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  Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few. - Moralia By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. - Mark Twain Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. - Socrates Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. - Cicero Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. -Samuel Johnson Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. - Og Mandino Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full ...

  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

  Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. - Bette Davis People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. - Samuel Johnson Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. - Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.  - W. C. Fields If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. - Ralph Waldo Emerson I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. - Mark Twain Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. - Benjamin Franklin When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistake...

  Otto von Bismarck When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice. --Otto von Bismarck Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. --Aristotle Be sincere; be brief; be seated. --Franklin D. Roosevelt Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. --Sir Francis Bacon What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? --Henry David Thoreau There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. --James Thurber The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled, the more I gain. --Susan B. Anthony Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. --Samuel Johnson I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. --Mark Twain Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a m...

Mark Twain. Photo: American Heritage Trees Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. - Mark Twain I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises. - John F. Kennedy The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? - Cicero Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. - Erica Jong There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. - Gore Vidal Never give advice unless asked. - German Proverb Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld In love, one and one are one. - Jean-Paul Sartre Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. - Samuel Johnson

George Herbert. Photo: Wikipedia Storms make oaks take deeper root. - George Herbert Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. - Rita Mae Brown The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing. - Walt Whitman A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. - John le Carre All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. - Mark Twain If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. - Ann Landers Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. - Arnold Palmer You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalynn Carter

Benjamin Franklin. Photo: Wikipedia Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?  - Benjamin Franklin  I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.  - Albert Einstein  Never promise more than you can perform.  - Publilius Syrus  The only cure for grief is action.  - George Henry Lewes  What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.  - Samuel Johnson  Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.  -Thomas Jones  Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.  - Maya Angelou  Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.  - Mark Twain  Always be a little kinder than necessary.  - James M. Barrie  Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.  - Isaac Asimov 

Hope is necessary in every condition.  - Samuel Johnson

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.  - Samuel Johnson