September 1999 Thought-A-Day Archive
September 1, 1999
The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.
-- George T. Hewitt
September 2, 1999
The man who wastes today lamenting yesterday will waste tomorrow lamenting today.
-- Phillip M. Raskin
September 3, 1999
Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.
-- John Charles Salak
September 6, 1999
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
-- Albert Einstein
September 7, 1999
When a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live. When he begins to live, he begins to understand his fellow man.
-- Norvin G. McGranahan
September 8, 1999
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
-- Chinese Proverb
September 9, 1999
You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now and where you stand?
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
September 10, 1999
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
-- Orison Swett Marden
September 13, 1999
The soul would have no rainbow, had the eye no tears.
--Unknown
September 14, 1999
Love work. Turn a deaf ear to slander. Be considerate in correcting others. Do not be taken up by trifles. Do not resent plain speaking. Meet offenders half-way. Be thorough in thought. Have an open mind. Do your duty without grumbling.
-- Marcus Aurelius
September 15, 1999
Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
-- Ronald E. Osborn
September 16, 1999
Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least injury without damage; it is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by the least flaw.
-- Boussuet
September 20, 1999
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.
-- Irving Berlin
September 21, 1999
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
-- Lord Chesterfield
September 22, 1999
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
--Washington Irving
September 23, 1999
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
-- Dr. Robert Freeman
September 24, 1999
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
-- Louis XIV
September 27, 1999
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there be beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
-- Chinese Proverb
September 28, 1999
A man's strength cannot always be judged by his strongest actions; in may instances he is judged by his weakness.
-- J. W. A. Henderson
September 29, 1999
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
-- S. Davies
September 30, 1999
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them.
-- Emerson
