Encouragement, criticism, or wit?

The words in your mouth can be the best reward for your people.
~ Barry Lawson, of Scottish Water

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
~ Franklin P. Jones

The problem lies between the keyboard and the chair.
~ Noted by a Computer Help Line Adviser in a call report

Problems and opportunity

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
~ Thomas Edison

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
~ Theodore Rubin

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
~ Scott Adams

Friendship - the muse of inspiration

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
~ Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher,1817-1862)

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
~ Lord Chesterfield (British Statesman, Diplomat and Wit, 1694-1773)

This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
~ Western Union internal memo 1876

Prejudice and Speech

Even the hint of prejudice of any type has no place in a well-run organization.
~ Fred A. Manske, Jr.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
~ Sir William Osler