Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.
—Charles Kingsley (English Clergyman)
Occupation was one of the pleasures of paradise, and we cannot be happy without it.
—Anna Brownell Jameson
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
—Og Mandino
There is one fact that can be established. The only phenomenon which, always and in all parts of the world, seems to be linked with the appearance of writing
—Claude Levi-Strauss
When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.
—Euripides (Ancient Greek Dramatist)
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
—Peter McWilliams (American Author)
It doesn’t take great men to do things, but it is doing things that make men great.
—Arnold Glasow (American Businessman)
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
—Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (American Philanthropist)
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
—Minna Antrim
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.
—Margaret Fuller
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
—Shunryu Suzuki
The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we’re ready for it.
—Arnold Glasow (American Businessman)