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August 2005 Quotes

Never be haughty to the humble
or humble to the haughty.
Jefferson Davis

Only the gentle are ever really strong.
James Dean

Vengeance is not the point; change is.
But the trouble is that in most [people's]
minds the thought of victory and the
thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
Barbara Deming

He who confers a favor should at once
forget it, if he is not to show a sordid
ungenerous spirit. To remind a man
of a kindness conferred and to talk of it,
is little different from reproach.
Demosthenes

Think twice before burdening
a friend with a secret.
Marlene Dietrich

You may not realize it when it happens,
but a kick in the teeth may be
the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney

The magic of first love is our ignorance
that it can never end.
Benjamin Disraeli

The most important thing in communication
is to hear what isn't being said.
Peter Drucker




Real generosity is doing something nice
for someone who will never find out.
Frank A Clark

There is a special sadness in achievement,
in the knowledge that a long-desired goal
has been attained at last, and that life must
now be shaped toward new ends.
Arthur C Clarke

You show people what you're willing
to fight for when you fight your friends.
Hilary Rodham Clinton

As no roads are so rough as those
that have just been mended, so no
sinners are so intolerant as those
that have just turned saints.
Charles Caleb Colton

I hear and I forget. I see
and I remember. I do
and I understand.
Confucius

Success is knowing the difference
between cornering people and
getting them in your corner.
Bill Copeland

Success is knowing the difference
between cornering people and
getting them in your corner.
Bill Copeland

Every closed eye is not sleeping,
and every open eye is not seeing.
Bill Cosby

Knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much; Wisdom is humble
that he knows no more.
William Cowper

Parents are often so busy with the
physical rearing of children that they miss
the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur
of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
Marcelene Cox

When you realize you want to spend
the rest of your life with somebody,
you want the rest of your life
to start as soon as possible.
Billy Crystal

Worldly fame is but a breath of
wind that blows now this way,
and now that, and changes name
as it changes direction.
Dante