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1 Calmness and tolerance act like air-conditioning in a room; theyincrease man's efficiency.

2 It is better to make use of a chance to change rather than try tochange your chances.

3 We all must face problems, but it is how you face them that count.

4 If a man is unable to wipe out his own tendency to anger, how can hecriticize anyone for the lack of ability in controlling themselves.

5 The fool wants others to see him; the wise man smiles in theaudience.

6 Silence is not only the absence of sound but also stillness of themind.

7 Once you get used to doing nothing, you find that there is no timeleft to become busy.

8 If i enjoy praise, it means I can be easily hurt by defamation.

9 Even though you cannot change time, realise it is time for you tochange.

10 The more you look for defects in others, the more you will becomeaffected. Weaknesses are contagious.

11 The greatest service is to share with others the joys of living.

12 Only when you accept the rules of freedom can you call yourself free.

13 The quality of our thoughts determines our own personal degree of

happiness.14 If your mind is caught in bondages and problems of the past, you willnot experience the joys of the present.

15 Some people never mature because of a fear of aging, and somebecause they refuse to accept responsibility.

16 If I cling to the past, the present becomes difficult and the futureseems impossible.

17 Why try to prove yourself? Let others learn sense through yourinnocence.

18 Sometimes in life we wear so many masks that it becomes difficult tosee your true self.

19 It only takes an ounce of courage to remove a ton of distress.

20 If there is turmoil internally then everything outside seems confused.

21 The lie you tell today will force you to lie again tomorrow.

22 You can never win enough approval from this world to free yourselffrom the insatiable need for being approved, but you can freeyourself from this dark need by discovering that who you really are isalready whole. -- Guy Finley

23 By thinking anxiously about the future, we forget the present, suchthat we live neither for the present nor the future and we live as ifwe will never die, and we die as if we had never lived By Confucius

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24 I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck,takemore chances. Be more active. Show up more often. - BrianTracy, American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman

25 "Honest criticism is hard to take, especially from a friend, arelative,an acquaintance, or a stranger."

26 Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action,

where it often substitutes for both - John Andrew Holmes27 You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. -Navajo

Proverb

28 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man'scharacter, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President (1809-1865)

29 Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. -WillDurant,Historian (1885-1981)

30 We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannotbe wisewith other men's wisdom. -Michel Montaigne, Essayist (1533-1592)

31 In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening,thethird remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth -- teachingothers.-Ibn Gabirol, poet and philosopher (c. 1022-1058)

32 Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualitiesbeneath arough exterior. - Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140)

33 There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.-Aristotle,philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

34 The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left theirpresence.-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

35 Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittleyourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.-Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)

36 Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completelyunderstood.

-Carl Gustav Jung (Psychiatrist-1875-1961)37 If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable

impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with afavorable impression of himself. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet andphilosopher (1772-1834)

38 Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking createsprofoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. -Lao Tzu, philosopher(6th century B.C.)

39 Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent ofthrowing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.-Buddha (c. 566-480 BCE)

40 Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and thepowerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. -PauloFreire, educator (1921-1997)

41 You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you becomeuninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. -Thomas Wolfe,novelist (1900-1938)

42 To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what hehas already achieved, but at what he aspires to. -Kahlil Gibran,mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)

43 The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even lessthan you settled for. Maureen Dowd- New York Times Columnist

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44 Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindnessin another's trouble, Courage in your own. -Adam Lindsay Gordon,poet (1833-1870)

45 Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent ofthrowing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.-Buddha (c. 566-480 BCE)

46 Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what isimpossible for talent is genius. Henri-Frederic Amiel

48 An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.Orlando A. Battista

49 When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so longand so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the oneswhich open for us. Alexander Graham Bell

50 Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.M.Berle

51 "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can bemade, in a narrow field." - Niels Bohr

52 Whenever people say we mustn't be sentimental, you can take it theyare about to do something cruel. And if they add, we must berealistic, they mean they are going to make money out of it. BrigidBrophy

53 An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.Nicholas Murray Butler

54 He who loves not his country can love nothing. Lord Byron

55 The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds; andthe pessimist fears this is true. James B. Cabell

56 Each man is the smith of his own fortune. Appius Claudius Caecus

57 It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. ArthurCalwell

58 "A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience." Miguel deCervantes

59 Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. LordChesterfield

60 He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not askremains a fool forever. Chinese proverb

61 There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those whotake the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competitionthere.- Indira Gandhi

62 "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." ChineseProverb

63 You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head,but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Chinese

Proverb64 Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Winston Churchill

65 A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change thesubject. Winston Churchill

66 We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what wegive. Winston Churchill

67 An unjust peace is better than a just war. Marcus Tullius Cicero

68 "Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself" Marcus Tullius

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Cicero

69 It is a frail mind that does not bear prosperity as well as adversitywith moderation. Marcus Tullius Cicero

70 "Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, andthe deeper it sinks into the mind."- Coleridge

71 When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Charles Caleb Colton

72 I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.Confucius

73 Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time wefall. Confucius

74 Dream as if you?ll live forever. Live as if you?ll die tomorrow. JamesDean

75 "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."Benjamin Disraeli

76 When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,however improbable, must be the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle

77 "Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein

78 "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education" Albert

Einstein79 "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources" Albert

Einstein

80 Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition frommediocre minds Albert Einstein

81 Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth andKnowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods AlbertEinstein

82 The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It isthe source of all true art and science Albert Einstein

83 We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, ofcourse, powerful muscles, but no personality Albert Einstein

84 "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are notcertain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality"Albert Einstein

85 Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.Albert Einstein

86 Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until werespect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather onlythen will it come of its own accord Albert Einstein

87 The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

88 The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it iscomprehensible. Albert Einstein

89 Every man I meet is in some way my superior. Ralph Waldo Emerson

90 The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities,nor the crops but the kind of man that the country turns out. RalphWaldo Emerson

91 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. English proverb

92 We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as muchas we speak. Epictetus

93 Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. Euripides

94 Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm

95 The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest

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willing to let them. Robert Frost

96 Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losingyour temper. Robert Frost

97 Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost

98 Nothing is more significant of men's character than what they findlaughable. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

99 An oral contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. S. Goldwyn

100 "Doing what we please is not freedom, is not liberty; rather, it is theabuse of true liberty and freedom."- Cardinal Hayes

101 Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with whathappens to you. Aldous Huxley

102 Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wishwe didn't. Erica Jong

103 If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot savethe few who are rich. John F. Kennedy

104 And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do foryou; ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy

105 Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. John F.

Kennedy106 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert

F. Kennedy

107 Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow iswhat we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

108 Conscience: an inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. HenryLouis Mencken

109 The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, andthe pessimist knows it. J. Robert Oppenheimer

110 They talk most who have the least to say. Mathew Prior

111 Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. EleanorRoosevelt

112 The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt113 People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know

much say little. Jean Jacques Rousseau

114 Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean Jacques Rousseau

115 The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics arealways so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.Bertrand Russell

116 Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now acceptedwas once eccentric. Bertrand Russell

117 Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all othersbecause you were born in it. George Bernhard Shaw

118 Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable

people try to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore,depends on unreasonable people. George Bernhard Shaw

119 Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what youget. George Bernhard Shaw

120 Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you getif you don't. Pete Seeger

121 Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Thoreau

122 Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in coldweather become frozen: even so does inaction sap the vigors of the

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mind. Leonardo da Vinci

123 He who thinks himself wise, Oh heavens, is a great fool. Voltaire

125 You never really understand a person until you consider things fromhispoint of view. -Harper Lee

126 I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, takemore chances. Be more active. Show up more often. --- Brian Tracy,American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman

127 The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also soclear that it is impossible to mistake it. Madame De Stael, writer (1766-1817)

128 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. -English proverb

129 Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handlethem, and pretty soon you have a dozen.--John Steinbeck, novelist,Nobel laureate(1902-1968)

130 New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, withoutany other reason but because they are not already common. -John

Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)131 In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of

thespeaker. -Plutarch, biographer and philosopher (circa 46-120)

133 You never really understand a person until you consider things fromhispoint of view. -Harper Lee, writer

134 It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. -ThomasPaine,philosopher and writer (1737-1809)