Quotes of the day

"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway." John Wayne

"The highest result of education is tolerance." Hellen Keller

"We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do." Ethel Barrett

Quotes of the Day

In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness; do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown; and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings.

Sir George Savile, 'Advice to a Daughter,' 1688

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

 Pearl Buck US novelist in China (1892 - 1973)

I can resist anything but temptation.

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act I Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Good men must be affectionate men.

Samuel Richardson,English epistolary novelist (1689 - 1761)

Quote of the Day

Quotes of the day

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.  Ali bin Abu-Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب) (c. 600 - 661)

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.  Beverly Sills, US opera singer (1929 – )

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Quotes of the day

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

Diane Arbus US photographer (1923 - 1971)

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.

T. S. Eliot  British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965)

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse, 01-04-04 Canadian cartoonist (1947 – )

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.                                                                                                                                        Napoleon Hill (26 October 1883 – 8 November 1970) was an American author

Knowledge is understanding that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.           Pakistani Proverb

Nella vita - chi non risica - non rosica.  Literal translation: In life: who risks nothing - gains nothing           Italian Proverb

Quotes of the day

"He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying." 
Michel de Montaigne , French essayist (1533 - 1592)

"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."
(Chinese Proverb)

What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets, English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha