The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
Charles Du Bos
Quotes
Harry Emerson Fosdick
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world —
Robert Packwood
Judgement comes from experience, and great judgement comes from bad experience.
Erastus Wiman
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power.
Paul Goodman
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
Harry S. Truman
I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability.
Alexander Pope
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
William James
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says,
Ann Landers
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared.