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Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school. Thomas J. Stanley
Leadership You Courage School Will Whatever Other Tell Guts Tenacity Never Call Because Get Authority Did Grades Any Anybody Want Succeed Persons Should Teachers Measure Position
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. Thomas Paine
Truth Inquiry Only Error Shrinks
It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. Thomas Paine
Treat Falsehood Affront
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving
Christmas Heart Charity Fire Flame Hospitality Genial Hall Season
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? Ayn Rand
You Money Evil Think Asked Root Ever
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt. Ben Hecht
Me Man Wealth Envy Guilt Poverty Looking Rich Poor Man Both Alms Like Know His Beggar Poor Rich Man Who Shows
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley
Life Responsibility Changing Primary Accept Exist Conditions Them Choices Two
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. Denis Waitley
Best Worst Surprised Expect Plan Prepare
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! Dr. Seuss
You Try Think Imagination High Only Left Up Oh Low Right Thinks
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one. Elbert Hubbard
Life You Mistake Fearing Make Greatest Continually
Initiative is doing the right things without being told. Elbert Hubbard
Right Things Without Doing Being Initiative Right Things
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. Eric Hoffer
Lie Power Those Possession Lies Only Prophecy Prophesy Absolute Absolute Power True Come Also Make
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Life Thankful Gratitude You Critical Take Whether Them Granted Thing Things
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Education People Purpose Compulsory Common Common People Commonsense Deprive
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Love Virtue Unlovable Which To Love Means
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. H. L. Mencken
Truth You Man Lie Believe Telling Telling The Truth Would Know Were His Place Hard
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin
Work Love Together Masterpiece Expect Work Together Skill
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Jonathan Swift
Love Religion Hate Enough Make Another Us
For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. Joseph Chilton Pearce
Love Become State Our Appropriate Say Guides Ourselves Must More Only Adult Than Child Models Move Being Children Want Far Teaches Actually
No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. Marilyn Ferguson
Change Argument Guards We Cannot Inside Only Emotional Open No-One Opened Another Cannot Either Us Persuade Appeal Each Gate
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. Milan Kundera
Jealousy Pet Evil Paradise Our Know Discontent Dogs Link
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. Niccolo Machiavelli
Religion Country Sign See Rites Contempt Surer Than Decay Held
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
You Communication Speak Word Fall Before Every Carve Clearly
Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you. Orison Swett Marden
Life Time Best Great You Opportunities Power Beauty Waste Time Fragrance Out Has-Been Dreaming Open Been Where Place Faraway Your Fling Petals Waste Assigned
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. Pablo Neruda
Inspirational Truth Great You Learning Book Thought Beauty Reading Think Great Book Books Way Those Easy Easy Reading Most Make Ship Which Help Deep Hardest Thinker
Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force! Suzanne Brockmann
Love Smile Faith Love Is Dance Dare Dream Unstoppable Sing Force Loudly
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