Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Elbert Hubbard

He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.
- Elbert Hubbard

Dorothea Brande

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."
- Dorothea Brande

Winston Churchill

I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
- Winston Churchill

John Kenneth Galbraith

More die in the United States from too much food than from too little.
- John Kenneth Galbraith

Ronald Reagan

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
- Ronald Reagan

Bo Lozoff

"It is not service but altruism that makes us happy."
- Bo Lozoff

C. S. Lewis

100 per cent of us die, and the percentage cannot be increased.
- C. S. Lewis

Epicurus

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you have was once among the things only hoped for.
- Epicurus

Emo Philips

Back in high school, my buddies tried to put the make on anything that moved. I told them, "Why limit yourselves?"
- Emo Philips

Linus Torvalds

The Linux philosophy is Laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong One. Do it yourself. Yes, thats it.
- Linus Torvalds

Wernher Von Braun

It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.
- Wernher Von Braun

Georg C. Lichtenberg

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Georg Hegel

We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
- Georg Hegel

The Talmud

Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
- The Talmud

Soren Kierkegaard

"The greatest danger, that of losing one's own self, may pass off as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, that of an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc., is sure to be noticed."
- Soren Kierkegaard

Casey Stengel

"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
- Casey Stengel

Henry Ford

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
- Henry Ford

Marcel Archard

Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
- Marcel Archard

Iris Murdoch

"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
- Iris Murdoch

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
- Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

William Feather

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."
- William Feather

H. L. Mencken

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
- H. L. Mencken

Peter F. Drucker

The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
- Peter F. Drucker

Nora Ephron

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
- Nora Ephron

Katherine Mansfield

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.
- Katherine Mansfield

Franklin D. Roosevelt

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Anonymous

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
- Anonymous

Oscar Wilde

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
- Oscar Wilde

Mark Twain

If you’re looking for friends when you need them…it’s too late.
- Mark Twain