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October 2004 Quotes

The sudden disappointment of
a hope leaves a scar which the
ultimate fulfillment of that hope
never entirely removes.
Thomas Hardy

No man, for any considerable
period, can wear one face to
himself and another to the
multitude, without finally
getting bewildered
as  to which one is true.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Be careful not to get so eager to please
that it doesn't matter whom.
Carolyn Hax

Every human being on this earth is
born with a tragedy, and it isn't
original sin. He was born with the
tragedy that he has to grow up.
A lot of people don't
have the courage to do it.
Helen Hayes

Never completely encircle your enemy.
Leave him some escape, for he will fight
even more desperately if trapped.
Alex Haley

If you hate a person, you hate something in
him that is part of yourself. What isn't
part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
Herman Hesse

The less justified a man is in claiming
excellence for his own self, the more
ready he is to claim all excellence
for his nation, his religion,
his race or his holy cause.
Eric Hoffer

The greatest lesson in life is
to know that even fools
are right sometimes.
Horace

No one can drive us crazy
unless we give them the keys.
Doug Horton

You have succeeded in life when all you
really want is only what you really need.
Vernon Henry

A good scare is worth more
to a man than good advice.
Edgar Watson Howe

When peoples care for you
and cry for you, they can
straighten out your soul.
Langston Hughes

Experience is not what
happens to a man; it is what a man
does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley





Fear is a question. What are you afraid
of and why? Our fears are a treasure house
of self-knowledge if we explore them.
Marilyn French

The paradoxical - and tragic - situation
of man is that his conscience is
weakest when he needs it most.
Erich Fromm

In three words I can sum
up everything I know
about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

Play fair. Don't hit people.
Say you're sorry when
you hurt somebody.
Robert Fulghum

Bad excuses are worse than none.
Thomas Fuller

The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi

Money is like manure. You have
to spread it around or it smells.
J Paul Getty

An eye for an eye, and the
whole world would be blind.
Kahlil Gibran

The winds and the waves are always
on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward Gibbon

Those who weep recover more
quickly than those who smile.
Jean Giraudoux

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when
they're not so good, and sympathizes with
your problems when they're not so bad.
Arnold H Glasgow

We are told that people stay in love because
of chemistry, or because they remain
intrigued with each other, because of many

kindnesses, because of luck . . . But part of
it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.
Ellen Goodman

The porcupine, whom one
must handle gloved, may be
respected, but never loved.
Arthur Guiterman

The softest, freest, most pliable and
changeful living substance is the brain --
the hardest and most iron-bound as well.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Never completely encircle your enemy.
Leave him some escape, for he will fight
even more desperately if trapped.
Alex Haley

True merit, like a river, the deeper it
is, the less noise it makes. 
Edward F Halifax

Some persons talk simply because
they think sound is more
manageable than silence.
Margaret Halsey