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Don't worry about people robbing an idea.
If it's your own and it's new,
you will have to force it down their throats.
Howard Aiken (1900-1973), computer inventor
We are prisoners of ideas.
Ralph Waldo emerson (1803-1882), American writer and lecturer
I had rather do and not promise
than promise and not do.
Arthur Warwick (1603-1633), English essayist
It is easier to believe a lie
that one has heard a thousand times
than to believe a truth
that one has never heard before.
Robert S. Lynd (1892-1970), American sociologist
Newspaper writers say a thing
that they know isn’t true,
in the hope that if they
keep on saying it long enough, it will be true.
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), English novelist, essayist and playwright
He who is not very strong in remembering
should not play with lying.
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French writer
Be sure your sin will find you out.
The Bible, Numbers 32:23
When you do not know what to say,
tell the truth.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar
It is a good thing to tell the truth,
but it is important, too, to be right.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former British Prime Minister
Some, when talking, would rather that
others see they are able to hold all arguments,
than that they know how to judge
what is true and what is not.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English scientist & lawyer, Of Discourse
Great is Truth, and stronger than anything.
The Bible, I Esdras 4:41
Truth can never be told as to be understood,
and not be believed.
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and artist
Truth will always stand up against a lie,
as oil does above water.
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish novelist and playwright
5. Sincerity
The first good quality of all really great men
is that they are sincere.
They drive out hypocrisy from their hearts.
Anotole France (1844-1924), poet, journalist, and novelist
Hateful to me as the gates of hell
is that man who hides one thing in his heart
and speaks another.
Homer (c. 800 BC-700 BC), Greek epic poet, The Iliad
No one can wear a mask for very long.
Seneca (5 BC-65 AD), Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Honesty is the first chapter
in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third U.S. president
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
what is right, because they will be filled.
Jesus, Matthew 5:6
Happy are the people with clean hearts,
for they will see God.
Jesus, Matthew 5:8
To the clean all things are clean.
The Bible, Titus 1:15
Confession is good for the soul.
Scottish proverb
I sat at a table where there were rich food and
wine and many nice words, but sincerity and
truth were not; and I went away hungry.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Walden
The last sin is the greatest treason:
to do the right thing for the wrong reason.
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), British playwright and literary critic
Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner
wisdom is made stronger by doing it.
Robbie Gass (1948- ), leadership coach and musician
When there is no enemy inside,
the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African proverb
6. Integrity
This, above all else: Be true to yourself.
It must follow, as night follows day,
that after doing this,
you cannot be false to anyone.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet act 1, scene 3
Know yourself.
Plato (429-347 BC), Greek mathematician and philosopher
To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best, night and day,
to make you someone else
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight;
and never stop fighting.
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962), American poet, painter, and author
All goes well as long as you run with those who
are like you. But you, who are honest men in
other ways, know that there is alive somewhere
a man whose honesty shall not bend his knee
to false gods, and, on the day when you meet
him, you sink into the world of counterfeits.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American writer and lecturer
The best parts of a good person’s life
are the little secret acts of love
that no one remembers.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850),
‘Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey’ (1798).
The best feeling I know
is to do a good act secretly,
and to have a person find it by accident.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834), The Athenaeum, 4 January, 1834
I was brought up to believe how I saw myself
was more important than how others saw me.
Anwar el-Sadat (1918-1981), former Egyptian president
Our greatest battles
are those with our own minds.
Jameson Frank
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window
through which you must see the world.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we
shape ourselves. It never ends until we die.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), American author, speaker, politician
Being born in a duck yard does not matter,
if you are born from a swan’s egg.
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish fairy tale author
Never follow the crowd.
Bernard Baruch (1870-1965), American financier & political consultant
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), leader who overthrew the British monarchy
To be an adult is to be alone.
Jean Rostand (1894-1977), Thoughts of a Biologist (1939)
We live, as we dream - alone.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Polish-born English novelist
They travel fastest who travel alone.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), The Story of the Gadsbys (1890),
Wide is the door and wide is the way
that leads to hell; and many go through it.
But narrow is the door and narrow is the way
that leads to life; and very few find it.
The Bible, Matthew 7:13-14
The pot should not call the kettle black.
William Penn (1644-1718), Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693
People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones.
Geoffery Chaucer (1343-1400), Toilus and Criseyde
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), Oh! The Places You'll Go!
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother
before his sister does.
Evan Esar (1899-1995), American humourist
Do what you should,
and leave the end of it to the gods.
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), Horace (1640), act 2, scene 8
Here I stand. I can do no other.
God help me.
Martin Luther (1483-1546), at the Diet of Worms, 18 April 1521
Get up, stand up! Stand up for the right.
Get up, stand up! Do not give up the fight.
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Get Up, Stand Up (1973 song).
7. Good vs Evil
Some opposition is a great help to a man.
Kites rise against, not with, the wind.
John Neal (1893-1976), American author, lawyer, boxer, architect
You cannot run away from a weakness;
you must sometime fight it out or perish.
If that is so, why not now, and where you stand?
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish novelist and writer
You can chain me, you can torture me,
you can even destroy this body,
but you will never control my mind.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), leader of Indian independence
Oh wise man, wash your hands of that friend
who is friends with your enemies.
Saadi (1184-1291), Persian poet
Better fifty enemies
outside the house
than one inside.
Irish proverb
If you are near the enemy,
make him believe you are far from him.
If you are far from the enemy,
make him believe you are near.
Sun Tzu (about 400 BC), The Art of War
You can’t blame the innocent.
All you can do
is control them or destroy them.
Graham Green (1904-1991), The Quiet American
He seems to be right on top of things
and very alert.
We’ve always had trouble with him.
Rick Comley (1947- ), collegiate ice hockey coach
The cruelest lies are often told
by saying nothing.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish novelist and writer
8. Fear
No spirit robs the brain of its ability
to act and think clearly, as does fear.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish stateman and philosopher,
On the Sublime and Beautiful (1757).
There is no fear in love,
for perfect love forces out all fear.
The Bible, I John 4:18
And perfect fear forces out all love.
Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), English intellectual, literary critic, writer
Present dangers
are less than future fears.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth act 1, scene 3
If you want to overcome fear, don’t sit at home
and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American self-improvement lecturer
Understand fear; watch it, learn about it,
come into close touch with it
instead of running away from it.
J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986), writer and speaker on spiritual issues
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Susan Jeffers (circa 1940- ), author of several self-help books
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
John Berryman (1914-1972), American poet and scholar
He has no hope that never had a fear.
William Cowper (1731-1800), English poet and hymn-writer
It’s only those who do nothing
who make no mistakes.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Polish-born English novelist
Cry no more, sad fountains;
Why do you run so fast?
Sixteenth-Century proverb
Dream the impossible dream.
Joe Darion (1917-2001), American musical theatre lyricist
and author
9. Courage
The big thing to be learned in life
is never be scared of anyone or anything.
Fear is the enemy of clear thinking.
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), American singer and actor
Either you choose to stay in the shallow end of
the pool or you go out in the ocean.
Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), American actor, film producer, director,
and author, who became a quadriplegic in 1995.
A small rock holds back a great wave.
Homer (c. 800 BC-700 BC), Greek epic poet, The Odyssey
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), author, poet and philosopher
Whoever rescues even one life
has as much worth
as though he had rescued the whole world.
The Talmud, Mishna. Sanhedrin
Where there is life, there is danger.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Society and Solitude
If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt,
it means you never take any chances.
Julia Sorel, american author
who co-wrote Rocky with Sylvester Stallone
People who have been hurt are dangerous.
They know they can survive.
Josephine Hart
Twenty years from now
you will be more upset
about the things you didn’t do
than by the ones you did do.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author and humourist
When there is no danger in the fight,
there is no happiness in the winning.
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), Le Cid (1637), act 2, scene 2
Don’t be afraid of the space
between your dreams and the real world.
If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Belva Davis (1932- ), Arican-American journalist and author
10. Don't Give Up!
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), American football coach
When you get to the end of your rope,
tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
If you only knock long enough and loud enough
at the gate, you are sure to wake up someone.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet and educator
Most of the important things in the world
have been done by people who have kept on
trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American self-improvement lecturer
No matter how long the night,
the morning will come.
African proverb
Come what will, time and the hour
run through the roughest day.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth act 1, scene 3
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former British Prime Minister
If you pump long enough, hard enough
and enthusiastically enough,
sooner or later it will bring the reward.
Zig Ziglar (1926- ), American salesman and motivational speaker
This one step,
choosing a target and sticking to it,
changes everything.
Scott Reed (1938- ), African-American author
One of the best experiences we can ever have
is to wake up feeling healthy
after we have been sick.
Harold Kushner (1935- ), American Rabbi and author
The wisest person
is not the one who fails the least, but the one
who turns those failings to best account.
Richard R. Grant
Look at the turtle. He makes progress
only when he sticks his neck out.
James Bryant Conant (1893-1978), American educator and chemist
11. Helping Others
There are two ways of showing one’s strength:
one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
African American educator, author, speaker, and political leader
It is always easier to tear down
than it is to build up.
Author unknown
Each person has a place to fill in the world,
and is important in some way,
whether he chooses to be so or not.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864),
American novelist and short story writer
If you’re afraid to let someone else see your
weakness, take heart: Nobody’s perfect.
Besides, trying to hide your weaknesses
does not work as well as you think it does.
Julie Morgenstern, O Magazine, April 2004
If we had no winter, spring would not be so good:
if we did not sometimes taste of troubles,
success would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), Meditations Divine and Moral, 1655
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
British Army Intelligence saying during World War II
Sadness is for one night,
but happiness comes in the morning.
The Bible, Psalm 30:4
After all, tomorrow is another day.
Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), Gone With The Wind
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings
while the morning is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Bengali poet, artist, and musician
There is good in seeing good in others.
William Congreve (1670-1729), to Sir Godfrey Kneller
Those who are lifting the world
up higher and on farther
are those who encourage more than criticise.
Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927), American educator
I've tried not to laugh at the actions of people,
not to cry over them, not to hate them,
but to understand them.
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677),
Tractatus Politicius (1677), chapter 1, section 4
12. Kindness
Speaking with kindness builds confidence,
thinking with kindness builds wisdom,
giving with kindness builds love.
Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism (about 500 BC)
Kindness is the language which
the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author and humourist
You have two hands.
One for helping yourself,
the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), American actress and humanitarian
Those who bring sunlight to the lives of others
cannot keep it from themselves.
James M. Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish author and dramatist
Love and kindness always make a difference.
They bless the one who receives them,
and they bless you, the giver.
Barbara De Angelis (1951- ), author and lecturer on relationships
Do good and care not to whom.
Italian Proverb
Instead of trying to be right,
why don’t we try being kind?
Wayne Dyer (1940- ), American self-help author and lecturer
Trust men and they will be true to you;
act toward them as if they are great
and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American writer and lecturer
Simple kindness to yourself and all that lives
is the most powerful changing force of all.
David R. Hawkins (1927- ), American psychiatrist, author and lecturer
A kind word is never thrown away.
Arthur Helps (1813-1875), English writer and dean of the Privy Council
All you need is love.
But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.
Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000), American cartoonist
If you know what hurts yourself,
you know what hurts others.
Author unknown
No act of kindness is ever wasted.
Aesop (c. 620-564 BC), Greek fable teller
Before you judge me, walk a mile in my shoes.
Author unknown
The art of being kind
is all that this sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919), The World’s Need
No man can sincerely try to help another
without helping himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American writer and lecturer
You will get more bees with honey
than with vinegar.
Author unknown
Be good to people on the way up,
because you will meet them
on the way down.
Wilson Mizner (1876-1933),
in A. Johnston's The Legendary Mizners (1953), chapter 4
I and the people know
what all school children learn:
If you are cruel to another,
they will be cruel in return.
W. H. Auden (1907-1973), ‘September 1, 1939’ (1940)
A soft answer turns away anger.
The Bible, Proverbs 15:1
Smile. It is the key
that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.
Anthony J. D’Angelo. American self-help author
I have witnessed the hardest of hearts
become soft
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