“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

Alexander the Great conquered the known world and then died very young; however, he possessed great insight into the philosophy of mankind. This should come as no surprise given the fact that his teacher was Aristotle…

“I do not separate people, as do the narrow-minded, into Greeks and barbarians. I am not interested in the origin or race of citizens. I only distinguish them on the basis of their virtue. For me each good foreigner is a Greek and each bad Greek is worse than a barbarian. “

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

Only make a great deal if you have no intention of ever doing business with that person again… otherwise make a good deal.

If you aren’t happy with what you’ve got now, what makes you think you’ll be happier with more?

Any problem you can solve with a check isn’t a problem, it’s an expense.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

J.P. Morgan was interested in buying a pearl pin. The jeweler he approached found the perfect pin and sent it in a box to Morgan with a bill for $5,000.

The following day the box was returned wirh a note from Morgan:

I like the pin, but I don’t like the price. If you will accept the enclosed check for $4,000, please send back the box which is sealed with the seal unbroken.”

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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

It doesn’t matter how many pails of milk you spill. Just don’t lose the cow.

Nothing is more rewarding than to watch someone who says “…it can’t be done…” get interrupted by someone actually doing it.