Archives - July 2006

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

When I was your age, television was called books.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices --- just recognize them.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.