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Words of Wisdom - QuotesIf you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. Do not complain about life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best, it is impartial. Lion of Macedon Within their own sex, men bond more easily than women, but women bond more effectively. At a gathering, men will invite a stranger they've just met to play football with them, but women won't ask an acquaintance to shop with them. Those men will, at most, remain football buddies. But women will always have someone to go to the bathroom with. What Men Learn From The Women They Love, Her World, Dec 97 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Man is least himself when he is in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth. Penguin Plays Art is a gift, and should be used, not to recreate what you see, but to recreate what you imagine. Do unto others, then get away fast! Everything costs something. The only question is the price and how you have to pay it. Be a friend to yourself; then others will. Once you have tasted the secrets, you will have a strong desire to understand them. Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil. Depression is unfocused self-pity. Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. There are two ways to slip easily through life...one is to believe everything and the other is to doubt everything. Either one will allow you to go through life without thinking. The study of law is to learn how not to get into trouble with it. All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles. Joan Lunden's Healthy Living You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Some lemmings stay behind. Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite. All great truths begin as blasphemies. Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable. It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be. You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live now. Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think. Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do but it won't get you anywhere. There is only one serious conviction that man should have, and that is that nothing should be taken too seriously. What makes information a powerful tool is that others don't have it. No matter how difficult the road, some will pull ahead. No matter how easy the road, some will fall behind. Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down. Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. The strength of women is the facade of weakness, the weakness of men is the facade of strength. It is said that for money you can have everything, but you cannot. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; knowledge but not wisdom; glitter, but not beauty; fun, but not joy; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; leisure, but not peace. You can have the husk of everything for money, but not the kernel. There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. Manhood of Humanity I don't rent space to anyone in my head. Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees. The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all. It is better to have people think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. Character is much easier kept than recovered. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us we'd be millionaires. |
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