Peter C.

October 24th, 2007

Good manners are said to be the lubricant of social interaction. Saying “please” shows you respect someone, and saying “thank you” tells them you appreciate them.

(from I will change your life . com)

Chief Seattle

September 24th, 2007

Take only memories; leave nothing but footprints.

Madeline L’Engle

September 7th, 2007

You have to walk through the dark to get to the light. It’s not free.

Ralph W. Sockman

August 19th, 2007

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Thomas Jefferson

August 18th, 2007

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

James Thurber

June 29th, 2007

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

June 23rd, 2007

Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly…
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.

Thomas J. Watson

June 23rd, 2007

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

William Strong

June 23rd, 2007

The only time you don’t fail is the last time you try anything — and it works.

Vince Lombardi

June 23rd, 2007

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Rabindranath Tagore

June 23rd, 2007

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.

Winston Churchill

June 23rd, 2007

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

David Brink

June 23rd, 2007

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

Bo Bennett

June 23rd, 2007

It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.

Leo Tolstoy

June 23rd, 2007

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

-War and Peace