Quotes Added in April 2008
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
Clive Staples Lewis
Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.
William Somerset Maugham
Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.
Laurence Peter
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin
It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
Adlai Stevenson
Character is not made in a crisis - it is only exhibited.
Robert Freeman
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
J. Petit-Sinn
The strength of a man consists in finding the way God is going and going that way.
Henry Ward Beecher
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Phyllis Diller
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