Sunday, October 19, 2008

Quotes

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who'll never find it out.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise”

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

Never take anything in your life for granted. Always be prepared for radical change.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

The difference between truth and fiction: fiction has to make sense.

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars.

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Don't tell other people your troubles. Half of them aren't interested, and the other half will think you deserved it.

Stupid people do stupid things, but people who are smart enough can do something really stupid.

Better to remain silent and be thought stupid than to speak and remove all doubt.

A man wants to be a woman's first love, a woman wants to be his last.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

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