Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.
Oliver Wendell HolmesPeople who take time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.
John Miller
Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.
Erich Fromm
Until you know that life is
interesting and find it so, you havenīt found your soul.
Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher
If I look confused itīs because Iīm thinking.
Samuel Goldwyn
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Helen Keller
Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the childīs reason without destroying your own.
John Mason Brown
The superior man is distressed by his want of ability.
Confucius
A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness.
Harvey Cushing
Habit is stronger than reason.
George Santayana
"Know thyself" is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say "know others".
Menander
.
. . be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.
Herbert Asquith
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.
Slogan of the United States Army Service Forces
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom
I knew as well.
Henry David Thoreau
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost
Eccentricity is one of the hallmarks of strong characters and original minds.
Andrew Garve
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally.
G. K. Chesterton
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
Carl Jung
