“There’s a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I’m not there yet.”
- Randy Pausch (1960-)
“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
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# “In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”
Henry David Thoreau
# “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor […]
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mohandas Gandhi
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” -Richard Bach
“To do exactly the opposite is also a form of imitation.” -Lichtenberg
“Failure is only an opportunity to begin more intelligently.” -Henry Ford
“Success is blocked by concentrating on […]
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my […]
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader’s Digest, June 1995
Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? ~Dennis and Wendy Mannering
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D’Angelo, The […]
Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference. ~Arie Pencovici
At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards. My hope is that from time […]
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. ~Job 29:14-15
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. ~Psalms 34:13
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and […]
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. ~Author Unknown
Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
We hate to have some people give us advice because we know […]
A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. ~Author Unknown
Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ~Eustache Deschamps
You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. ~Laurence J. Peter
A friend is […]