Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses
its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so
does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
?Leonardo da Vinci
Inaction
Imagination was given to man
to compensate him for what
he is not; a sense of humor
to console him for what he is.
?Francis Bacon
Imagination
How strange when an illusion dies,
it's as though you've lost a child.
Judy Garland
Illusion
People who are brutally honest get
more satisfaction out of the brutality
than out of the honesty.
?Richard J. Needham
Honesty
When neither their property nor
their honor is touched, the
majority of men live content.
?Niccolo Machiavelli
Honor
Never look down on anybody
unless you're helping him up.
?Jesse Jackson
Help
If you have much, give of your wealth;
if you have little, give of your heart.
?Arabian Proverb
Heart
The opposite of love, I have found,
is not hate, but indifference.
?Elie Weisel
Hatred
You don't get harmony when
everybody sings the same note.
?Doug Floyd
Harmony
Three grand essentials to happiness
in this life are something to do, something
to love, and something to hope for.
?Joseph Addison
Happiness
One who condones evils is just as guilty
as the one who perpetrates it.
?Martin Luther King, Jr
Guilt
I have always believed, and I still believe,
that whatever good or bad fortune may come
our way we can always give it meaning and
transform it into something of value.
?Hermann Hesse
Growth
There is a great man who makes every
man feel small. But the real great man is
the man who makes every man feel great.
?G. K. Chesterton
Greatness
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful,
but it is mine if I do not give. To find
one thankful man, I will oblige
a great many that are not so.
?Seneca
Gratitude
Truth is the glue that holds government together.
Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
?Gerald R. Ford
Government
Life's up and downs provide windows of
opportunity to determine your values
and goals. Think of using all obstacles as
stepping stones to build the life you want.
?Marsha Sinetar
Goals
Blessed are those who can give without
remembering and take without forgetting.
?Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
Giving
Generosity is not giving me that
which I need more than you do,
but it is giving me that which
you need more than I do.
?Kahlil Gibran
Generosity
The future lies before you, like paths of
pure white snow. Be careful how you
tread it, for every step will show.
?Source Unknown
Future
Laughter is not at all a bad
beginning for a friendship, and it
is far the best ending for one.
?Oscar Wilde
Friendship
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge
over which he himself must pass.
?George Herbert
Forgiveness
Wise people talk because they have
something to say; fools, because
they have to say something.
Plato
Fools
You cannot make yourself feel something
you do not feel, but you can make yourself
do right in spite of your feelings.
?Pearl Buck
Feelings
Remember that everyone you meet is
afraid of something, loves something
and has lost something.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
Fear
Destiny has two ways of crushing us --
by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
?Henri Frederic Amiel
Fate
