Jim Rohn

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself."
- Jim Rohn

Hippolyte Taine

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
- Hippolyte Taine

Latvian Proverb

Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
- Latvian Proverb

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet.
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Jean Baudrillard

The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.
- Jean Baudrillard

Jacques Torres

Life is short. Eat dessert first.
- Jacques Torres

Alec Baldwin

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
- Alec Baldwin

Neil Gaiman

"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."
- Neil Gaiman

Dr. Joyce Brothers

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."
- Dr. Joyce Brothers

Ansel Adams

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
- Ansel Adams

Albert Einstein

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
- Albert Einstein

Japanese Proverb

Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into sand.
- Japanese Proverb

Father Larry Lorenzoni

"The average person thinks he isn't."
- Father Larry Lorenzoni

Stan Smith

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
- Stan Smith

Zig Ziglar

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?
- Zig Ziglar

W. Clement Stone

We have a problem. Congratulations. But it's a tough problem. Then double congratulations.
- W. Clement Stone

Rick Steves

“Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.”
- Rick Steves

Og Mandingo

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.
- Og Mandingo

Arthur Miller

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
- Arthur Miller

The Talmud

If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.
- The Talmud

Bill Watterson

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
- Bill Watterson

Buddhist Quote

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life, foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
- Buddhist Quote

Agatha Christie

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that.
- Agatha Christie

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all management of human affairs.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Clive Barnes

“Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. ”
- Clive Barnes (1927 - 2007)

Lillian Hellman

"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth."
- Lillian Hellman

Neil Gaiman

Life is a disease, sexually transmitted and fatal.
- Neil Gaiman

Claud Cockburn

"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied."
- Claud Cockburn

Henry David Thoreau

Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
- Henry David Thoreau

Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Twain

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
- Mark Twain