QUOTES I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken Not failure, but low aim, is a crime. James Russel Lowell The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. Plutarch The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. John F. Kennedy What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. Louis L. Mann The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Lloyd Jones I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas A. Edison The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward Maybe this world is another planet's hell. Aldous Huxley Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction. Unknown Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. African Proverb If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. Steven Covey Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present. Bill Keane All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw You see things and say, 'Why?', but I dream things and say, 'Why not?' George Bernard Shaw Truth is not determined by majority vote. Doug Gwyn The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Bertrand Russel It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese Proverb If there is no wind, row. Latin Proverb I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. Anne Frank To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back. Unknown The man who rows the boat generally doesn't have time to rock it. Unknown It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to. Walter Linn The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousnad things well. Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford, English author (1717-1797) A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. Martin Luther King Jr.(1929-1968) Care and diligence bring luck. Thomas Fuller If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -- James Hillman Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Unknown How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver (1864-1943) The greatest wealth is to live content with little. Plato Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. Zen saying If you put a small value upon youself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Unknown The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. Plutarch The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Lloyd Jones The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader Maybe this world is another planet's hell. Aldous Huxley Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction. Unknown Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present. Bill Keane All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw You see things and say, 'Why?', but I dream things and say, 'Why not?' George Bernard Shaw Truth is not determined by majority vote. Doug Gwyn The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Bertrand Russel It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese Proverb If there is no wind, row. Latin Proverb I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. Anne Frank To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back. Unknown The man who rows the boat generally doesn't have time to rock it. Unknown It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to. Walter Linn The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford, English author (1717-1797) A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. Martin Luther King Jr.(1929-1968) Care and diligence bring luck. Thomas Fuller Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Unknown How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver (1864-1943) The greatest wealth is to live content with little. Plato Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. Zen saying If you put a small value upon youself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Unknown When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us. -- Alexander Graham Bell Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. --- Eleanor Roosevelt Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others. --- Ebert Hubbard I am no longer afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my own ship. --- Louisa May Alcott Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. --- Anonymous Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -- Gandhi Your current safe boundries were once unknown frontiers. -- Unknown You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. -- James Oppenheim Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them, but do not let them master you. The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. -- Helen Keller The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it. -- Blood of the Martyr Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. -- Unknown Bite off more than you can chew and then chew like hell. -- Peter Brock The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. -- Thomas Jefferson A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. -- Alexander Solzenitsyn When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. -- Jim Rohn Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. -- Jim Rohn The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. -- Plutarch Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. -- John Wooden I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. -- Thomas A. Edison The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -- William Arthur Ward Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction. -- Unknown Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. -- African Proverb If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. -- Steven Covey