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"Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much"
Erich Fromm, Psychologist
"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling"
Margaret Lee Runbeck, Author
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre"
Gail Godwin, Novelist
"Character matters; leadership descends from character"
Rush Limbaugh, Entertainer
"This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it"
Elmer Davis, Journalist
"You're never a loser until you quit trying"
Mike Ditka, Coach
"This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great. But it's very predictable. There's so many ways you can screw it up"
Paul Castellano, Criminal
"A husband is what's left of a sweetheart after the nerve has been killed"
Lou Costello, Comedian
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him"
Forrest Tucker, Actor
"Honor is simply the morality of superior men"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
"Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
"Become a fixer, not just a fixture"
Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author
"Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
"He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian"
Woody Allen, Director
"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15"
Ronald Reagan, President
"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
"The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share"
Roy L. Smith, Clergyman
"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree"
Roy L. Smith, Clergyman
"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do"
Olin Miller, Writer
"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river"
Ross Perot, Businessman
"They'll take everything, even your tears"
George Foreman, Athlete
"In politics, an organized minority is a political majority"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"
William James, Philosopher
"The best way to predict the future is to create it"
Peter Drucker, Businessman
"There are no gains without pains"
Adlai Stevenson, Politician
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others"
Don Shula, Coach
"Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher"
Maggie Gallagher, Writer
"A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused"
Shirley MacLaine, Actress
"I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens"
E. B. White, Writer
"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them"
Dean Rusk, Diplomat
"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity"
Michael Porter, Educator
"You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution"
Robert F. Kennedy, Politician
"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds"
Larry Bird, Coach
"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
"Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it"
Mark Twain, Author
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
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