Some of the ones I like a lot (some are just suppose to be funny) -
You can do anything, but not everything.
—David Allen
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
—Unknown Author
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
—Abraham Maslow (I love Maslow)
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
—Aristotle
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.
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.
—Lao-Tze
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
—Virgil Garnett Thomson
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
—Norm Crosby
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
—Kurt Vonnegut
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
—Scott Adams
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it.
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it.
—Clarence Darrow
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
—Cullen Hightower
—Cyril Connolly
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
—André Gide
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
—Aristotle
I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.
I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.
—Aryeh Frimer (Brilliant)
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
—Cyril Connolly
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
—Dame Edna Everage
—Erica Jong
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
—Oscar Wilde
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