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December 2004 Quotes

Genius and stupidity never stray from
their respective paths; talent wanders
to and fro, following every light.
George Moore

To talk well and eloquently is a very
great art, but that an equally great one
is to know the right moment to stop.
Wolfgang Mozart

When you are young, poor and
trying to find anything encouraging
in your life, an adult telling you
that you do something well gives you
self-confidence and makes you look
at yourself a little more positively.
Graham Nash

No man can think clearly
when his fists are clenched.
George Jean Nathan

You don't marry one person; you
marry three: the person you think they
are, the person they are, and the person
they are going to become as the
result of being married to you.
Richard J Needham

Christmas waves a magic wand
over this world, and behold, everything
is softer and more beautiful. 
Norman Vincent Peale    

Perhaps I know why it is man alone
who laughs: He alone suffers so deeply
that he had to invent laughter.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A man's family sets him apart from
all other living creatures. . . . Only
man stands with his children
from first to last, from birth to
death, and to the grave.
Robert Nathan

Sometimes being a friend means mastering
the art of timing. There is a time for silence.
A time to let go and allow people to hurl
themselves into their own destiny. And a time to
prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
Gloria Naylor




If you want to get rich from writing, write
the sort of thing that's read by persons who move
their lips when they're reading to themselves.
Don Marquis

Tolerance is only another
name for indifference.
W Somerset Maugham

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 Maxwell

An utterly fearless man is a far more
dangerous comrade than a coward.
Herman Melville

It is hard for a free fish to understand
what is happening to a hooked one
Karl A Menninger

The logic of worldly success rests on a
fallacy: the strange error that our perfection
depends on the thoughts and
opinions and applause of other men.
Thomas Merton

If you want to make an
easy job seem mighty hard, just
keep putting off doing it.
Olin Miller

There are two insults no human will endure.
The assertion that he has no sense of
humor and the doubly impertinent assertion
that he has never known trouble.
Sinclair Lewis

The art of acceptance is the art of
making someone who has just done
you a small favor wish that he
might have done you a greater one.
J Russel Lynes

No man ever sank under the burden of
the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is
added to the burden of today that the
weight is more than a man can bear.
George MacDonald

Ambition is so powerful a passion in
the human breast,  that however high
we reach we are never satisfied. 
Niccolo Machiavelli

The important thing is never to let
oneself be guided by the opinion of
one's contemporaries; to continue
steadfastly  on one's way  without
letting oneself be  either defeated 
by failure or diverted by applause. 
Gustav Mahler

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

Close scrutiny will show that most
"crisis situations" are opportunities to either
advance, or stay where you are.
Maxwell Maltz

People may or may not say what they
mean ... but they always say something
designed to get what they want.
David Mahmet

Generosity during life is a very different
thing from generosity in the hour of death;
one proceeds from genuine liberality and
benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
Horace Mann