“Here I am in the twilight years of my life, still wondering what it’s all about. I can tell you this: fame and fortune is for the birds.” (Lee Iacocca, the legendary Chrysler carmaker, quoted in his autobiography)
“I will speak ill of no man, not even in the matter of truth, but rather excuse the faults I hear, and, upon proper occasions, speak all the good I know of everybody.” (Benjamin Franklin, quoted in Daily in the Word)
“No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.” (Sam Rayburn, quoted in the Montreal Gazette)
“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” (Marilyn vos Savant, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail)
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” (Aristotle)
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” (Leo Tolstoy, quoted in the Fort-Myers, FL., News-Press)
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” (Emily Dickinson, quoted in the Hanover, PA, Evening Sun)
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” (William James quoted in iFit.com)
“In any moment of decision the best thing you an do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worse thing you can do is nothing.” (Theodore Roosevelt, quoted in the Charleston, W.Va., Daily Mail)
“You can tell the size of a man’s character by the size of what makes him mad.”
“You just can’t beat the person who won’t give up.” (Babe Ruth, quoted in Forbes.com)
