"Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off."

Swift, Jonathan | Reason | 1 bookmarks

"Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt."

Wilde, Oscar | Housework | 3 bookmarks

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

Wilde, Oscar | Forgiveness | 27 bookmarks

"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."

Beecher, Henry Ward | Words | 2 bookmarks

"A friend is, as it were, a second self."

Cicero, Marcus T. | Friends and Friendship | 3 bookmarks

"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

Schwarzkopf, Norman | Leaders and Leadership | 2 bookmarks

"Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise."

Beecher, Henry Ward | Adversity | 2 bookmarks

"But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind -- Act!"

Marden, Orison Swett | Ideas | 1 bookmarks

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard | Change | 86 bookmarks

"Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something."

Buscaglia, Leo | Change | 26 bookmarks