Haste is good only in catching fleas. Alla Yaroshinskaya
Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. Virginia Burden
Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. Robert G. Allen
Celebrities seek fame. They take actions to get attention. Heroes have risked something to help others. Their actions involve courage. James Bradley
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut
What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end. Warren Buffett
The great advantage of telling the truth is that one's so much more likely to sound convincing. Susan Howatch
People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it. William Raspberry
Heroes and winners aren't the same thing. Michael Kevin Farrell
We love because it is the only true adventure. Nikki Giovanni
Misers are no fun to live with, but they make great ancestors. Tom Snyder
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. Jimmy Buffett
Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. Cavett Robert
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. John Irving
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can contently laugh at himself does not. Vaclav Havel
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. Annette Funicello
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their carvings. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Reverence for the past is important, but so is regard for the future. Brad Herzog
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Malachy McCourt
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. Malcolm S. Forbes
The human body was designed to walk, run, or stop; it wasn't built for coasting. Cullen Hightower
To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet. J.C. Watts
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year. Victor Borge
Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemingway
Hope is a good thing- maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies. Stephen King
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. Linda Ellerbee
Talent is the gift plus the passion � a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. Neil Simon
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. Bryan White
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life. Bern Williams
Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute. Jonathan Kellerman
A common enemy does not a true friendship make. Richard Stengel
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore
Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. Philip Gulley
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong
It take considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Thomas Sowell
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. Spencer Johnson
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. Madame de Stael
If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too. Sue Grafton
The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself. Steve Martin
If you have but one wish, let it be for an idea. Percy Sutton
Half the harm that is done in the world is due to people who want to feel important. T.S. Eliot
Nobody minds having what is too good for them. Jane Austin
An ego trip is something that never gets you anywhere. Suzan L. Wiener
Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. Garrison Keillor
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy
When you don't know what you want, you often end up where you don't want to be. Bob Greene
The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment. Ruth Brown
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J.K. Rowling
Better to be forgotten than sued. Dave Weinbaum
Real communication happens when people feel safe. Ken Blanchard
Always buy a good bed and a good pair of shoes. When you're not in one, you're in the other. Gloria Hunniford
Evil isn't a cosmological riddle, only just selfish human behavior. Joyce Carol Oates
The only way you can truly control how you're seen is by being honest all the time. Tom Hanks
Let the wind blow through your hair while you still have some. Dave Weinbaum
Freedom to be your best means nothing unless you're willing to do your best. Colin Powell
Mobile phones are the only subject on which men boast about who's got the smallest. Neil Kinnock
Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply the enjoyment of similarities. James L. Fredericks
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. Cherie Carter-Scott
I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament. Alanis Morissette
Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results. Jerry Flint
Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want. Robert Bringle
Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story. Don Snyder
A truly great person is the one who gives you a chance. Paul Duffy
The Ten Commandments aren't prefaced with "If you're in the mood." Laura Schlessinger
In a courtroom, whoever tells the best story wins. From Amistad
When we forgive, we free ourselves from the bitter ties that bind us to the one who hurt us. Claire Frazier-Yzaguirre
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. Charles Sykes
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Maybe the biggest problem with lonliness is that we walk around thinking we're the only ones suffering from it. Jeanne Marie Laskas
Three groups tend to spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. Dick Armey
Guilt is glorious when it's well earned. Alice McDermott
The trick to eating crow is to pretend it tastes good. William Safire
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Jane Wagner
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard
Being truthful, when you know it will cost you, is the true test of honesty. Dave Weinbaum
You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create. Mike Murdock
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. Marianne Williamson
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers. Anonymous
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Mike Krzyzewski
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have. Leigh Steinberg
The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends. Gwyneth Paltrow
You can't have everything. Where would you put it? Steven Wright
When you build bridges you can keep crossing them. Rick Pitino
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be considered legally dead. Erma Bombeck
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, but the work you put in the hours. Sam Ewing
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Arthur Golden
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. P.D. James
A house divided makes for interesting dinner conversation. Jeanne Wagner
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history � with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequilas. Mitch Ratcliffe
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. Katie Couric
Worry lives a long way from rational thought. Mary Roach
Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist. Jesse Ventura
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. Billy Joel
It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper. Gail Carson Levine
We need a spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together. If we have no sense of community, the American dream with wither. Bill Clinton
Honesty is probably the sexiest thing a man can give to a woman. Debra Messing
Bed is like a womb, only drier and with better TV reception. Linda Richman
The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger. The Dalai Lama
It would be great if people never got angry at someone for doing something they've done themselves. Rodney Dangerfield
Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't. Natalie Babbit
In life we make the best mistakes we know how to make. Then, with lucky, we go out and make new ones. Joan Oliver Goldsmith
The squeaky wheel may get the oil, but it's also the first to be replaced. Marilyn Vos Savant
Live out your imagination, not your history. Stephen R. Covey
It is good to be spontaneous, it is good to be thorough, it is good to have something that inspires you. Paul McCartney
Chaos in the midst of chaos is not funny, but chaos in the midst of order if funny. Steve Martin
Work is a slice of your life. It's not the whole pizza. Jacquelyn Mitchard
Nothing tests your ethics like selling a used car. Linda Holland
God made man because He loves stories. Elie Wiesel
When you're in love, it's the most glorious two-and-a-half minutes of your life. Richard Lewis
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. Martina Navratilova
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. Arthur Hays Sulzberger
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Umberto Eco
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. Donald H. Rumsfeld
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. Katherine Paterson
There's no thief like a bad movie. Sam Ewing
It takes more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. Jimmy Buffett
Smoking means always having to say you're sorry. Tom Ferguson
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. Tom Peters
