He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Benjamin Franklin
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Benjamin Franklin
A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
Source Unknown
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
J. Bartlett Brebner
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
Oscar Wilde
There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their faults.
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- but if everything is ventured, and still nothing gained, give up and venture elsewhere.
Peter Wastholm
Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken s*hit from chicken salad.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don't even have to exaggerate.
Will Rogers
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny
Heraclitus
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another, but above all try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.
Lisa Kirk
An executive is someone who talks with visitors so the other employees can get their work done.
Source Unknown
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt Gingrich
Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.
Jean Paul
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.
George Herbert
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.
Eric Bently
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won t, you most assuredly won t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Denis Waitley
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.
Warren Bennis
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.
Proverb
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.
Thomas Carlyle
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