quotes on quality

Instinct is the nose of the mind. ~Madame De Girardin



A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown



We are born wet, naked, and hungry. Then things get worse. ~Author Unknown



Nothing is sad on a beautiful morning save to look down and realize you just had the last sip of coffee and the mug sits indifferently empty. ~Terri Guillemets



I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back. ~Fred Allen



If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~Toni Morrison



An artist, in giving a concert, should not demand an entrance fee but should ask the public to pay, just before leaving as much as they like. From the sum he would be able to judge what the world thinks of him - and we would have fewer mediocre concerts. ~Kit Coleman, Kit Coleman: Queen of Hearts



Carry laughter with you wherever you go. ~Hugh Sidey



What is the city but the people? ~William Shakespeare



Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~Dale Carnegie



Wear your own skin. ~As seen on a shirt at pangeaveg.com



Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may. ~Mark Twain



True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~William Penn



Inspiration: a peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God. ~Voltaire



Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can fetter us. Once let men recognize this truth, and the hour of their liberation has struck. Nature cannot enslave the soul that by wisdom has gained power and uses both in love. ~Annie Besant



The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. ~George William Curtis



To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. ~Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876



Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time. ~Thomas Carlyle



We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. ~Elbert Hubbard



Improvement begins with I. ~Arnold Glasow