Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Henrik Ibsen

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Ronald Reagan

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

Mahalia Jackson

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

Thomas Hobbes

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation

Plato

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.

James Dyson

I believe Business Objects is on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar sales company. There is tremendous growth potential for business intelligence.

Bernard Liautaud

When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself, if a dowdy like that can stand himself all his life, surely I can stand him for a few minutes.

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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.

Thomas Jefferson

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Dwight D Eisenhower