BOBBI'S FAVORITE QUOTATIONS

ONLY WORDS ENDURE 
(Barbara Florio Graham)

(NOTE: Many of the unattributed quotations are from The Prairie Rambler)

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, 
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
                   (George Gordon Byron)

Put your head down, do the work, and be generous.   (Tom Brokaw)

                A mind, once expanded by a new idea,  never returns to its original dimensions.  
                                             (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.  (Jack Penn)

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.  (Yogi Berra)

         Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.   (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Building a personal library is an exercise in autobiography. We are known by the books we keep.
(Leonard Stern)

Knowledge is free, but you have to bring your own container.  (author unknown)

Unless we change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.  Chinese proverb 

A word to the wise is sufficient. For others, use more.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.  (Thomas Edison)

He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how."  (Friedrich Nietzsche)

A.E. Housman talks about people too unhappy to be kind.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong.

 
All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy in its own fashion. (Tolstoy)

You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.  (A.A. Milne)

Find out what you don't do well; then don't do it.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. 
    (Arthur Hays Sulzberger, former New York Times publisher)

If voters want a vibrant, vigorous press, we will have to demand it,
by talking constantly in the ears of those in whom we have entrusted this enormous responsibility. 
(Elizabeth Edwards)

The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.  (Sydney J. Harris)

When spiders' webs align, they can chop a lion.  (Somali proverb)

The hardest thing in life to learn 
Is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

(David Russell)

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown in flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.    (Albert Schweitzer)

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. 

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.  (Alan Kay)

Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught 
will we realize that we cannot eat money.   (a Cree elder)

The loser tries to change the wind; the winner changes the sail.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem will look like a nail.  (Abraham Maslow)

There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.  (Beverly Sills)

Just because the water is calm doesn't mean there aren't any crocodiles.  (Malayan proverb)

You can't always judge by appearances:  the early bird may have been up all night.

A compromise is an arrangement whereby someone who can't get exactly what he wants makes sure nobody else gets what they want.  (probably another by Jerry B. of The Prairie Rambler)

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.  (C.S. Lewis)

In the midst of great joy do not promise anyone anything.
In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. 
(Chinese proverb)

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.  (William Feather)

The seven root causes of evil, according to Mahatma Gandhi:
            wealth without work
            pleasure without consequence
            knowledge without character
            commerce without morality
            science without humanity 
            worship without sacrifice
            politics without principles

We're still trying to do the wrong things better than we did them before.  (John Carver)

If you don't know where you're heading, any direction will do.
(Oliver Doyle, professor at Sir Sandford Fleming College)

If you stand up to be counted, from time to time may get yourself knocked down.  
But remember this:  someone flattened by an opponent can get up;  
someone flattened by conformity stays down for good.    (Thomas J. Watson, Jr.)

You write to find out what you're writing (e.l. doctorow, who calls himself a graphomaniac because he writes all the time, about everything)  Doctorow also says he usually starts with an image, then writes to discover who these people are, and what's going on. He adds: When I was young, I knew a lot about writing. Now I just do it.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. 
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan Press On has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.   (Calvin Coolidge)

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;
as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;
as young as your hope, as old as your despair.    (Samuel Ullman)

Four Traditional Native Virtues:  Courage, Strength, Wisdom, Generosity