* What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.
John Ruskin

* Another man's soul is darkness.
Russian proverb

* When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.
Josiah Quincy

* He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the latter.
Henry Fielding

* He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
John Milton

* Our lives teach us who we are.
Salman Rushdie

* Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.
Jean Paul Richter

* Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.
Winston Churchill

* If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character.
Paul Newman

* It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelot

* Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Winston Churchill

* The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King Jr.

* Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders...Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Dale Carnegie

* Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey

* You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Ronald Wilson Reagan

* He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
Leonardo da Vinci