way to success

"There are no shortcuts in life. Hard work paves the way to success."

- Jimmy Patel

imperfect

Perfection itself is imperfection.
- Vladimir Horowitz

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

~ Marie Curie

Sign of progress

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

- Mahatma Gandhi

upon one...

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.

 -Madame De Stael, writer (1766-1817)

Better to know...

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

- James Thurber

World English Day

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. 

-Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (23 Apr 1564-1616)

Choose well

"A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly."

~ Desmond Tutu

Pilgrimage

This is the most joyful day that I ever saw in my pilgrimage on earth.
- Donald Cargil

Can & Can't

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

~ John Wooden

Rule self

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. 

-Pietro Aretino, satirist and dramatist (20 Apr 1492-1556)

Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
- Robert H Goddard

Natural resources

Words ... are a kind of natural resource; it is impossible to have too many of them.
-Robert Claiborne, writer, singer, and labor organizer (1919-1990)

Every act creates...

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

~ Scott Adams

Artificial intelligence and aristocracy

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.
-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author (1743-1826)

...in all directions

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions."

~ Amelia Earhart

be free if...

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.
-Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author (1857-1938)

Saved is earned

A penny saved is a penny earned.
- Benjamin Franklin

Cost nothing...

"Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them."

~ Thomas Fuller

How to stop

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

- P. J. O'Rourke

Kind of labor...

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. 

-Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)

Single sentences

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. 

-Scott Turow, author and lawyer (b. 12 Apr 1949)

from each other...

We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other. 

-Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (1741-1794)

Effective way

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
- Amelia Earhart

Words ... are a kind of natural resource; it is impossible to have too many of them.

 -Robert Claiborne, writer, singer, and labor organizer (1919-1990)

It's everything...

"Family is not an important thing, it's everything." ~ Michael J. Fox

Pure hands...

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Good Friday

April again

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
- Charles Lamb

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