Al’s Quotes & Quips for January

Al’s Quotes & Quips for January

  • “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” (Cicero)
  • “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” (Wil Rogers)
  • “For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” (Winston Churchill, quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald)
  • “The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of life, but that it bothers him less and less.” (Vaclay Havel, quoted in The Wall Street Journal)
  • “The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.” (Carly Fiorina, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com)
  • “What I’ve learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you’re going to run out of new things to become.” (Taylor Swift, quoted in MarieClaire.co.uk)
  • “Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect if from cheap people.” (Warren Buffett, quoted in United Press International)
  • “What is lawful is not always what is right.” (Ian McEwan, quoted in The Boston Globe)
  • “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” (Charles Dickens, quoted in the Minneapolis StarTribune.com)
  • QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” (Jim Rohn). [Oh yeah! So true, especially when it comes to people making excuses about attending church and S.S. or involvement in a ministry. AH]
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