1. Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. –Thomas Fuller

2. Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult. –Hypocrites

4. After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. –Italian Proverb

5. Life is like a library owned by the author.  In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him. –Harry Emerson Fosdick

6. We make our fortunes, and we call them fate. –Earl of Beaconsfield

7. There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult. –Rainer Maria Rilke

8. The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success. –Henry Ward Beecher

9. The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business–or almost anywhere else for that matter. –Lee Iacocca

10. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. –Francis Bacon (more…)