The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. – Norman Vincent Peale Category: Adversity
The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty — not marble floors and foundations. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Adversity
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. – Robert Service Category: Adversity
If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes. – The Houghton Line, November 1965 Category: Adversity
Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications. – Gary Becker Category: alone
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. – Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774 Category: Be Yourself
I dont have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. – Michael Landon Category: Life
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? – William H. Davies Category: Rest, Leisure
