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- It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest; better to lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune.
- Samuel Smiles
- The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
- O. A. Battista
- Normally, children learn to gauge rather accurately from the tone of their parent's voice how seriously to take his threats. Of course, they sometimes misjudge and pay the penalty.
- Louis Kaplan
- The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
- Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
- Author Unknown
- For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, busineswise?
- Bruce Burton
- You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.
- Dr. Maxwell Maltz
- It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out.
- Judith Rossner
- I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
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