I had a lot of quotes this past month, 139 of them. Here are some of my favorites from June. As always, you can find the full list posted on the Quotes Page.
ADVERSITY:
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the
pugilist; it reduces him to his fighting weight. Josh Billings
ANSWERS:
Someone, somewhere has to have a better answer. Jack Welch
ATHEISM:
There are no gods, no purposes, no goal-directed forces of any kind.
There is no life after death. When I die, I am absolutely certain that I am
going to be dead. That’s the end for me. There is no ultimate foundation for
ethics, no ultimate meaning to life, and no free will for humans, either. William B. Provine, professor of
Biological Sciences, Cornell University
BOOKS:
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in
my library are books that other folks have lent me. Anatole Francois Thibault
CHANGE:
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we
harden. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
CHARACTER:
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
CRITICISM:
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. Abraham Lincoln
DETERMINATION: Always bear in mind that your own
resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln
ENEMIES:
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them. Abraham Lincoln
FAITH: Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences. Kirsopp Lake, New
FAILURE TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE: Human beings, who are almost unqiue in
having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable
for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams
FAILURE TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE: One never believes other people’s
experience, and one is only very gradually convinced by one’s own. Vita
Sackville-West
FAILURE TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE: Experience enables you to
recognize a mistake when you make it again. Franklin P. Jones.
FEAR:
We must travel in the direction of our fear. John Berryman
GROWTH:
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
LIFE:
life is a long lesson in humility.
James Barrie
OPPORTUNITIES, MISSED: Alas for those who never sing, but die
with all their music in them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
OPPOSITION: Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake
of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson
POLITICS:
If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to
politics and learn. John Billings
REALITY:
Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It
is not neat, not obvious and not what you expect… Reality, in fact, is usually
something you could not have guessed. C.S. Lewis
WOMEN:
Women have for centuries been recognized as talented listeners, nurturers,
motivators, excellent communicators. These very qualities that we once were
told were unbusinesslike are precisely the qualities that business needs most
to tap human potential. Mary
Cunningham Agee
Brian Rice
