Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded.... However, they are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything. J.K. Galbraith on agreement
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle on action
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle on beauty
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle on courage
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle on happiness
Different men seek after happiness indifferent ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle on happiness
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle on religion
Doubt is the father of invention. Galileo on doubt
To quote is to think, to think is to learn, to learn is to live. Allen Gallardo on education
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. Mahatma Gandhi on change
There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Gandhi on inspiration
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party. Mahatma Gandhi on justice
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi on love
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. James A. Garfield on age
(The President) is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think. James A. Garfield on politics
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. Giuseppe Garibaldi on religion
The vain beauty cares most for the conquest which employed the whole artillery of her charms. Edward Garrett on beauty
Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist. Paul Gauguin on art
Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow. John Gay on doctor
Ten years of rejection slips is nature's way of telling you to stop writing. R. Geis on beauty