CONFUSION

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! …….. William Shakespeare

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. ….Henry Miller

In the theater of Confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts. …..Mason Cooley

A perfection of means, and Confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ……..Albert Einstein

Chaos is a name for any order that produces Confusion in our minds. ……….. George Santayana

If you can’t convince them, Confuse them. ………Harry S Truman

If you’re not Confused, you’re not paying attention. …….Tom Peters

Sometimes in our Confusion we see the world as it is;
But the world through eyes blurred by the mind. …….Author Unknown

MORALS

A system of Morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, …..Socrates

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. ……Friedrich Von Schlegel

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and Morality. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we call "Morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. …..Havelock Ellis

We have two kinds of Morality side by side:
One which we preach but do not practice,
and another which we practice but seldom preach. …….Bertrand Russell

Do not do an immoral thing for Moral reasons. …….Thomas Hardy,

Force always attracts men of low Morality. …….Albert Einstein

To set up as a standard public Morality, a notion which can neither defined or
Conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ……Simone Weil

Only Morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. ……Albert Einstein

Learn to distinguish between errors of knowledge, and breaches of Morality. ……Ann Rand

Money, not Morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations. ……Thomas Jefferson

The test of the Morality of a society is how it treats its children. ……Dietrich Bonhoffer

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt to persons whom we personally dislike. …..Oscar Wilde

The most important human endeavor is the striving for Morality in our actions.
Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. …….Charles Dickens.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men. ……George Patton

So far, about Morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. …….Ernest Hemingway

ASKING

Do not Ask for what you will wish you had not got. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ask me not what I have, but what I am. ……Heinrich Heine

Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country. …….John F. Kennedy

As long as men are free to Ask what they must,
free to say what they think, free to think what they will,
freedom can never be lost and science can never regress. ……Marcel Proust

It is not fair to Ask of others,
what you are not willing to do yourself. ……Eleanor Roosevelt

You don't always get what you Ask for,
but you never get what you don't Ask for;
... unless it's contagious! …….Beverly Sills

Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful,
and neglected secret to success and happiness. ……..Percy Ross

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done
to prevent the situation?
If the answer is yes, do something now and become
a better person for it. ……Dave Pelzer

UNITY

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in Unity. …….Psalms. 133:1

All people are a single nation. ……Holy Koran

It is in the shelter of each other that people live. …….Irish Proverb

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion, ….and it is the Spirit. …..Kahlil Gibran

It is the spirit.
United we stand, divided we fall. …….Aesop

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family;
Not as many separate ones. …….Anwar Sadat

We must learn to live together as brothers;
Or we are going tp perish together as fools. ……. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What divides us pales in comparison to what Unites us. …….Edward M. Kennedy

COURTESY

The grace of God is Courtesy. ………Hilaire Belloc

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage ……. Theodore Roosevelt

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones
which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. …….Henry Clay

If a man be gracious and Courteous to strangers,
it shows he is a citizen of the world. …….Francis Bacon, Sr.

The measure of a truly great man,
Is the Courtesy with which he treats lesser men. …….Author Unknown

There is no outward sign of true Courtesy,
that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is not so short but that there is always time for Courtesy. ……..Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love …….Proverb

When Courtesy is better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. ……..Confucius

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of Courtesy …….Jacques Maritain

There can be no defense like elaborate Courtesy. ...... E. V. Lucas.

Courtesy is a silver lining;
around the dark clouds of civilization; …….Bryant H. McGill

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones,
Which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciative heart. …….Henry Clay

Courtesy should be a continuous action,
not something to be turned on and off like a faucet. ……Author Unknown

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. …….Honore De Balzac

To be humble to superiors is duty;
To equals, Courtesy to inferiors; nobleness. …….Benjamin Franklin

PEOPLE

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. …..James A. Baldwin

People who ask confidently get more
than those who are hesitant and uncertain ……..Jack Canfield

Most people struggle with life balance simply because
they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them …..Stephen Covey

People should be encouraged to be committed to a project,
rather than just be involved in it. …..Richard Pratt

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing.
That's why we recommend it daily. ….Zig Ziglar

Most People have a harder time letting themselves love;
Than finding someone to love them. ……..Bill Russell

People love others not for who they are;
How they make them feel. …….Irwin Fedderman

The world is a dangerous place, not because of the People who are evil;
But because of the People who don’t do anything about it. ……Albert Einstein

People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. ……Song by Barbra Streisand

People only see what they are prepared to see. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised
when the bread they have cast on the waters, comes floating back to them, poisoned.
……..James A. Baldwin
It is a curious fact that People are never so trivial;
As when they take themselves seriously. ……..Oscar Wilde

Most great People have attained their greatest success,
Just one step beyond their greatest failure. ……..Napoleon Hill

I have learnt that People will forget what you said or what you think;
But People will never forget how you made them feel. ……Maya Angelou

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want;
That’s why they don’t get what they want. ……. Madonna

LAUGHTER

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Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. …..Red Skelton

Carry Laughter with you wherever you go. …….Hugh Sidey

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ……. Arnold Glasow

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. …….Victor Borge

Nothing shows a man's character more
than what he Laughs at. ….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who Laughs;
He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent Laughter. ……..Friedrich Nietzsche

The person who knows how to Laugh at himself;
will never cease to be amused. …….. Shirley MacLaine

The human race has only one really effective weapon,
and that is Laughter. ……… Mark Twain

OUTLOOK

Life; it tends to respond to our Outlook.
to shape itself to meet our expectation. ……Richard M. DeVos

To curb this sense of envy and jealousy.
We must develop a broader Outlook. ……Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Two men look out the same prison bars;
one sees mud and the other stars. ……Frederick Langbridge

Your Outlook upon life are largely colored by your environment.
Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings;
By the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
……..Orison Swett Marden

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible
when differences of Outlook are respected and appreciated,
rather than feared and condemned. ……H. William Fullbright

Tough times never last, but tough people do. ……. Dr. Robert Schuller

SMILE

Let us always meet each other with a Smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ……Mother Teresa

The robbed that Smiles, steals something from the thief. ……William Shakespeare

Today, give a stranger one of your Smiles.
It might be the only sunshine he sees all day ……H. Jackson Brown Jr

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big Smile. ……..Lee Mildon

The world always looks brighter from behind a Smile. ……Author Unknown

It takes seventeen muscles to Smile and forty-three to frown. …Author Unknown

A smile is the universal welcome. ……Max Eastman

Wear a Smile and have friends; Wear a scowl and have wrinkles. …….George Eliot

We shall never know all the good,
that a simple Smile can do. ......Mother Teresa

A Smile is something you can't give away;
it always comes back to you. …….Author Unknown

A warm Smile is the universal language of kindness. ……William Arthur Ward

A Smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ……Charles Gordy

A Smile is the light in the window of your face;
That tells people you're at home. …….. Author Unknown

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness;
making everything in its vicinity freshen into Smiles. …….. Washington Irving

A Smile is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart. ……Anthony J. D’Angelo

If you have only one Smile in you, give it to the people you love.
Don't be surly at home,
then go out in the street and startgrinning "Good morning" at total strangers. …….Maya Angelou

GROWING OLD

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years. ……. Abraham Lincoln

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. …….Chili Davis

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. …….John P. Grier

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ……. Mark Twain

Inside every older person is a younger person;
- Wondering what happened. ….. Jennifer Yane

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized,
for a crime you have not committed. …….Anthony Powell

You are never too old to set another goal;
or to dream a new dream. ……..Les Brown

To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. ………Henri Amiel

CONSCIENCE

I feel within me a peace, above all earthly dignities;
A still and quiet Conscience. ……William Shakespeare

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good. ……Author Unknown

Conscience is, in most, an anticipation of the opinion of others. Henry Taylor

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear Conscience. ….Doug Larson

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. …H. L. Mencken

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. …..Jean Jacques Rousseau

A good Conscience fears no witness;
A guilty Conscience is solicitous, even in solitude. …….Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Labor to keep alive in your breast,
that little spark of celestial fire called Conscience …… George Washington

Never do anything against Conscience;
even if the state demands it.

GENEROSITY

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To Generous souls every task is noble. …….. Euripides
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do;
But it is giving me that which you need more than I do. …..Khalil Gibran

The poor don’t know that their function in life,
Is to exercise our Generosity. …..Jean-Paul Satre

No one is so Generous as he who has nothing to give. ……French Proverb

The returns we reap from Generous actions
Is not always evident. …..Francesco Guicciardini

Real Generosity toward the future,
lies in giving all to the present. ……Albert Camus

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;
one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,
the other from pride or fear. ……Horace Mann

Real Generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ……..Frank A. Clark

HELP

God strives to Help him who helps himself. …..Aeschylus

Two things a man should never be angry at;
That which he can Help, and that which he cannot. ........Thomas Fuller

You cannot teach a man anything.
You can only Help him to find it for himself. ....... Galileo Galilei

Help a man against his will;
and you do the same as murder him. ……Horace

Great opportunities to Help others seldom come;
But small ones surround us every day. …… Sally Koch

If you can’t Help a hundred people, then help just one. …..Mother Teresa

I have always said that the more successful you are,
The more responsibility you have for Helping others. …..Carlos Slim Helou

Never look down on somebody;
Unless you are helping him up. ……Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

None of us has gotten where we are by pulling ourselves
Up with our bootstraps;
We got here because somebody bent down and Helped us. ……Justice Thurgood Marshall

There is no better exercise for your heart,
Than reaching down and Helping to lift someone up. ……Bernard Meltzer

ADVICE

Nobody can give you wiser Advice than yourself. ……Cicero

We give advice by the bucket,but take it by the grain. ……..William R. Alger

Giving advice to a stupid man; is like giving salt to a squirrel. …….Kashmiri Proverb

No one wants Advice;Only corroboration. …….John Steinbeck

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer;
-but wish we didn't. ……..Erica Jong

The best way to succeed in life,
Is to act on the Advice we give to others. …….Author Unknown

The true secret of giving Advice is, after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not;
-and never persist in trying to set people right. ……….Hannah Whitall Smith

In giving Advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. ………Solon

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. ……Cicero

The only thing to do with good Advice is pass it on.
It is never any use to oneself. ……Oscar Wilde

To accept good Advice is but to increase one’s ability. …….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never trust the Advice of a man in difficulties. …….Aesop

Never take Advice from someone,
Who has not had your kind of trouble. ……Sidney J. Harris

Ask advice only from equals …….Danish Proverb

Many receive Advice, but few profit from it. …….Publilius Syrus

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,
And the deeper it sinks into the mind. …..Samuel Taylor Cooleridge

GUILT

Suspicion always haunts the Guilty mind;
the thief doth fear each bush, an officer. ………William Shakespeare

Guilt is to danger, as fire is to gunpowder;
A man need not fear to walk into barrels of gunpowder, if he has no fire about him.
……John Flavel
Guilt is regret for what we have done,
Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do. ……Author Unknown

One who condones evils is just as Guilty,as the one who perpetrates it. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a free society, some are Guilty;
But all are responsible. …….Abraham Joshua Hershel

The Guilty one is not he who commits the sin;
But the one who causes the darkness. …….Victor Hugo

Nothing is more wretched to the mind of a man conscious of Guilt. …….PLautus

It is better that ten Guilty persons escape;
Than one innocent suffer. …..Sir William Blackstone