Archives - September 2010
September 1, 2010
Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more
quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.
September 2, 2010
A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself
and then says them about other people.
September 3, 2010
Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.
September 4, 2010
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own
minds.
September 5, 2010
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal
to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by
it.
September 6, 2010
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
September 7, 2010
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate
themselves throughout their lives.
September 8, 2010
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me
away from those who are still undecided.
September 9, 2010
Don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got
everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after.
September 10, 2010
All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one
room.
September 11, 2010
What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good
as its promise.
September 12, 2010
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
has.
September 13, 2010
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a
man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any
other.
September 14, 2010
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the
world and moral courage so rare.
September 15, 2010
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to
live for, great enough to die for.
September 16, 2010
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to
have the life that is waiting for us.
September 17, 2010
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too
easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
September 18, 2010
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
September 19, 2010
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him
free.
September 20, 2010
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
September 21, 2010
The less their ability, the more their conceit.
September 22, 2010
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we
preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but
seldom preach.
September 23, 2010
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated
to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The
acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter
how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.
September 24, 2010
Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker
in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.
September 25, 2010
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and
star.
September 26, 2010
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never
refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our
own way more clearly.
September 27, 2010
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you
should wear it inside, where it functions best.
September 28, 2010
There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where
colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant
than ever again.
September 29, 2010
We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be
released.
September 30, 2010
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person
to die.