Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations. – Richter

Do you know the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? – Henry Harland

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die. – General Douglas MacArthur

Statistics are no substitute for judgment. – Henry Clay

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. – Winston Churchill

If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor- poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living. - Herbert N. Casson

The first man gets the oyster; the second man gets the shell. – Andrew Carnegie
Wisdom is the power that enables us to use knowledge for the benefit of ourselves and others. – Thomas J. Watson

You will find it less easy to uproot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less of others faults. In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes. – Ruskin

We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns. – Orison S. Marden

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