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Quotes, inspiration, humor One may be better than his reputation, but never better than his principles. - Nicholas V. deLatena If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested. - Richard L Evans Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. - Theordore N. Vail Whoever said, don't make waves, was evidently not a surfer. Your destination is determined by the road you choose to travel. You cannot consistenly perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself - Dr. Joyce Brothers Failure is an event - not a person. To get what you want, give others what they need. - Michael Bryant It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it. - Lena Horne Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. - H. Jackson Brown You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels. - Merry Browne The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. - John Ruskin Many receive advice, but only the wise profit from it. - Syrus When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are. - R. H. Grant Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. - C. W. Ceran A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Gagehot It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden When you cease to dream, you cease to live. - Malcolm Forbes Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. If every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair, Despair is for those who expect to live forever. I no longer do. Erica Jong Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties. Gail Sheehy If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. If there is something you want to do, don't wait until you can do it good. Do it now, badly, if necessary. Good will come in its own time. L. Herren Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. And also help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be connected to the ass I have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100 at work - 12 on Monday, 23 on Tuesday, 40 on Wednesday, 20 on Thursday and 5 on Fridays. Help me to remember when I am having a really bad day and it seems that people are trying to piss me off that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me. We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge If your trials are hotter than those of your companions, remember, it takes the hottest flame to temper the strongest steel. You paid with your life to become what you are today. If you are not happy with your purchase, you can change. Things will probably come out all right, but sometimes it takes strong nerves just to watch. Hedley Donovan There is nothing wrong with making mistakes - just don't respond with encores. The Christian Athlete If you think no one cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Earl Wilson The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt I'm proud to be paying taxes in the U. S. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money. Arthur Godfrey You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fulness of your joy and in your days of abundance. Kihlil Gibran The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell The surest way to go broke is to sit around waiting for a break. Unknown If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother Teresa The fear of death keeps us from living, not from dying. Paul C. Roud Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. Abigail Van Buren God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December. James M Barrie If I don't ask " Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask " Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters. Arthur Ashe Instead of complaining about the thorns on the roses, be thankful for the roses on the thorns.
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