May 2003 Quotes

Assumptions are the termites
of relationships.
?Henry Winkler
Relationships

Regret for the things we did
can be tempered by time;
it is regret for the things we did
not do that is inconsolable.
?Sydney J. Harris
Regret

You're not to be so blind with
patriotism that you can't face reality.
Wrong is wrong,
no matter who does it or says it.
?Malcolm X
Reality


When two men quarrel, the
one who yields first displays
the nobler nature.
?Talmud
Quarrels

You can tell whether a man
is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man
is wise by his questions.
?Naguib Mahfouz
Questions

We need quiet time to examine our lives
openly and honestly. . . spending quiet
time alone gives your mind an opportunity
to renew itself and create order.
?Susan L. Taylor
Quiet

If you must play, decide upon
three things at the start: the
rules of the game, the stakes,
and the quitting time.
?Chinese Proverb
Quitting

Be wary of the man who urges an action
in which he himself incurs no risk.
?Joaquin Setanti
Risk

A father may turn his back on his child,
brothers and sisters may become inveterate
enemies, husbands may desert their wives,
wives their husbands. But a mother's
love endures through all.
?Washington Irving

The worst-tempered people I've
ever met were the people
who knew they were wrong.
Wilson Mizener
Temper

The true measure of a man is how he treats
someone who can do him absolutely no good.
?Ann Landers
Value