"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness,
and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not
balanced by sadness."

-- Carl Jung

"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your
opinions and content with your knowledge."

-- Elbert Hubbard

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm
spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever,
even if your whole world seems upset."

-- Saint Francis de Sales

"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to
notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer
thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted."

-- Garrison Keillor

"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything
in, you won't get anything out."

-- W.C. Handy

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is
created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient
effort is needed to develop good character."

-- Heraclitus

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been
discovered."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all
different in the way we perceive the world and use this
understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

-- Tony Robbins

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't
adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

-- Confucius

"It is more important to know where you are going than to get
there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement."

-- Mabel Newcomber

"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are
willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try
something new."

-- Brian Tracy

"The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way."

-- African Proverb

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,
just as much to stand up to our friends."

-- Dumbledore

"So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too
serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we
are doing every day, only in a different way."

-- Will Rogers

Strength is happiness. Strength is itself victory. In
weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a
struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of
the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to
struggle is proof of your victory as a human being."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

"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

"Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not
following through. That's harsh. Telling some guy or some girl
who've got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is
a kindness."

-- Simon Cowell

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."

-- E E. Cummings

"Work is the basis of living. I'll never retire. A man'll rust
out quicker than he'll wear out."

-- Harland Sanders

"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself,
you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not
know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and
lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you
will be imperiled in every single battle."

-- Sun Tzu

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun
dial in the shade?"

-- Benjamin Franklin

"Only those who are asleep make no mistakes."

-- Ingvar Kamprad

"To control and sort young people for the sake of
institutional efficiency is to crush the human spirit."

-- Ron Miller