"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. " ~~ George Burns
"It is not the compass that steers the ship to its landfall, but the skipper who pilots it as his knowledge and experience tell him." ~~ Ze’ev Vladimir Jabotinsky
"He who cannot accept reproof cannot become great." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"One sinner destroys much good. " ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 9:17
"Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can — and surely will at times — fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk." ~~ Joyce Brothers
"I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"If you bring suspicion on yourself, don’t condemn anyone who thinks ill of you." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self. " ~~ Barbara Walters
"A good intention is accounted as a good deed. If a man intends to perform a good deed but is prevented from doing so, he is to be treated as though he has done it. " ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"The sea takes abundantly and gives abundantly. " ~~ [Based on] Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"Who is wise? He who can learn from every man. Who is strong? He who can control his passions. Who is rich? He who is content with his lot. Whom do men honor? He who honors his fellow men." ~~ Ben Zoma, Sayings of the Fathers 4:1
"Not everyone poor today will be poor tomorrow; nor everyone rich today be so tomorrow, for the world is a turning wheel." ~~ Tanchuma
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