Great Throughts Treasury

"We are all free to do as we must."

"We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures."

"We teach who we are."

"When money talks, nobody notices what grammar it uses."

"When prices are falling, better a full purse than a full cupboard; when prices are rising, better a full cupboard than a full purse."

"Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own."

"What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?"

"When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much."

"When our learning exceeds our deeds we are like trees whose branches are many but whose roots are few: the wind comes and uproots them... But when our deeds exceed our learning we are like trees whose branches are few but whose roots are many, so that even if all the winds of the world were to come and blow against them, they would be unable to move them."

"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles. It empties today of it’s strength."

"When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found."

"You can't predict the future but you can prepare for it."

"Work is love made visible. Keep working with love."

"An idiot repeats his mistakes. A smart man learns from his mistakes. But a genius learns from the mistakes of others."

"An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question.""

"You’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution."

"Actions speak louder than words."

"Your attitude, almost always determines your attitude in life."

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake."

"Big goals can create a fear of failure. Lack of goals guarantees it."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.""

"Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. ""

"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance.""

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."

"Every time you point a finger at someone you have three pointing back at you."

"He that lacks the time to mourn, lacks time to mend."

"He appears to have been educated beyond his intelligence."

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."

"If money is the root of all evil, then why to churches beg for it?""

"If wishing made things happen, then everybody would have everything."

"Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong."

"It is not the cards you are dealt but what you do with them that counts."

"One who makes no mistakes makes nothing."

"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going."

"Nothing will ever be attained if all possible objections must first be overcome."

"Smart is believing half of what you hear, brilliant is knowing which half to believe."

"Some pursue happiness - others create it."

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg."

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

"The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious."

"Smart people learn from their own mistakes. Very smart people learn from other people's mistakes."

"The fool mistakes power for virtue, acclaim for merit, nonconformity for dangerousness, conviction for truth, revenge for justice, license for liberty, and kindness for weakness."

"The lottery is just a tax on people who are bad at math."

"Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused."

"Truth fears no trial."

"Without data, all you are is another person with an opinion."

"You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind."

"Worry is the misuse of imagination."

"You should never let your fears become the boundaries of your dreams."

"You learn from the journey and trying to get where you want to go. Actually arriving is not what it's all about."