Judgment

Every new concept 

first comes to the mind 

in a judgment.

-- Charles Sanders Peirce, scientist and philosopher 

Look Fear in the Face

You gain strength, courage and confidence 

by every experience in which 

you really stop to look fear in the face.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Stupidity

I am patient with stupidity, 

but not with those who are proud of it.

-- Edith Sitwell

Highly Placed

The higher we are placed, 

the more humbly we should walk.

-- Cicero

Be Somebody

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. 

Now I see that I should have been more specific.

-- Jane Wagner

The Only Force

Love 

is the only force 

capable of transforming an enemy 

into a friend.

-- Martin Luther King Jr

The Sweetest Sound

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

-- Xenophon

Life's Work

A person will sometimes 

devote all his life 

to the development 

of one part of his body -- 

the wishbone.

-- Robert Frost

Labor Lost

Learning without thought is labor lost; 

thought without learning is perilous.

--Confucius

Success

Success has ruined many a man.

--Benjamin Franklin

The Best Thing

Nothing in life is so exhilarating 

as to be shot at without result.

--Winston Churchill

The Sting of Life

Misfortunes one can endure - 

they come from outside, they are accidents.

But to suffer for one's own faults - 

ah, there is the sting of life.

--Oscar Wilde

Success

Be commonplace and creeping 

and you will be a success.

--Pierre de Beaumarchais

Strength

Calmness and irony 

are the only weapons worthy of the strong.

--Emile Gaboriau

Negative Attitudes

People won't have time for you 

if you are always 

angry or complaining.

-- Stephen Hawking

Interruptions

Never interrupt someone 

doing something 

you said couldn't be done.

-- Amelia Earhart, aviator