"Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."
- Ambrose Bierce
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved."
- George MacDonald
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
- John Maxwell
"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."
- Xenocrates
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
- Henry Ward Beecher
"A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart."
- Unknown
"Worldly wisdom has a way of reducing heaven’s wisdom to an afterthought."
- Boyd Bailey
"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?"
- Tom Stoppard
"There are four boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order."
- Ed Howdershelt
"Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke."
- Claude McDonald
"If you want to be successful, you must either have a chance or take one."
- Unknown
"It is better to wear out than to rust out."
- Theodore Roosevelt
"The foolish and the dead never change their opinions."
- James Russell Lowell
"Maturity begins when we’re content to feel right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong."
- Sydney J. Harris
"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I am thankful that I am not a Republican."
- H.L. Mencken
"Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."
- Unknown (although commonly attributed to Mark Twain)
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
- Bertrand Russell
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
