"The camel never sees its own hump,
but its neighbour's is ever before its eyes"
Arab proverb
"We all want something for nothing, quickly,
and without having to pay for it"
Dostoyevski
"Think for yourself, and let others enjoy the privilege of doing the same"
Voltaire
"Wise men know everything;
shrewd men know everybody"
Anon
"Any idiot can face a crisis.
It is day-to-day living that wears you out"
Anton Chekhov
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact"
George Elliot
"Happiness is not getting what you want;
it is wanting what you have"
Andrew Clark
"The true art of memory is the art of attention"
Samuel Johnson
"You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough"
William Blake
"Wisdom is the reward you receive for a lifetime of listening when you'd rather have been talking."
Aristotle
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
Earnest Hemmingway
"Good judgement comes from experience -
well, that comes from poor judgement...."
A.A.Milne
"Self-love seems so often unrequited."
Anthony Powell
"There We are all here on earth to help others;
what on earth the others are here for I don't know"
W.H.Auden
"There is more to life
than increasing its speed"
Mahtma Gandhi
"Success is relative -
It is what we can make of the mess
we have made of things"
T .S.Eliot
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"In a consumer society
there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
the prisoners of addiction
and the prisoners of envy"
Ivan Illich
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"Technology is the knack of so arranging the world
that we don't have to experience it"
Max Finch
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"The art of being wise
is the art of knowing what to overlook"
William James
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"If you meet someone without a smile, give them one of yours"
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"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well"
Joe Ancis
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"There is no such thing as great talent without great willpower"
Honore De Balzac
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"If you meet someone without a smile, give them one of yours"
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"Keep your words sweet today: you may have to eat them tomorrow"
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"No one every got dizzy doing good turns"
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"Miracles can be made, but only by sweating"
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"The way employees treat customers often reflects the manner in which they are being treated by management"
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"IF IT CAN GO RRONG, IT WILL..."
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"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook"
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"Find your meaning in life first, and then work towards making a success of it"
- from a reader
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"One thing you can give but still keep is your word"
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"Never get so busy making a living that you forget to get a LIFE"
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"Motivation is the fuel that gives you the strength, character and commitment to keep going when the going gets tough"
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"There is not a right way to do a wrong thing"
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"Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret"
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"Nothing is more rewarding than to watch someone who says it can't be done get interrupted by someone actually doing it"
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"Lead by example, judge by results"
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"Son, your ability to jump to conclusions
is surpassed only by your ability
to jump to the wrong one"
- Tony Johns
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"Stuff happens"
- Donald Rumsfeld
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"The difficult we do straight away, the impossible takes slightly longer"
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"The best way to eliminate an enemy is to make him a friend"
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"Formal education gets you your first job; self education earns you a living"
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"Avoid shortcuts - they always take too much time in the long run"
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"Attentiveness is one of the greatest gifts you can give someone"
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"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are much easier to give up than bad ones"
Somerset Maugham
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"The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing"
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"There are those who make things happen, there are those who watch things happen, and there are those who wonder WHAT happened"
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"If you want something done, ask a busy person"
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"When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth"
George Bernard Shaw
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"Every person is self-made, but only the successful admit it"
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"If you are going through hell, keep going"
Winston Churchill
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HENRY FORD SAID:
"I asked my customers what they wanted - they said, a faster horse"
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THE SENILITY PRAYER:
"O Lord, grant me the SENILITY to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the GOOD FORTUNE to bump into the ones I do like,
and the EYESIGHT to tell the difference"
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique
- just like everybody else.
Margaret Mead
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If you want to be more successful,
help someone else be more successful
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It's a very special person who wants to hear
what he doesn’t want to hear
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If you keep doing what you're doing,
you'll keep getting what you're getting
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When you’re in a hole – stop digging…
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Don’t Assume – it makes an ASS of U & ME!
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Due to Financial Cutbacks, the Light at the end of the Tunnel will be switched off until further notice
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No-one ever got poor by giving away his friendship
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"Lord, grant me the SERENITY to accept what I cannot change,
the COURAGE to change the things I can,
and the WISDOM to know the difference"
Reinhold Niebuhr
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I wished for all things, that I might enjoy life, and was granted life that I might enjoy all things
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ABJURE OBFUSCATION
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Don't put your mouth into motion before your brain is in gear!
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Hospitality is making visitors feel at home, when you wish they were at home...
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