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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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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Carlyle on how noble work is at first

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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