People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. (Warren Bennis)
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out. (Nick Richardson)
Fish and visitors smell in three days. (Benjamin Franklin)
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. (Eugene Ionesco)
I hate music, especially when it's played. (Jimmy Durante)
The graveyards are full of indispensable men. (Charles De Gaulle)
All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises. (Henry Clay)
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. (Amos Bronson Alcott)
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. (Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh)
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. (Hermann Hesse)
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. (Joe Paterno)
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind. (Thales)
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. (Danish proverb)
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. (George Carlin)
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp. (La Rochefoucauld)
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations--such is a pleasure beyond compare. (Kenko Yoshida)
Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die. (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give Him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered. (Nancy Parker Brummett)
Courage is not the towering oak That sees storms come and go It is the fragile blossom That opens in the snow. (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. (George Eliot)