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

[Chris Ryser]

"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; .........................................







he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."

Chinese Proverb



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[Chris Ryser]

"I find that a man is as old as his work. .................................













If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work."

William Ernest Hocking, Wisdom for Our Time








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[Chris Ryser]

He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, ................................





is as guilty as the wrongdoers.

American Indian Proverb, Omaha



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[Chris Ryser]

"I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. .........................................






When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser."

Charles M. Schwab






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[Chris Ryser]

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. ..............................














The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Ralph W. Sockman




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[Chris Ryser]

"The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- .........................



then make money with money -- .............................................




then make lots of money with lots of money."

Paul Erdman





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[Chris Ryser]

"Ideas pull the trigger,..............................................







but instinct loads the gun."

Don Marquis, The Almost Perfect State




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[Chris Ryser]

False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. .......................................







Right ideals must take up the battle against them.

Franz Werfel




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[Chris Ryser]

"Teachers open the door, .............................................







but you must enter by yourself."

Chinese Proverb





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[Chris Ryser]

"Education is what survives ...............................................







when what has been learned has been forgotten."

B. F. Skinner




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[Chris Ryser]

"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence................................................ .







This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."

[Chris Ryser]

Great minds discuss ideas,............................................


average minds discuss events, ...................................


small minds discuss people.

Hyman Rickover, "The World of the Uneducated",





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[Chris Ryser]

There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: ................................................







to touch words and have them touch you back.

Jim Fiebig





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[Chris Ryser]

"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, ....................................................








you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. "

Lee Iacocca




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[Chris Ryser]

"Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, ........................................












but most are jacks."

Laura Swenson



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[dary]

If you don't know where you want to go, any road will ake you there."Alice in Wondreland"

[Chris Ryser]

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance ......................................................







but disappear when you get up close to them.

John Shirley



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[dary]

These are 2 my favourites:

'Being yourself is at the start of every choice.'

And the other one:

'TODAY is the firs day of the rest of your life- ENJOY it!'
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[Chris Ryser]

Reality is merely an illusion, ............................................
















albeit a persistent one.

Albert Einstein




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[Chris Ryser]

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, .........................................







and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Samuel Johnson, The astronomer, in The History of Rasselas, ch. 41, 1759



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[Chris Ryser]

When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. .......................................










Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Hugh White

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[Chris Ryser]

"The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back.







I don't need jackhammers and atom bomb to get in when I can walk through the door."

Anon.



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[Chris Ryser]

"He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights ...........................................






cannot earn the respect of others."

René G. Torres




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[Chris Ryser]

Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated,..........................




the ignorant, ...............................





and the boorish.

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Bk. VII



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[Chris Ryser]

"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, ................................................







but every possible word, must conform."

Bertrand Russell



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