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- I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
- Cato
- At the bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone. That isn't as bad as it may first appear; and again it is the best thing in life that each should have everything in himself; his fate, his future, his whole expanse and world.
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
- Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
- Lord Tennyson
- If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.
- Sidney Madwed
- When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- Neurotics chase after people and jobs they don't really want, just to prove that they are like everybody else - which is the last thing they really want.
- Author Unknown
- The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.
- Author Unknown
- There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
- When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
- Behind every successful man there are usually a lot of unsuccessful years.
- Author Unknown
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