxwell Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education. - Burk Hudson Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. - Eugene Delacroix The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.  - Anna Quindlen Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. - Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. - Dr. David M. Burns Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real ...

  Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. - William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act III, sc. 1 Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. - Seneca Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. - Socrates In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. - John Churton Collins Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. - Bob Newhart One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. - Larry Gelbart Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. - Lord Byron Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge READ MORE

  Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. - Democritus College isn't the place to go for ideas. - Helen Keller The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. - Plato Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. - Robert Frost A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. - Jerome Blattner Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. - Thomas Fuller As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough. - Frank Crane The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. - Frank Herbert It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. - Samuel Johnson READ MORE

  Drive thy business or it will drive thee. - Benjamin Franklin Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. - David Rockefeller A dinner lubricates business. - Lord William Stowell There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. - David Letterman No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive. - Thorstein Veblen My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892 In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. - Warren Buffett I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. - G. K. Chesterton Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. - B. F....

  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