A bone to the dog is not charity.
Charity is the bone shared with
the dog, when you
are just as hungry as the dog.
?Jack London
Charity
A truly strong person does not need
the approval of others any more than
a lion needs the approval of sheep.
?Vernon Howard
Character
It's a very sobering feeling
to be up in space and realize
that one's safety factor was
determined by the lowest bidder
on a government contract.
?Alan Shepherd
Budgets
The flood of print has turned reading into
a process of gulping rather than savoring.
?Warren Chappell
Books
A good leader is a person who takes
a little more than his share of the blame and a
little less than his share of the credit.
?John C. Max
Blame
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for
words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
?Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bereavement
Problems arise in that one has to find
a balance between what people need from
you and what you need for yourself.
?Jessye Norman
Balance
The world is a dangerous place
to live; not because of the people
who are evil, but because of the people
who don't do anything about it.
?Albert Einstein
Apathy
The hardest of all is learning
to be a well of affection, and
not a fountain; to show them
we love them not when we feel
like it, but when they do.
?Nan Fairbrother
Affection
Advice is like snow -- the
softer it falls, the longer
it dwells upon, and the deeper
it sinks into the mind.
?Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Advice
Kites rise highest against
the wind; not with it.
?Sir Winston Churchill
Adversity
We always love those who admire
us; we do not always
love those whom we admire.
?Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Admiration
Absence diminishes little passions and
increases great ones, as wind
extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
?Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Absence
All quitters are good losers.
Bob Zuppke
You can complain because roses
have thorns, Or you can rejoice
because thorns have roses..
Ziggy
The secret of contentment is knowing how to
enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose
all desire for things beyond your reach.
Lin Yutang
Everyone should learn to do
one thing supremely well
because he likes it,
and one thing supremely well
because he detests it.
Brigham Young
When they knock you down, you not only
have to get up, but you have to make it clear that
you won't be knocked down a second time.
Carl Yastrzemski
Joy is what happens to us when
we allow ourselves to recognize
how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson
We grow a little every time we do not
take advantage of somebody's weakness.
Bern Williams
It is easy to forgive others their
mistakes; it takes more
grit to forgive them for
having witnessed your own.
Jessamyn West
Imagination was given to man to
compensate him for what he isn't.
A sense of humor was provided
to console him for what he is.
Horace Walpole
No person is your friend who
demands your silence,
or denies your right to grow.
Alice Walker
Laughter and tears are both responses
to frustration and exhaustion . . . .
I myself prefer to laugh, since there
is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
Anyone who has ever looked into
the glazed eyes of a soldier dying
on the battlefield will think
hard before starting a war.
Otto Von Bismark
The worst thing that one can do is not
try, to be aware of what one wants and
not give in to it, to spend years in silent
hurt wondering if something could have
materialized -- and never knowing.
David Viscott
