“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.” — V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” — Steve Jobs
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” — Alfred Hitchcock
“When the character of a person is not clear to you, look at their friends.” — Japanese Proverb
“Don’t ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.” — Lou Holtz
We are not as likely to change when we see the light as when we feel the heat.[ed]” — Eric Hoffer
“We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog and all the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?” — John Grogan
“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” — Izaak Walton
“A secret needs two faces to bounce between; a secret needs to see itself in another pair of eyes.” — Stephen King
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” — Marilyn vos Savant
“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.” — John le Carré
“Nothing can wear you out like caring about people.” — S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This is Now
“Good things come to those who sweat.” — Unknown
“Maybe life isn’t about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it’s about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it.” — Hannah Brencher
“I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house. — Wanda Sykes
“Infatuation is when you find someone who is absolutely perfect. Love is when you realize they aren’t perfect, but it doesn’t matter.” — Unknown
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” — William Allen White
“The impossible is often the untried.” — Jim Goodwin
“Speech is like a bicycle wheel… the longer the spoke, the greater the tire.” — Confucius-ism
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” — Tom Brokaw
“Your success will be in direct proportion to what you do after you’ve done what you are expected to do. [ed]” — Brian Tracy
“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.” — Robert E. Lee
“As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.” — John Glenn
“To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.” — George Santayana
“Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime.” — Ugo Eze (Hmmm!- suspect attribution)
“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” — Charles Kettering
“Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won’t help.” — Bill Watterson
“Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” — Mark Twain
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Americans are getting stronger; twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars worth of groceries… today, a five-year-old can do it.” — Henny Youngman
“Only the guilty are guilty. Their children are not.” — Elie Wiesel
“I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” — Steve Jobs
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” — Sydney J. Harris
“A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.” — Robert C. Savage
