Great Throughts Treasury

"Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects."

"Applause is the only appreciated interruption."

"Keep a firm hand on the throttle of your train of thought."

"Knowledge doesn't pay - it is what you do with it."

"One of the chief objects of education should be to widen the windows through which we view the world."

"Timing is everything. It is important to know when as to know how."

"To set the world on fire, warm up to your job."

"What is there to do with life but to live it to the full?"

"Make your life a mission - not an intermission. "

"Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. "

"Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity."

"Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. "

"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have trying to change others."

"The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude. "

"The true measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but the number of people he serves."

"Conceit is the quicksand of success. "

"Don't part company with your ideas. They are anchors in a storm. "

"It's easier to see both sides of a question than the answer. "

"The better part of maturity is knowing your goals. "

"It's only by the hard blows of adverse fortune that character is tooled. "

"You're immature if you can't accept reality or responsibility. "

"Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to. "

"Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity. "