In questions of science

"In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."

-Galileo Galilei

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle

"This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are
given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for
circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in
acting, to live."

-- Omar Bradley

It is well to give when asked

"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give
unasked."

-- Kahil Gibran

Good, better, best

"Good, better, best. Never rest until good be better and
better best."

-- Mother Goose rhyme

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are,

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they
are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on
in this world are the people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, they
make them."

-- George Bernard Shaw

There comes a time in a man’s life when he must prefer a meaningful death

There comes a time in a man’s life when he must prefer a meaningful death to a meaningless life.

-Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr.

Only you can damage your character

Your reputation can be damaged by the opinion of others. Only you can damage your character.

-Selected

Always do right

Always do right, this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

-Mark Twain

There is no right way to do something wrong

There is no right way to do something wrong.

-Anonymous

All you really need is love

"All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and
then doesn't hurt."

-- Lucy Van Pelt

Let us put our minds together

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make
for our children."

-- Sitting Bull

Think wrongly

"Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for
yourself."

-- Doris Lessing

If all of our misfortunes were laid in one common heap

"If all of our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence
everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be
contented to take their own and depart."

-- Socrates

What I am looking for is not out there

The inspiration..

Before staring or looking on something else that you think better, explore yourself.

Quote of the day..

"What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me."

-- Helen Keller

Bits for Moving Up..

Never compare yourself to others, God blessed us equally.

It's when you treat people like freaks

"It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one
yourself."

-- Dolly Parton

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right,

"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right,
you'll probably never do much of anything."

-- Win Borden

The only true equalisers in the world are books

The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only
treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only
wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which
you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom.

-- J. A. Langford

Mankind's greatest blessing

"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."

-- Mark Twain

Never bear more than one trouble at a time

"Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear
three kinds --- all they have had, all they have now, and all
they expect to have."

-- Edward Everett Hale

Love is the ultimate outlaw

"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any
rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.
Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to
aid and abet."

-- Tom Robbins

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
Autograph your work with excellence."

-- Jessica Guidobono

Remember that not getting what you want is,

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck."

-- Dalai Lama

My interest is in the future

"My interest is in the future... because I'm going to spend
the rest of my life there."

-- Charles Kettering

Respect your efforts, respect yourself

"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect
leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly
under your belt, that's real power."

-- Clint Eastwood

I will not die an unlived life

"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in
fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit
my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less
afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it
becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my
significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me
as blossom, goes on as fruit."

-- Dawna Markova

If you don't know where you are going

"If you don't know where you are going, how can you
expect to get there?"

-- Basil S. Walsh

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers

"Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are
famous preservers of youthful looks."

-- Charles Dickens

If we all do one random act of kindness daily

"If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might
set the world in the right direction."

-- Martin Kornfeld

There is only one way to happiness

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease
worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

-- Epictetus

Ability is what you're capable of doing

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation
determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do
it."

-- Raymond Chandler

No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not,

"No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one
time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging
well over the brink of failure."

-- Napoleon Hill

Happiness is not same as joy

Happiness is not same as joy, because circumstances allow happiness, they can also make happiness dissolve into thin air. Joy, on the other hand defies circumstances. It can coexist with doubt , ambiguity and pain. It is contentedness beyond circumstances, an indestructible kind of confidence.
--Tim Hansel

If you are truly flexible and go until.

"If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really
very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime."

-- Anthony Robbins

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbour as ourselves

"The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbour as
ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate
others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others
when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive
ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready
to sacrifice ourselves."

-- Eric Hoffer

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions

"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions -- the
little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind
look or heartfelt compliment."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth

"Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it
is the representative of a whole eternity."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No matter how old a mother is

"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged
children for signs of improvement."

-- Florida Scott-Maxwell

It's so simple to be wise

"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to
say and then don't say it."

-- Sam Levenson

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you

"You can take from every experience what it has to offer you.
And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath
followed by another."

-- Oprah Winfrey

When the water starts boiling

"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the
heat."

-- Nelson Mandela

Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow

"Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the
opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of
yesterday."

-- Brian Tracy

All mankind is divided into three classes

"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are
immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."

-- Arabian Proverb

What is a weed?

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been
discovered."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is
the true measure of our thanksgiving."

-- W. T. Purkiser

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue

"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order
that they should see twice as much as they say."

-- Charles Caleb Colton

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes...

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can
be made in a very narrow field."

-- Niels Bohr