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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
I'd rather be a few pounds heavier and enjoy life than be worried all the time.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.
You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain
... she indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries.
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.
I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.
If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time.
Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.
As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
Judgement comes from experience, and great judgement comes from bad experience.
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.
When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.
A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.
People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
Never worry about bad press. All that matters is if they spell your name right.
Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry.
There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.
Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.