o “Enjoy the little things in life, for someday you will realize that they were the big things.” – Source Unknown

o “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams

o “The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong, is, like envy and greed, among the vices of the weak, and possibly even their most dangerous one. Power corrupts indeed when the weak band together in order to ruin the strong, but not before.” – Hannah Arendt

o “Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power – that is not easy.” – Aristotle

o “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” – P.T. Barnum

o “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

o “In my experience, people who are truly compassionate rarely use the word “compassion.” Those who do talk compassion generally intend to be compassionate with your money, not their own. It’s wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that ‘compassion’.” – Harry Browne

o “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi

o “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” – Alexander Hamilton

o “Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament– it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can’t avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.” – Robert A. Heinlein

o “When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail” – Abraham Maslow

o “For every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat…and wrong.” – H.L. Mencken

o “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” – Thomas Paine

o “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Plato

o “If you ignore the rules, people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so they don’t apply to you.” – Terry Pratchett

o “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

o “Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.” – Bertrand Russell

o “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.” – Nikola Tesla

o “Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.” – Sun Tsu

o “Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.” – Mark Twain

o “I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” – Kurt Vonnegut