Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Author: James Buckham
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
Author: Charles Du Bos
The most damaging phrase in the language is: "It's always been done that way.
Author: Grace Hopper
Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.
Author: Russell W. Davenport
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
Author: Arthur James Balfour
I know a lot of people without brains who do an awful lot of talking.
Author: Scarecrow
Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.
Author: Thomas H. Huxley
The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
Author: Albert Einstein
An exercise in concentration: Once a week, ask yourself: Is this thing I’ am doing right now helping me reach my chief goal? If it’s not change it.
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The shortest path to world peace is world trade. The shortest path to domestic peace and marital peace is communications.
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The ultimate wisdom and ambition: to be happy at home.
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Since our happiness depends on the character of our thoughts, away forever with all negatives. It requires effort to keep positive, but anything that doesn’t take effort isn’t worth having.
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Weigh twice what you can only decide once. Caution is wisdom’s elder sister. Measure twice before you saw once. Take a second look. It costs nothing.
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We find comfort in those who agree with us, but growth in those who don’t agree.
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No matter how small your income, if you save regularly, you’ll almost certainly become independent. No matter how large your income, if you don’t save regularly, you almost certainly won’t.
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To get things done, be committee of one.
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That old-fashioned golden rule is still the best rule fro living a rich, full life. Life is a slow process of learning the golden rule, the basis of the 45 greatest religious.
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit sweet – sometimes a fortune builder.
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Learning only from our own experience is like learning the traffic rules by accident.
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Heed women. They’re smarter than men. They know less, but understand more.
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Opportunities when seized, multiply; when neglect vanish.
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Every day drive yourself to do something difficult.
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To feel brave and cheerful, act brave and cheerful. Feeling will follow.
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Find a job for your hands and your nerves will find a job for themselves.
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Personality can open doors; only character can keep them open.
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Our children more attention pay, to what we do, than what we say. Training by example is easy and fast; by explaining long and difficult.
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We never grow old. We get old when we stop growing. Keeping useful keeps us youthful.
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Yard by yard, all tasks are hard; inch by inch, they’re all cinch.
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Few women and fewer men, have enough character and patience to be happy when idle. Happiness is activity. Nature puts her curse on idleness. An idle brain is the devil’s playground.
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Success is heavy burden, but not as heavy as failure.
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All obstacles are power generators.
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At first sight, wise sayings seem monotonous, dull reading. But persist. They’ll become more thrilling than golf, fishing, or ordinary reading.
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We all get good and bad breaks. What we do with them decides our fate.
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One thought might convert a stumbling block into a stepping stone.
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By nature, man is raw and wild. To be useful he must be disciplined. Without discipline all of us are mere children – at best adolescents.
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Life’s royal crown jewels: health and peace of mind. Treat them royally.
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Only by falling in love with our work will it bestow on us its richest blessings.
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Get your happiness out of your work or you’ll never know what the happiness is.
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To leave footprints on the sands of time, wear work shoes.
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Not what we stand for but what we fall for is the true test of strength.
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