...disagreeable & delightful

Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful. 

-Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)

...care for the opinion

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (1830-1916)

...give something

"You can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness."

~ Anne Frank

...returned in disorder

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. 

-Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974)

very sorry for

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back. 

-Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

lift up

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

~ Booker T. Washington

...made kind by

"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."

~ Eric Hoffer

...proud of it?

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. 

-Edith Sitwell, poet (1887-1964)

greatest gift

"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."

~ Richard Moss

Pay our debt

We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
-John Buchan, poet, novelist, and politician (1875-1940)

...is worth

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
-Spanish proverb

Zen on the tops

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. 

-Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (1928-2017)

outgrow...

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. 

-Henry George, economist, journalist, and philosopher (1839-1897)

what comfort...?

The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man. 

-Sarah Orne Jewett, poet and novelist (1849-1909)

...rightness

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. 

-Mary Renault, novelist (1905-1983)

....Universal Welcome

"A smile is the universal welcome."

~ Max Eastman

...the more there is in life

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

~ Oprah Winfrey

...ignorance in action

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. 

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832)

Talking Vs. Doing

instinct / intelligence

If an animal does something, they call it instinct. If we do exactly the same thing for the same reason, they call it intelligence. 

-Will Cuppy, humorist and journalist (1884-1949)

5 ways Leaders give their Teams HOPE

stop... begin

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

~ Walt Disney

Success is liking

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

~ Maya Angelou

getting ahead is...

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

~ Mark Twain