These are some quotes that I believe deserve reflection. Check back again as I may add more or change the quotes listed here.
Far better it is to dare mighty things. To win glorious triumphs even though checkered with failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that know not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. Bertrand Russell
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. William Blake
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James (1842-1910)
A prudent question is one half of wisdom. Francis Bacon
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Cat's Cradle
If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it. Emerson Pugh
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Lord Tennyson
Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. Rainer Maria Rilke
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. Zadok Rabinwitz
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? Artist formerly known as Prince
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Phillip Brooks
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Semisonic - Closing Time
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe! (Very wise is he that can know himself.) Chaucer
Character is what you are in the dark. Lord John Whorfin
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca (3 B.C. - 65 A.D.)
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. Orison Swett Marden
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. John R. Wooden - Practical Modern Basketball
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? Robert F. Kennedy
To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. Tom Robbins - Jitterbug Perfume
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald
We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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