Great Quotes...

"Freedom... is not an inconsequential throwing of one's weight about, it is the disciplined overcoming of self."

~ Iris Murdoch

"The art of being wise is the ability of knowing what and what not to overlook" - William James

"Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has"
- Alphonse Karr

"We cannot hold a torch to light another person's path without brightening our own" - Ben Sweetland

"True Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking" - J.C. Watts

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell" - C.S. Lewis

"He who wants to expand the field of happiness, let him lay the foundation of it on the bottom of his own heart" - Tao Saying

"The question for the child is not 'Do I want to be good?' but 'Whom do I want to be like?' - Bruno Bettelheim

"In taking revenge, a man is but even level with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is far superior" -Sir Frances Bacon

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them" ~ Ladybird Johnson

"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it" ~ Sudie Buck

"I can't believe God put anyone on this earth to be ordinary" - Lou Holtz

"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece"
- Ralph Charell

"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes" - Henry J. Kaiser

"Life shrinks or expands in direct proportion to one's courage" ~ Anais Nin

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can acheive greatly" - Pres. Robert F. Kennedy

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one" - Elbert Hubbard

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given" - Gandalf to Frodo LOTR's

"Man improves himself as he follows his path; if he stands still, waiting to improve before he makes a decision, he'll never move" -Paulo Coelho

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" ~ Mahatma Ghandi

"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are" - E.E. Cummings