Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
The February born will find Sincerity and peace of mind; Freedom from passion and from care, If they the Pearl (also green Amethyst) will wear.
Feet that run on willing errands!
Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet knights will make this good, and prove it.
We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we Will drink to him, whate'er he be, And sing the songs he loved to hear.
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right: I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak, Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is She you seek!
My twin and I were wombmates and then roommates. Some day our bodies will be tombmates. (as their souls will be together with those of their husbands in paradise).
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.
He who would live must fight, he who will not fight in this world where eternal struggle is the law of life, has not the right to exist.
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand left to unknown men who will be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow...
Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
If you don't care, your customer never will.
The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the second used machines to extend the human nervous system (radio, television, telephones); the third is now utilizing machines which extend the human mind-computers. About half of all service workers (43 percent of the labor force by 2000) will be involved in collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, structuring, storing, or retrieving information... By 1995, 80 percent of all management will be "knowledge workers.".
When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.
The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion of fear and pain will eventually make him sell badly.
If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.