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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert PineThree-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows. – James Bryce
Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more would it benefit them if they would learn a little from those who know more. – William J.H. Boetcker
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. – Hamilton Wright Mabie
Happiness is only a by-product of successful living. – Dr. Austen Fox Riggs
My clearest recollection of a long-ago interview with Thomas A. Edison is of a single sentence that was painted or hung on a wall in his room. In effect, the sentence was: “It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.” That is tragically true. Some of us think, more of us think we think, and most of us don’t even think of thinking. The result is a somewhat cockeyed world. _ Pollack
When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow creature. – Sydney Smith
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. – Elbert Hubbard
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