Vocation

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. -Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850)

Speech

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. -Lebanese proverb

Literature

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974)

Conquering fear

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. ~George Addair, real-estate developer

Wisdom

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~ Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author

Law

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Telephone & computer

I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

Happiness

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -Ernest Hemingway, author and journalist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961)

Life's measurements

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

Extra mile

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. ~Roger Staubach

Pursuit

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.  ~Benjamin Franklin

Language

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. -George Orwell, writer (1903-1950)

Fanaticism

When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. -Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (b. 1928)

Vanity

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. -Louis Kronenberger, writer (1904-1980)

Solitude

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. -Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)

Action

The arrow has to draw back to fly ahead. -Proverb

Courage

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.  ~Christopher Columbus

Freedom

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt: the 32nd President of the United States

Insanity

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. -Ray Bradbury, writer (1920-2012)

Freedom

The most certain test by which we can judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. -Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian (1834-1902)

Achievement

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what? ~ Jim Rohn

Now

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time of which you have any control: now. ~Denis Waitley

Debt

"Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of." —Henry Wheeler Shaw: American humorist

Heroism

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.  ~Christopher Reeve

Entrepreneurship

"If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs." -Dhirubhai Ambani, entrepreneur

Ideas

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)