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January 2005 Quotes

No one has a finer command of
language than the person
who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn




A man who works with his hands is
a laborer; a man who works with
his hands and his brain is a craftsman;
but a man who works with his hands and
his brain and his heart is an artist.
Louis Nizer

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a
function of verbal intelligence; humor
is imagination operating on good nature.
Peggy Noonan

Relationships help us define who we
are and what we can become.
Most of us can trace our successes
to pivotal relationships.
Paula Nelson

Kind words do not cost much.
Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise Pascal

Success is never final.
Failure is never fatal.
Joe Paterno

A good plan today is better
than a perfect plan tomorrow.
Gen George Patton

Make three correct guesses
consecutively and you will establish
a reputation as an expert.
Laurence Peter

A fact is like a sack --it won't
stand up if it's empty. To make
it stand up, first you have to put
in it all the reasons and feelings
that caused it in the first place.
Luigi Pirandello

To be angry is to revenge the
faults of others on ourselves.
Alexander Pope

No act of kindness is wasted.
William Purkey

Not to be cheered by praise, not
to be grieved by blame, but to
know thoroughly one's own virtues
or powers are the characteristics
of an excellent man.
Satchel Paige

I don't like people who have never fallen
or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and
it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed
its beauty to them.
Boris Pasternak

In the field of observation,
chance favors the
prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

There is so much hate among people, so
much contempt inside people who'd like
you to think they're moral, that they have
to hire prizefighters to do their hating
for them. And we do. We get into a ring
and act out other people's hates.
Floyd Patterson

Learning music by
reading about it is like
making love by mail.
Luciano Pavarotti

Something in human nature causes
us to start slacking off at our moment
of greatest accomplishment. As you
become successful, you will need a
great deal of self-discipline not to
lose your sense of balance, humility,
and commitment.
H Ross Perot

The trouble with most of us
is that we would rather be
ruined by praise than
saved by criticism.
Norman Vincent Peale

Truth is like the sun.
You can shut it out for a time,
but it ain't goin' away.
Elvis Presley

Each day do something outrageous to stretch
your mind and broaden your horizons, to
change the present and help someone become
something more than they were before-
and that someone might be you.
Harry Quadracci

You may have the loftiest goals, the
highest ideals, the noblest dreams,
but remember this,
nothing works unless you do.
Nido Qubein

The secret of happy marriage is simple:
Just keep on being as polite to one another
as you are to your best friends.
Robert Quillen

Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
Sir Walter Raleigh