Friday, April 10, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. – Henry Ward Beecher

The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority. – Ralph W. Stockman, D.D.

Minds are like parachutes—they only function when open. – Lord Thomas Dewar

A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities. Jules Ormont

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. – Huxley

No matter how much madder it may make you, get out of bed forcing a smile. You may not smile because you cheerful, but if you will force yourself to smile, you’ll end up laughing. You will be cheerful because you smile. Repeated experiments prove that when man assumes the facial expression of a given mental mood—any given mood—then that mental mood itself will follow. – Kenneth Goode

The secret to being tiresome is to tell everything. – Voltaire

Beaten paths are for beaten men. – Eric Johnson

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor. – James Robertson

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