Quotes for August

"If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere." Malcolm S. Forbes

"It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be." Joanne Kathleen Rowling

"Love is a serious mental disease." Plato

"The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man." George Bernard Shaw

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room -- especially if the cat isn't there." Chinese Proverb

"Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot." Proverb

"Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will." Thornton Wilder

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." Marcus Aurelius

"Nothing external to you has any power over you." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Peace is not God's gift to his creatures. It is our gift to each other." Elie Wiesel

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough; money can be got; but they need your hearts to love them." Mother Teresa

"I can live for two months on a good compliment." Mark Twain

"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others." Thomas Kempis

"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." Elbert Hubbard

"The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable." Henry David Thoreau

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger." Buddha

"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice." Tom Watson

"Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?" Greta Garbo

"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another."Winston Churchill

"If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." David Viscott

"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way." Wayne Dyer

"Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed." Mwai Kibaki

"Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains." Dr. Robert H. Goddard

"If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place." Orison Swett Marden

"A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure." Buddha

"Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment." Anthony Robbins

"Love is not love until love's vulnerable." Theodore Roethke

"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free." Charles Evans Hughes

"There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home." John Stuart Mill

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy." Friedrich Nietzsche

"I like men who have a future and women who have a past." Oscar Wilde

"When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn; when they do, which isn't often, on their own, the hard way." Robert Heinlein

"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect." Adam Osborne

"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to." Greg Anderson

"I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not." Lucille Ball

"Experience is determined by yourself -- not the circumstances of your life." Gita Bellin

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised." Denis Waitley

"The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business." George Bernard Shaw