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