Wisdom To Start The Day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Chris Ryser]

I was never ruined but twice;.....................................
once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
















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[Chris Ryser]

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

Elspeth Huxley








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[Chris Ryser]

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Carl Zwanzig








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[Chris Ryser]

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

Newton D. Baker










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[Chris Ryser]

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb





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[Chris Ryser]

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Orlando A. Battista







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[Chris Ryser]

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.

E. M. Cioran










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[Chris Ryser]

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

Anon.







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[Chris Ryser]

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Romain Rolland







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[Chris Ryser]

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

General George Patton









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[Chris Ryser]

He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.

Michel de Montaigne









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[Chris Ryser]

A lot of what appears to be progress is just so much technological rococo

Bill Grey






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[Chris Ryser]

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton






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[Chris Ryser]

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed..................................

but to those who have differed.

-Charles Caleb Colton







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[Chris Ryser]

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, .........................................

but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.

Anon.







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[Chris Ryser]

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Oliver Wendell Holmes









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[Chris Ryser]

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

Josh Billings






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[Chris Ryser]

Citius, Altius, Fortius Faster, Higher, Stronger

Father Didon was a friend of Baron Pierre de Coubertin who made this the Olympic Motto


Henri Martin Didon, The Olympic Motto









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[Chris Ryser]

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Charles De Gaulle










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[Chris Ryser]

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

Joseph Sugarman








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You can either ask for something to be done or say how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself!!!

[Chris Ryser]

Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Thomas Kempis






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[Chris Ryser]

Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot







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[Chris Ryser]

A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.

Marguerite Duras









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[Chris Ryser]

The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercised in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.

Samuel Johnson








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