The one important thing I have
learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously
and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is
disastrous. - Margot Fonteyn
He who thinks he
can find in himself the means of doing without others is much mistaken; but he
who thinks that others cannot do without him is still more mistaken. -
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
A clay pot sitting in the sun will
always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to
become porcelain. - Mildred W. Struven
And the day came when the risk to
remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Unknown
It doesn’t matter who hurt you, or
broke you down. What matters is who made you smile again. - Unknown
As you grow older, you'll find the
only things you regret are the things you didn't do. - Zachary Scott
Ask not what
your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country. - Cicero
You can't enjoy light verse with a
heavy heart. - Russell Baker
Brevity is a
great charm of eloquence. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is hard to say common things
in an original way. -
Horace
Oaths
are but words and words are but wind. - Samuel Butler
Givers have to set limits because
takers rarely do. - Irma
Kurtz
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