Wisdom quotes...

• The secret of many a man's success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men and his tact in dealing with them.--J. G. Holland

• What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.--Confucius

• Arguing with a fool proves there are two. --Doris M. Smith

• Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half of the evil they say of others.--J. Petit Senn

• The more you say, the less people remember.--François Fénelon

• He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man.--Johann Casper Lavater

• Years teach us more than books.--Berthold Auerbach


• We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.--Jean-Paul Sartre

• Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.--Chinese Proverb


• Everybody wants to be somebody;nobody wants to grow.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• If we all did the things we are capable of,we would astound ourselves.--Thomas Edison