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- Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
- Coleman Cox
- Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
- Edward Chapin
- If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.
- Joseph Farrell
- Ask, and it shall be given you; Seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Bible, New Testament, Matthew 7:7
- Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
- Baltasar Gracian
- If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
- Ellen Metcalf
- Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it.
- Anonymous
- If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
- When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
- Chinese Proverb
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