Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing.
Jules de Goncourt
Quotes
Theodore Hesburgh
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother – Readers Digest, January 1963
Anthony Trollope
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
Seneca
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
Andre Gide
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Charles Caleb Colton
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a
George Bernard Shaw
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are
Alfred North Whitehead
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington
A goal is a dream that has an ending.
Vince Lombardi
It doesn’t matter how often you get knocked down; what matters is how often you get back up.