What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
—George D. Prentice (1802–70) American Journalist, Editor
Topics: Anxiety, Health
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
—Herm Albright (1876–1944) German-american Painter, Lithographer, Columnist
Topics: Attitude
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
—Richard Sapir American Novelist
Topics: Time Management, Time, Focus and Priorities
We are but dreams, and dreams possess no life by their own right.
—Gene Wolfe
Topics: Rationality
Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
Topics: One liners, Love
Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
—Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian Poet
Topics: Writing
The function of values is to give us the illusion of purpose in life.
—Dero A. Saunders (1914–2002) American Journalist, Scholar
Topics: Values
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
—Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) Indian Head of State
Topics: Intuition
Having your fate rest in the hands of a jury is the same as entrusting yourself to surgery with a mentally retarded doctor.
—Unknown
Topics: Justice
What we forgive too freely doesn’t stay forgiven.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
Topics: Forgiveness
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