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Archives - September 2018

September 1, 2018

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

– Edward Gibbon

September 2, 2018

Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.

– Mickey Rooney

September 3, 2018

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

– Alan Cohen

September 4, 2018

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.

– Louise Nevelson

September 5, 2018

I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast anytime.” So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.

– Steven Wright

September 6, 2018

The most trying hours in life are between four o'clock and the evening meal. A cup of tea at this time adds a lot of comfort and happiness.

– Royal S. Copeland

September 7, 2018

All the uglinesses of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature!

– Mehmet Murat ildan

September 8, 2018

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

– Jessamyn West

September 9, 2018

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

– Ted Key

September 10, 2018

When you retire, you switch bosses --- from the one who hired you to the one who married you.

– Gene Perret

September 11, 2018

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.

– Geraldine Brooks

September 12, 2018

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

– Khalil Gibran

September 13, 2018

Knowledge of history frees us to be contemporary.

– Lynn White, Jr.

September 14, 2018

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

– Harold Geneen

September 15, 2018

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life --- to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

– George Eliot

September 16, 2018

The elderly don't drive that badly; they're just the only ones with time to do the speed limit.

– Jason Love

September 17, 2018

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

– Jacques Barzun

September 18, 2018

In your so-called dreary life, all the rainbow colors are there --- just close your eyes and dream them. Soon enough they will be real, if you believe in your own colors

– Terri Guillemets

September 19, 2018

Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use.

– Carlos Castaneda

September 20, 2018

Your Business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting.

– Scott Adams

September 21, 2018

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

– William Powell

September 22, 2018

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.

– Jim Bishop

September 23, 2018

Keep as near as ever you can to the first sources of supply --- fruits and vegetables.

– B.W. Richardson

September 24, 2018

Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.

– Steve Bluestone

September 25, 2018

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

– Holly Near

September 26, 2018

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

– William J. Lock

September 27, 2018

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.

– A.J. Reb Materi, OUR FAMILY

September 28, 2018

What art offers is space --- a certain breathing room for the spirit.

– John Updike

September 29, 2018

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

– Brendan Gill

September 30, 2018

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

– Frederick W. Faber