Monday, March 22, 2010

Sayings-5--E Sitwell, Whitney Young, Thomas Alva Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Bierce, Sherlock Holmes, William Faulkner, Dwight D Elsenhower, Henry Ford, Oscar Wilde, Eleanor Roosevelt, Corrina Bunch,

I am patient with   stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
- E Sitwell

Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.
- Unknown

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
– Whitney Young

You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.
- Dwight D Elsenhower

Too many people are looking for the right person, instead of being the right person.
- Corrina Bunch

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
- Oscar Wilde

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
- Henry Ford

Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
- Oscar Wilde

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
- Abraham Lincoln

Live out of your imagination, not your history.
- Stephen Covey

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work
- Thomas Alva Edison

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
- Sherlock Holmes

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
- Ambrose Bierce

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