Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

The sparrows chirped as if they still were proud Their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt, The Douglas in red herrings.

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.

In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas O'er half the world to run-- With a cheated crew, to league anew With the Goth and the shameless Hun.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.

All the knowledge I possess everyone can acquire, but my heart is all my own. -Goethe.

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.