Growing wiser on the wisdom (or stupidity) of others
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Monday, July 30, 2007

Gracian on Actions vs Words

"Content yourself with doing,
leave the talking to others."

-- Baltasar Gracián,
via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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Samuel Johnson on the chains of habit

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." -- Samuel Johnson, via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Mike Myers on Scottish Cuisine

"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare." -- Mike Myers, via BrainyQuote

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Carlyle on how noble work is at first

"Every noble work is at first impossible." -- Thomas Carlyle

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Samuel Johnson on how to spend your life

"Life is very short, and very uncertain; let us spend it as well as we can." -- Samuel Johnson

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Set goals or become enslaved by activity

"In the absence of clearly defined goals, we are forced to concentrate on activity and ultimately become enslaved by it." -- Chuck Coonradt

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Monday, July 16, 2007

Thoreau on Achieving Success

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." -- Henry David Thoreau, via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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Monday, July 09, 2007

W. H. Auden and the common denominator

"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." -- W. H. Auden, via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Believe you will succeed

"Believe that you will succeed. Believe it firmly, and you will then do what is necessary to bring success about." -- Dale Carnegie

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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

We can change the world

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Meade

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Monday, July 02, 2007

JFK on how to look at change

"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future." -- John F. Kennedy, via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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