3 December 2020 Thomas a Kempis Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
3 December 2020 John F. Kennedy Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
3 December 2020 Andrew Carnegie No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
3 December 2020 Delphine de Girardin Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
3 December 2020 Casey Stengel The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
3 December 2020 Samuel Butler Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
3 December 2020 Henry Miller True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
3 December 2020 Sergio Leone In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life – in jeeps – and upset all my dreams.
3 December 2020 Pete Rose My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
3 December 2020 Jonathan Swift It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
3 December 2020 Wilbur Smith I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn’t want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith – I’ve had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I’d like to be J. K. Rowling, but I’ll settle for second best.
3 December 2020 Bob Woodward A reporter’s ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
3 December 2020 George Bernard Shaw He’s a man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
3 December 2020 Desiderius Erasmus The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
3 December 2020 Frank Lloyd Wright Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
3 December 2020 Courtney Love I’m ultimately a widow and a single mother, who’s not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it’s freaky.
3 December 2020 David Frum Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.
3 December 2020 James A. Baldwin To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
3 December 2020 Russell Baker The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers’ own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs.
3 December 2020 Thomas Friedman I’ve been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they’ve been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don’t care about the world.
3 December 2020 Hugh Jackman My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that’s what my father chose to do.
