To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. (Theodore Harold White)
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. (F. M. Hubbard)
Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come. (Aristotle)
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence ... too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. (Thomas Jefferson)
All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke)
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him 'Whose' (Don Marquis)
Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement. (Susan S. Taylor)
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. (Doug Larson)
History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen. (Enoch Powell)
Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. (Gene Fowler)
I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America ever violated an order-not one. (Oliver L. North)
The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it. (Sir Walter Raleigh)
The scars of others should teach us caution. (Saint Jerome)
One cannot both feast and become rich. (Ashanti Proverb)
Delay always breeds danger. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo. (Robert Byrne)
Work hard, live cheap, and save your money. (Edward C. Moroney, Jr.)
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them. (Bertrand Russell)
Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place. (Hal Lancaster)
May you always live in interesting times. (Chinese Curse)