Honor, Success, Conscience

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the
reward for what he gave.
~ John Calvin Coolidge

My formula for success? Rise early, work late, strike oil.
~ J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) U.S. entrepreneur - oil billionaire and art collector; took over father's oil company in 1930 and became a billionaire by 1968

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
~ "Mahatma" Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Change, no Respect, End of the Rope

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.
~ Jane Goodall

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
~ Rodney Dangerfield

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dignity of Life, Determination, Beautiful Solutions

What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.
~ Kofi Annan (1938-) Ghanaian diplomat - seventh secretary-general of
the United Nations (1997-2006); awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse.
~ Anonymous

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Cup Overflowing, Healing, Creativity

It takes a steady hand to carry a full cup.
~ Anonymous

Time heals what reason cannot.
~ Seneca (5 BC-65 AD) (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Younger) Roman philosopher and statesman - a respected teacher who was eventually condemned for his high moral aims.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
~ Erich Fromm, German-American psychologist

Storms, Millionaire, Irreverence

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.
~ Stella Terrill Mann

I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it.
~ Dorothy Parker

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
~ Mark Twain

Citizen Soldier, Chemicals, Values

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country.
~ George S. Patton Jr.

Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and
oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital
ingredient in beer.
~ Dave Barry

On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country.
~ Boy Scouts of America

Good Citizen, Education, Be Somebody

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
~ Aristotle (Etica Nicomaquea-Politica)

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
~ Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) U.S. journalist - editor and publisher of Forbes magazine; known for extravagant parties and colorful hobbies (hot-air ballooning and Faberge eggs).

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
~ Jane Wagner

Spring, Creativity, Patriotism

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'
~ Robin Williams

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
~ Dr. E. Land

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that
it is truly worth living for in time of peace.
~ Hamilton Fish

Chance, Leadership Ideals, Future

In the fields of observation chance favors only those minds which are prepared.
~ Louis Pasteur

To lead others, embody their ideals!
~ Leonid S. Sukhorukov

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of
my life there.
~ Charles Kettering

Style, principle, progress

In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
~ Thomas Jefferson

Progress depends on people knowing they'll be able to profit from their ideas.
~ Deborah Neville

Lead, follow or get out of the way!
~ George S. Patton

Work, Adventure, Encouragement

Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and need.
~ François Marie Arouet Voltaire

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science.
~ Edwin Hubble

Encouragement is like a premium gasoline - it helps to take knocks out
of living.
~ Anonymous

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We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
~ William Osler

Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
~ Marcel Archard

Obfuscation, Forgiveness, Confusion

Be obscure clearly.
~ E. B. White

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is a permanent attitude.
~ Dr. Martin Luther King

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
~ Tom Peters

Good idea, Arguments, False Knowledge

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
~ Admiral Grace Hopper

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion.
~ G.K. Chesterton

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Oppression, Commerce, Vision

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
~ Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) U.S. educator, born into slavery

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
~ Robert Green Ingersoll

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.
~ Isaac Newton

Bonus quotes for the New Year

Perhaps the best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
~ Dean Acheson

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.
~ John Quincy Adams

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
~ Aristotle

accomplishment, hurry, leadership

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
~ Thomas Edison (1847-1931) U.S. inventor

Hurry! I never hurry. I have no time to hurry.
~ Igor Stravinsky

One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.
~ Dennis Peer

Some quotes for Christmas

There is no such thing as "fun for the whole family."
~ Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )

The customer doesn't expect everything will go right all the time; the big test is what you do when things go wrong.
~ Sir Colin Marshall

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
~ Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

Standards, Worrying, Freedom

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.
~ Jeph Jacques

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
~ Winston Churchill

He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
~ Kahlil Gibran

Scarcity, Senility, Knowledge vs Emotion

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
~ Goethe

Don't worry about senility - when it hits you, you won't know it.
~ Bill Cosby

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.
~ Bertrand Russell