Dale Carnegie - “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”


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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Quotes that tickle my fancy

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom Plato

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something Plato

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them. Napoleon Bonaparte

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander Napoleon Bonaparte

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity Napoleon Bonaparte

Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret Laurence J. Peter

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought Laurence J. Peter

My personal favourite: "How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself”

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