Most of the important things in the world
have been accomplished by people who have kept on
trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
?Dale Carnegie
Perseverance
Those that are most slow in making a promise
are the most faithful in the performance of it.
?Jean Jacques Rousseau
Promises
If the secret sorrows of everyone could
be read on their forehead, how many
who now cause envy would
suddenly become the objects of pity.
?Italian Proverb
Pity
Pointing out the comic elements of a
situation can bring a sense of proportion
and perspective to what might otherwise
seem an overwhelming problem.
Harvey Mindess
Perspective
Two men look out a window.
One sees mud, the
other sees the stars.
?Oscar Wilde
Perceptions
There can never be peace between nations
until there is first known that true peace
which ... is within the souls of men.
?Black Elk
Peace
Every journey into the past is complicated
by delusions, false memories,
false namings of real events.
?Adrienne Rich
Past
The pessimist sees difficulty in every
opportunity. The optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty.
?Winston Churchill
Opportunity
Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.
?John F Kennedy
Negotiation
The sun, the moon and the stars would
have disappeared long ago,
had they happened to be within
reach of predatory human hands.
?Havelock Ellis
Nature
The Eskimos had 52 names for snow
because it was important to them;
there ought to be as many for love.
?Margaret Atwood
Names
We would often be ashamed of our finest
actions if the world understood all the
motives which produced them.
?François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Motives
It is far more impressive when others discover
your good qualities without your help
?Miss Manners
Modesty
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second
when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
?Pearl S. Buck
Mistakes
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with
one-seventh of its bulk above water.
?Sigmund Freud
Mind
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys
several times the same good things for the first time.
?Friedrich Nietzsche
Memory
The mark of the immature man is that
he wants to die nobly for a cause,
while the mark of the mature man is
that he wants to live humbly for one.
?Wilhelm Stekel
Maturity
Manners are a sensitive awareness of
the feelings of others. If you have that
awareness, you have good manners,
no matter what fork you use.
?Emily Post
Manners
Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up
and loyalty down. Respect for one's
superiors; care for one's crew.
?Grace Murray Hopper
Loyalty
Laziness is nothing more than the
habit of resting before you get tired.
?Jules Renard
Laziness
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of
weakness and despair, but manifestations
of strength and resolutions.
?Kahlil Gibran
Kindness
Joy is the feeling of grinning
on the inside.
?Dr. Melba Colgrove
Joy
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin
to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy
the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
?Maureen Dowd
Journalism
A taste for irony has kept more hearts
from breaking than a sense
of humor for it takes irony to appreciate
the joke which is on oneself.
?Jessamyn West
Irony
The only gracious way to accept an insult
is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it,
top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you
can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.
?J. Russel Lynes
Insults
Those who are incapable of
committing great crimes do not
readily suspect them in others.
Francois De La Rochefoucaul
Innocence
