Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. - Sam Ewing
The good; the bad; the ugly.
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Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Friday, May 3, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
If You Are A Dog
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail. - Fran Lebowitz
Not only be true to your nature but be true to others nature as well.
Not only be true to your nature but be true to others nature as well.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Your Choice
Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Your choice.
Your choice.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Fashion
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. - Henry David Thoreau
Following the fashion of your generation into adulthood is a sign of stability rather than lacking perception.
Following the fashion of your generation into adulthood is a sign of stability rather than lacking perception.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Fooling Folks
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. - James Thurber
..... Because of the prevailing opinion that people must be, and are, "protected."
..... Because of the prevailing opinion that people must be, and are, "protected."
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Wasting Time
Waste no time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself! - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
..... Don't waste your time talking about anyone. Ideas, yes; people, no. No use wasting your time with small topics.
..... Don't waste your time talking about anyone. Ideas, yes; people, no. No use wasting your time with small topics.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Normal Folk
The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well. - Alfred Adler
..... Normal is pretty boring.
..... Normal is pretty boring.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Star Bright
There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook. - Gordon B. Hinckley
There is nothing that brightens a personality so much as a positive outlook.
There is nothing that brightens a personality so much as a positive outlook.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Masculine & Feminine
The masculine grows by challenge but the feminine grows by praise. - David Deida
Yes, but don't assume anyone is purely masculine or feminine.
Yes, but don't assume anyone is purely masculine or feminine.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Weekend Trivia
The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend. - Chuck Palahniuk
If someone asks you how your weekend was, don't disappoint them - ask them how their's was.
If someone asks you how your weekend was, don't disappoint them - ask them how their's was.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Sometimes It Rains
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. - Bob Dylan
Some care if they get wet and some don't.
Some care if they get wet and some don't.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Collective Wisdom
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. - Thomas Carlyle
The whole is never greater than the sum of the parts when it comes to people.
The whole is never greater than the sum of the parts when it comes to people.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
For Themselves
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves. - Gene Fowler
Men, women, classmates, neighbors, politicians are all the same; out for themselves though their actions, on the surface, may look otherwise.
Men, women, classmates, neighbors, politicians are all the same; out for themselves though their actions, on the surface, may look otherwise.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Neighbours
Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood. - Louise Beal
Carefully, very carefully.
Carefully, very carefully.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Fools
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. - Charles Lamb
Present company excepted of course.
Present company excepted of course.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Good People
Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good. - Jimmy Wales
Don't let the news warp your view of people.
Don't let the news warp your view of people.
Monday, March 26, 2012
World Views
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. - Francis De La Rochefourcauld
And the timid think everyone else needs to be cared for.
And the timid think everyone else needs to be cared for.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Bad Company
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington
If you assume all people are inherently evil you will end up very lonely.
If you assume all people are inherently evil you will end up very lonely.
Friday, March 9, 2012
What Others Think
I shall not pretend that I do not prefer to have people adore me rather than revile me, but I have always found that it was far easier for me to suffer the disapprobation of others than to amend my behavior in order to find favor with them. - Kathryn L. Nelson
You can't please all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln
You can't please all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Beauty's Transit
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. - Martin Buxbaum
A fair trade.
A fair trade.
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