Al’s Quotes and Quips for November

• “True friendship is like good health—The value of it is seldom known until it is lost.” (Charles Caleb Colton, 1780 – 1832)
• “Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.”  (Rick Warren)
• “A failure is a person who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.” (Elbert Hubbard, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail)
• “We have to have high standards for our kids, because self-esteem comes from achievement, not from lax standards and false praise.” (Condoleezza Rice)
• “Either I’ve gotten classier or the culture has gotten coarser, I not sure which.” (Jimmy Kimmel, quoted in Hemispheres)
• “The seller of liquor is the only salesmen ashamed of his best customers.” (Herbert Thompson, quoted in The Sword of the Lord)
• “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
• “Some people are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.” (Brendan Francis)
• “Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” (Eric Hoffer, quoted in WSJ.com)
• “You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.” (Johann Lavatory, quoted in Forbes.com)
• “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs.  It’s jolted by every pebble in the road.” (Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in the Macon, GA Telegraph)
• “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” (Henry Ward Beecher)