Ponder for 2/12/2009

Everybody lies, but it doesn’t matter since nobody listens.
- Anonymous

 

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
- John D. Rockefeller

You should give as you would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
- Seneca

 

He who cannot give anything cannot feel anything either.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
- Albert Einstein

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
- Anonymous

 

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
- Akiro Kurosawa

You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.
- Anonymous

 

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
- Robert Ingersoll

 

Stand up for what is right, even if you are standing alone.

 

A part of kindness consists of sometimes loving people more than they deserve.  

- Joseph Loubert

 

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.  

- Albert Einstein

 

Ultimately, it’s up to each of us to choose how we will live our lives, hold ourselves to high standards, and continually evaluate what’s inside the image we see in the mirror.  

- Eric Harvey

 

The greatest discovery of this generation is that a human being can alter their life by altering their attitude.  

- William James

 

A friend is a present you give to yourself. 
-  Robert Louis Stevenson