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February 2004 Quotes

Everyone is a bore to someone.
That is unimportant. The thing to
avoid is being a bore to oneself.
Gerald Brenan
Boredom

Forgiveness is primarily for
our own sake, so that we no longer
carry the burden of resentment.
But to forgive does not mean
we will allow injustice again.
Jack Kornfield
Burden

Too often we underestimate the
power of a touch, a smile,
a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring
all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Caring

Beware of one who flatters unduly;
he will also censure unjustly.
Arabian Proverb
Censure

What lies behind us and what
lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character

The highest exercise of charity is
charity towards the uncharitable.
J. S. Buckminster
Charity

Nothing in the world is more
dangerous than sincere ignorance
and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Danger

Credit buying is much like being drunk.
The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a
lift. The hangover comes the day after.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Debt

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe
yourself to be more cunning than others.
Pierre Charron
Deceit

A peacefulness follows any decision,
even the wrong one.
Rita Mae Brown
Decision

In the democracy of the dead all men at
last are equal. There is neither
rank nor station nor prerogative
in the republic of the grave.
John J. Ingalls
Death

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.
Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates
friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is
a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
Buddha
Doubt

Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
James Dean
Dreams

Education is what you get from reading the fine print.
Experience is what you get from not reading it.
Source Unknown
Education

Eloquence is the power to translate
a truth into language perfectly intelligible to
the person to whom you speak.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eloquence

We never forgive those who make us blush.
Jean-François De La Harpe
Embarrassment

It is easier to forgive an enemy
than to forgive a friend.
William Blake
Enemy

Man will do many things to get
himself loved; he will do all
things to get himself envied.
Mark Twain
Envy

The defect of equality is that we
only desire it with our superiors.
Henry Becque
Equality

An error doesn't become a mistake
until you refuse to correct it.
Orlando A. Battista
Errors

Every action of our lives touches on some
chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Eternity

They that know no evil will suspect none.
Ben Jonson
Evil

We exaggerate misfortune and
happiness alike. We are never as bad off
or as happy as we say we are.
Honore De Balzac
Exaggeration