July 31st
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
— Julia Sorel
July 30th
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices --- just recognize them.
— Edward R. Murrow
July 29th
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
— David Lloyd George
July 28th
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
— An Wang
July 27th
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
— Terry Pratchett
July 26th
An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.
— Bonnie Friedman
July 25th
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
— Thomas Alva Edison
July 24th
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
— Henri Bergson
July 23rd
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
— Carl Sandburg
July 22nd
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
July 21st
When I was your age, television was called books.
— William Goldman, THE PRINCESS BRIDE
July 20th
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
— Elbert Hubbard
July 19th
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
— Tom Robbins
July 18th
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
— Leo Rosten
July 17th
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
— Colette
July 16th
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.
— Carl Rogers
July 15th
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
— Albert Einstein
July 14th
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
— Aldous Huxley, PROPER STUDIES
July 13th
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
— Katherine Patterson, JACOB HAVE I LOVED
July 12th
Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
— Winston Churchill
July 11th
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
— Robert Frost
July 10th
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
— Frank Scully
July 9th
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.
— W. Somerset Maugham, OF HUMAN BONDAGE
July 8th
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
— Mark Twain
July 7th
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
— W. C. Fields
July 6th
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
— Phaedrus
July 5th
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 4th
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.
— Erma Bombeck
July 3rd
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
— Roberto Benigni
July 2nd
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.
— Alexis Carrel
July 1st
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
— Margaret Atwood
