Edison on Opportunity

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas A. Edision

Franklin on Silence

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin

Foster on Freedom

“Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.” - Alan Dean Foster

A Jewish Proverb

“He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good.”

Burke on Evil

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

Einstein on Reality

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” - Albert Einstein

France on Life

“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.” - Anatole France

Clark on Paths

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” - Frank A. Clark

Shaw on Circumstances

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” - George Bernard Shaw

Tupper on Silence

“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.” - Martin Fraquhar Tupper

Roosevelt on Daring

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Bromel on Pain

“We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It’s a messy business, life. It’s hard to figure—full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.” - Henry Bromel

Sassoon on Work

“The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.” - Vidal Sassoon

Russell on Relationships

“A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.” - Bertrand Russell

Perls on Expectations

“I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.” - Fritz Perls

Deval on Human Nature

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.” - Jacques Deval

Kant on Science

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” - Immanuel Kant

Kunkel on Maturity

“To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.” - Fritz Kunkel

Kaufman on Man

“The only thing worse than a man you can’t control is a man you can.” - Margo Kaufman

Cooley on Regret

“Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.” - Mason Cooley

Hiaasen on Men

“The world is full of nice boring young men. The crazy ones are hard to find and harder to keep, but it’s worth it.” - Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue

Silva on Humor

“Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself.” - Peter da Silva

Kissinger on Success

“Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.” - Henry Kissinger

Emerson on Self

“Insist on yourself; never imitate… Every great man is unique.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robbins on the Brain

“If little else, the brain is an educational toy.” - Tom Robbins

Sellar and Yeatman on Teaching

“For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t want to learn—much.” - W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman

Charell on Thinking

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