Friendships are fragile things, and require as much care and handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
~ Randolph S. BourneWe are told that Greece has the longest national anthem. Now we know why baseball never caught on there. They'd never get the game started.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
~ Josh BillingsPeople who do only what is required of them are, in a sense, slaves. Those who do more are free.
The best thing to hold onto in this world is each other.
People who admit they're wrong get a lot further than people who prove they are right.
~ Beryl PfizerIf an excuse is good enough, we call it reason.
The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether people do.
The best way to forget your problem is to help other people with theirs.
The greatest labor saving device for some people is tomorrow.
The weaker the argument, the stronger the words.
Almost all of our faults are more pardonable than the methods we think to hide them.
Anybody can "tell it like it is." What is vastly more difficult is to tell it like it should be.
We could all save ourselves a lot of words if we'd only remember that people rarely take advice unless they have to pay for it.
We credit our success to ourselves: our failures to fate.
If you have something of importance to say, please start at the end.
~ Sarah Jeanette DuncanI write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
~ Beryl PfizerWorry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.
~Corrie Ten BoomAn idea is only as good as its execution.
There isn't much thrill to success unless one has first been close to failure.
~ William FeatherIt never occurs to teenagers that someday they will know as little as their parents.
It's hard to stand still in life. If you are going forward, you may be going backward. Sometimes this movement is so subtle we're not aware of it.
It isn't enough to ask intelligent questions, you have to listen intelligently to the answers.
Advice is never appreciated, for if it turns out well, the recipients think it was their own idea; if it turns out badly, they eternally blame the giver.
~ Sydney HarrisPeople who don't learn how to live while making a living wind up being poorer than when they started - even if they make a lot of money.
To live a worthwhile life, you should know early on what you want written on your tombstone.
Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
It's hard to tell what brings happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over people is to beat them out of politeness.
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
Most of us don't know exactly what we want, but we are certain we don't have it.
TEN SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING ALONG BETTER WITH PEOPLE:
What we give, we usually get back. If we are friendly, we will have friends; if we are pleasant, others are more pleasant to us; if we are consistently kind, we invariably reap the harvest of that kindness.
About the time you get successful enough to eat anything you want, whenever you want, the doctor puts you on a diet.
It seems a little ridiculous now, but this country was originally founded as a protest against taxation.
All you have to do to be successful is follow the advice you give to others.
Life is a continual process of getting used to things we never expected.
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
~ Helen KellerIt is easier to fight for one's principals than to live up to them.
~ Alfred AdlerFew things help people more than placing responsibility upon them and letting them know that you trust them.
The best years of your life are when the kids are old enough to help shovel the snow but too young to drive a car.
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
No matter how old some people get, they never seem to lose their attractiveness. They merely move it from their faces to their hearts.
Some people are like good watches. They're pure gold, open faced, always on time, dependable, quietly busy, and full of good works.
It is a mark of intelligence, no matter what you are doing, to have a good time doing it.
Most of us can keep a secret. It's the people we tell it to who can't.
If a child trusts you, you must be a noble person.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them.
~ Lord ChesterfieldThe hardest thing to keep to yourself is an opinion.
Few things are accomplished without compromise.
People who do the least work usually need the most vacations.
All the animals, excepting man, know the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
~ Samuel ButlerA memorandum is often written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others.
~ Norman G. ShiddleIt is easy to be critical - the real test is to come up with constructive alternatives.
Laugh at yourself before anyone else can.
~ Elsa MaxwellGroup harmony is seldom achieved without personal sacrifice.
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
~ Ben FranklinComplacency is a blight that saps energy, dulls attitudes, and causes a drain on the brain.
You can't teach anything that will compare with example.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
~ Chinese ProverbIt's hard to tell only one lie. One lie seems to lead automatically to another.
Watch out for phony solutions: When you spot a quack, duck.
Of all of the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest of all are those who have not found something they want to do.
Some people are more turned on by money then they are by love. In one respect they are alike. They are both wonderful as long as they last.
~ Abigail Van BurenThe worst crime against working people is a company that fails to make a profit.
~ Samuel L GompersThe people most preoccupied with titles and status are usually the least deserving of them.
Rewards are anticlimactic - the fun is in the doing.
Success is doing what you want to do and making a living at it.
The best time to look for work is after you get the job.
Enthusiasm without knowledge is like running in the dark.
Good managers learn to share decisions with others even when they alone must accept responsibility for the results.
TEN MOST USED EXCUSES:
The higher you go the more dependent you become on others.
Any 20-year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40-year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.
~ Winston Churchill