read and digest... these may help

got these from Compton's Encyclopedia. great thoughts from great minds!

1.Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. (Voltaire, 1694-1778)

2.Without music life would be a mistake. (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900)

3.Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. (Socrates, 470?-339 BC)

4.To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. (Edmund Burke, 1729-1797)

5.The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. (Mark Twain, 1835-1910)

6.Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing, it was here first. (Mark Twain, 1835-1910)

7.There is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948)

8.Wise men don't need advice. Fools don't take it. (Ben Franklin, 1706-1790)

9.If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. (Ben Franklin, 1706-1790)

10.Make haste slowly. (Ben Franklin, 1706-1790)

11.Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. (Chinese proverb)

12.Never put anything bigger than your elbow in your ear. (Anonymous)

13.Don't let the sun go down on a debt or a quarrel. (Anonymous)

14.Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check. (Anonymous)

15.Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. (Francis Bacon, 1561-1626)

16.He that lives upon hope will die fasting. (Ben Franklin, 1706-1790)

17.Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. (Ben Franklin, 1706-1790)

18.The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat. (Lily Tomlin, 1939- )

19.No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962)

20.Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. (Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962)

21.Lost time is never found again. (Benjamin Franklin, 1706-90)

22.Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you. (Satchel Paige, 1906-82)

23.There is no substitute for hard work. (Thomas Edison, 1847-1931)