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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. (Quote by - Socrates)

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. (Quote by - George Moore)

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. (Quote by - Roger Babson)

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. (Quote by - Joseph Conrad)

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. (Quote by - Lord Chesterfield)

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk. (Quote by - Tom Lehrer)

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted. (Quote by - Eleanor Roosevelt)

Albert Einstein I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking. W. Alton Jones -Robert Frost. (Quote by - Robert Frost)

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. (Quote by - H. G. Wells)

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. (Quote by - John Powell)

Life's to short for chess. (Quote by - Henry James Byron)

Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush. (Quote by - Platen)

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. (Quote by - Queen's Mother Elizabeth)

Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. (Quote by - Diana Black)

I must plough my furrow alone. (Quote by - Earl Of Rosebery)

We compound our suffering by victimizing each other. (Quote by - Athol Fugard)

No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. Improving competence involves continuing professional development ... That is the really crucial thing, not just passing an examination. (Quote by - Colette Bowe)

Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit. (Quote by - Eleanor Roosevelt)

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance? - The Colby Essays. (Quote by - Frank Moore Colby)

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. (Quote by - Elizabeth Kubler-ross)

Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be. (Quote by - J. Danforth Quayle)

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. (Quote by - Charles Buxton)

You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Albert Einstein -Irish proverb. (Quote by - Irish Proverb)

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. (Quote by - Charles Dudley Warner)

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. (Quote by - Clint Eastwood)

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