February 26, 2010

Quotes 2/26/10

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
Yakov Smirnoff

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
Hesiod

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
Judy Garland

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company
George Washington

February 17, 2010

Quotes 2/17/10

A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams

Even the wisest counsel is useless when it is unheeded.
Stephanie Barron

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Marilyn vos Savant

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
Les Brown

I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.
Thomas Alva Edison

February 5, 2010

Quotes 2/5/10

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Horace Greeley

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Charles Lindbergh

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce

When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.
Henry J Kaiser