People

Nothing great is done without great men, an they are great because they are determined to be so. Charles de Gaulle - French politician, 1959-69 president of the Fifth Republic (1890-1970), from "The Army of the future" ("Vers l"armée de métier", 1934), Quotations book 2011

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. John Wooden - American basketball player and coach (1910-2010), Quotations book 2011

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed. attributed to Bernard M. Baruch - American financier, adviser to several American presidents (1870-1965), Quotations book 2010

The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. attributed to Abigail van Buren - born Pauline Esther Friedman, American advice columnist (1918-2013), Quotations book 2010

All geniusses are leeches, so to speak. They feed from the same source - the blood of life ... We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there. Henry Miller - American writer and painter  (1891-1980), from "Sexus"...

Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poet (1807-1882), from "The Courtship of Miles Standish" (1858)

A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore - American actor (1882-1942), as quoted in the biography "Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life and Times of John Barrymore" by Gene Fowler (1949)

If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assenbly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself. Charles Haddon Spurgeon - English baptist pastor (1834-1892), from "Additions to the Church", Predigt 1167 (1874)

I have seen no trend towards value investing in the 35 years that I"ve practiced it. There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. attributed to Benjamin Disraeli - English writer and politician, 1868 and 1874-80 Prime Minister (1804-1881)

I have lerned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Khalil Gibran - Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, aka Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), from "Sand and Foam" (1926)

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. Frédéric Bastiat - French economist and journalist (1801-1850)

Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life. Ellen Sue Stern - American life advisor and author (b. 1954)

Don"t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. John Eldredge - American christian counsellor and author (b. 1960)