Virtues
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65) Roman philosopher and playwright.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British statesman and philosopher.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-U.S. scientist.
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) American writer.