Wednesday, May 21, 2003

A few quotes in my mailbox, which greeted me this confused morning...

Ability Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. -- Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860, German Philosopher

Discipline
Temperance is a bridle of gold. -- Burton

Motivation
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. -- Sir John Lubbock 1834-1913, British Statesman

Success
Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. -- John McEnroe 1959-, American Tennis Player

Work
I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. -- Bruce Grocott 1940-, British Labor Politician

Love
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never. -- Charles Caleb Colton 1780-1832, British Sportsman Writer

Knowledge
What is not fully understood is not possessed. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749-1832, German Poet

Belief
Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems. -- George Eliot 1819-1880, British Novelist

Change
We don't change what we are, we change what we think what we are. -- Eric Butterworth

Men & Women
When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom. -- John Gray American Relationship Expert

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