Doug Evelyn

Long-range planning works best in the short term.
- Doug Evelyn

Henry Miller

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.
- Henry Miller

L. L. Henderson

"Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't."
- L. L. Henderson

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

James Allen

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
- James Allen

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

William James

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”
- William James (1842 - 1910)

Virgil Goode

Only in the last week, South Carolina announced that it is seeking to become the U. S. center for hydrogen fuel cells, and BMW revealed that it will power some of its high-end model cars with hydrogen.
- Virgil Goode

Mae West

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
- Mae West

Josh Billings

A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself.
- Josh Billings

Frank A Clark

A baby is born with a need to be loved, and never outgrows it.
- Frank A Clark

Robert Byrne

Partying is such sweet sorrow.
- Robert Byrne

Voltaire

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- Voltaire

William Shakespeare

Absence from those we love is self from self, a deadly banishment.
- William Shakespeare

Blaise Pascal

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
- Blaise Pascal

Buddha

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
- Buddha

Tao Te Ching

The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world.
- Tao Te Ching

Plato

No human thing is of serious importance.
- Plato

Socrates

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
- Socrates

Stanislaus I of Poland

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
- Stanislaus I of Poland

Epictetus

Whoever does not regard what he has as most amply wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
- Epictetus

Tallulah Bankhead

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
- Tallulah Bankhead

Bob Proctor

Refuse to let your present results influence your thinking. Keep reminding yourself that you have a power within you that is superior to any condition or circumstance you may encounter enroute to your goal.
- Bob Proctor

Seneca

He has committed the crime who profits by it.
- Seneca

Anonymous

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
- Anonymous

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mark Twain

If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.
- Mark Twain