The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for -- annually, not oftener -- if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments.

Mark Twain

Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.

Samuel Johnson

A good intention clothes itself with power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the beast. You realized that people like Carcer were not mad. They were incredibily sane. They were simply men without a shield. They'd looked at the world and realized that all the rules didn't have to apply to them, not if they didn't want them to. They weren't fooled by all the little stories. They shook hands with the beast.

Terry Pratchett

You believe what your eyes want to believe!

Santosh Kalwar

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Johann von Goethe

I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership.

Joe Donnelly

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

Mick Jagger

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.

Mason Cooley

A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.

Proverb