Elimination of ...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. 

-Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor (1881-1973)

Philosophy and...

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

- Charles M. Schulz

Pay the price...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
- Juvenal

Effective weapon...

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
- Mark Twain

change the world

Subject: Simply...change the world

"You don't have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being."

~ Anita Krizzan

Wise in time

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Simply...change the world

"You don't have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being."

~ Anita Krizzan

Alternatives...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
- Henry Kissinger

Empowering others...

"Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and
empowering others to achieve this vision." 

-Marshall Goldsmith

Do it anyway

They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway. 

-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Congress member (b. Oct 13, 1989)

Life is easier...

"When we allow ourselves to adapt to different situations, life is easier."

~ Catherine Pulsifer

Nothing said ever...

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

- Calvin Coolidge

Serves best...

He serves his party best, who serves the country best. 

-Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (1822-1893)

Ready to learn...

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
- Winston Churchill

Half of the harm

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them. 

-T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)

Permanent good

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence. 

-Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

it takes generations...

Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.

 -Gore Vidal, writer (1925-2012)

...gives, but

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
- Franz Kafka

make use of...

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. 

-Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)

...as it is

Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be! 

-Miguel de Cervantes, writer (1547-1616)