By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50
—Bill Gates (b.1955) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
—James Baldwin (1924–87) American Novelist, Social Critic
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
The mind’s direction is more important than its progress.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.
—Italian Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
—Chinese Proverb
Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
—Jimmy Carter (b.1924) American Head of State, Military Leader
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
—Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) French Philosopher, Writer, Feminist
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together.
—Unknown
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Laws change; people die; the land remains.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
—Chinese Proverb
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!
—Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55) Danish Philosopher, Theologian
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige and even his life for the welfare of others.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
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