Erma Bombeck Don't confuse fame with success. Don't go to a doctor whose office plants have died. If a man watches three football games in a row he should be declared legally dead. The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration. Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
Benjamin Disraeli Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of man. Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.