This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Today I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A person is the product of his thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances. I will not let petty inconveniences such as stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my masters. I will avoid negativism and gossip. Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be my hallmark. Today I will make a difference.
Circumstances | Happy | Optimism | Will |
I recognize no moral law in politics. Politics is a game, in which every sort of trick is permissible, and in which the rules are constantly being changed by the players to suit themselves.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
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It is more difficult to organize peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not well organized.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than he who overcomes his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, known as Dean Stanley
Insist on reading the great books, on marking the great events of the world. Then the little books can take care of themselves, and the trivial incidents of passing politics and diplomacy may perish with the using.
Books | Care | Diplomacy | Events | Little | Politics | Reading | World |
When Abraham Lincoln was a young man he ran for the Legislature in Illinois and was badly swamped. Next he entered business, failed and spent seventeen years of his life paying up the debts of a worthless partner. He was in love with a beautiful young woman to whom he became engagedand then, she died. Later he married a woman who was a constant burden to him. Entering politics again, he was badly defeated for Congress. He failed to get an appointment to the U.S. Land Office. He was badly defeated for the U.S. Senate. In 1856 he became a candidate for the Vice-Presidency and was again defeated. In 1858 he was defeated by Douglas. One failure after another, bad failures, great setbacks. In the face of all this he eventually became one of the country's greatest men, if not the greatest. When you think of a series of setbacks like this, doesn't it make you feel small to become discouraged, just because you think that you're having a hard time in life?
Business | Failure | Land | Life | Life | Love | Man | Men | Office | Politics | Time | Woman | Failure | Think |
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
In politics nothing is contemptible.
Bertrand Russell, fully Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
Nine times out of ten a man’s politics can be predicted from the way in which he makes his living.
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.
Bhagavad Gītā, simply known as Gita NULL
Inner peace is beyond victory or defeat.