Quotations Attributed to Famous Names

(Part Nineteen)

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.

Speak no evil of the dead.

On one issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

It's easy to point, when you can't heal it.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

No furniture is so charming as books.

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

The person who has nothing to brag about but their ancestors is like a potato: the best part of them is underground.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. We all need each other.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

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