"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor." Elizabeth I

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt

"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 H. White

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes." Anonymous

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." Walter Winchell

"You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." Anonymous

"The best things in life aren't things." Art Buchwald

"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something." Plato

"There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake." Robert Fripp

"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."  Anonymous

"Never argue; repeat your assertion." Robert Owen

"When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful." Bill Blackman

"Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans." Anonymous

"In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."  Theodore Roosevelt

"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it." Danny Kaye

"Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings." Ralph Blum

"The wind of anger blows out the lamp of intelligence." Unknown

"Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up." Brigham Young

"Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret." Laurence J. Peter

"It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you." Robert A. Cook

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." Oscar Wilde

"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull." W. Somerset Maugham

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." Benjamin Franklin

"Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes." Unknown

"After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done." Unknown

"All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date." Unknown

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