Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2009-09-16 Sep 16, 2009As compared with impulsive commitment to the first idea which dawns, that is, with intuitive action, reasoning is patient, exploratory of other possibilities, and deliberative.~ Edwin Arthur BurttThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.~ George Bernard ShawThere is no such thing as the last word in history. There is always scope for debate in the reading of history which is never static.~ Tony Martin Sep 15, 2009Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.~ Chinese ProverbTell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand.~ ConfuciusYou miss 100% of the shots you never take.~ Wayne Gretzky Sep 14, 2009The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.~ Angolan ProverbPrefer a loss to a dishonest gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.~ Chilon of SpartaNothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.~ Franklin P. Adams Sep 11, 2009I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.~ AesopPeople often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.~ AesopWe would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.~ Aesop Sep 10, 2009There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.~ Clarence S. DarrowI leave this rule for others when I'm dead, Be always sure you're right -- then go ahead.~ Davy CrockettI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.~ Henry David Thoreau Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print