Nuggets of Wisdom
Oh, I haven’t written for a loooong time… 
Well, I have been cleaning the house over the weekend and I saw an old book called “Nuggets of Wisdom”, it’s full of inspiring quotes and I just want to share the bits and pieces that I like.
- “I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything; “I will try” has performed wonders. ~ Selected
- People judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have heart of gold, but so has a hard-boiled egg. ~ Good Reading
- Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Andre Gide
- Remember that anger is one letter away from danger. ~Anonymous
- If you lie with dogs, you get up with fleas. ~Jewish proverb
- The Bible survives because it contains God’s answers to mankind’s needs. ~ Laurence Maxwell
- A man’s best collateral is his character. ~JP Morgan
- Success is never final; failure is never fatal; it is courage that counts. ~ Winston Churchill
- It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. ~ Mabel Newcomber
- Failure is just an opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
- It’s a lot easier to grow old than it is to grow up. ~ Frank Clark
- Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level of the feet. ~ Henry David Thoreau
- If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin
- Don’t lie and you won’t have to remember any. ~ Chinese proverb
- The gem cannot be polished without fiction, nor man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese proverb
- Marriage is not wrecked by a blowout but rather by a slow leak – continued negligence and inattention. ~ Allan Petersen
- A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led. ~ Alexander Cannon
- Anyone can be polite to a king, but it takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar. ~ Anonymous
- The more flesh, the more worms. The more possessions, the more worry. ~ Hillel
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