Tuesday, October 26, 2010

QOD: Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (née Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Oct. 11, 1884 ~ Nov. 7, 1962), First Lady of the United States

Monday, October 25, 2010

QOD: Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. ~ Gustave Flaubert (Dec. 12, 1821 ~ May 8, 1880), French writer

Sunday, October 24, 2010

QOD: Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom. ~ Mignon McLaughlin (June 6, 1913 ~ Dec. 20, 1983), American journalist and author

Friday, October 22, 2010

QOD: Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. ~ Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Nov. 30, 1835 ~ Apr. 21, 1910), American author

Thursday, October 21, 2010

QOD: The worst sorrows in life are not its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. ~ Arthur Christopher Benson (Apr. 24, 1862 ~ June 17, 1925), British essayist

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

QOD: I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. ~ Langston Hughes (né James Mercer Langston Hughes; Feb. 1, 1902 ~ May 22, 1967), African-American poet

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

QOD: The less of routine, the more of life. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott (Nov. 29, 1799 ~ Mar. 4, 1888), American educator