Thought-provoking quotes

Posted



"Education is what has survived when what has been learned is forgotten."B. F. Skinner




"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Edison




"For every complex problem, there is a simple solution - which is always wrong."H.L. Mencken




"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."William James




"Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." Erica Jong




"What is a family, after all, except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catch-all drawer in the kitchen."Joyce Carol Oates




"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."Albert Einstein




"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." Indira Gandhi"Common sense and education are highly compatible; in fact, neither is worth much without the other." Donald G. Smith




"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."Henry David Thoreau




"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin




"People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."Abraham Lincoln




"One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are." Gail Godwin




"Ask yourself this question: Will this matter a year from now?"Richard Carlson




"The day a person becomes a cynic is the day he loses his youth."Marvin D. Levy




"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."Mark Twain




"We are what we repeatedly do."Aristotle




"It's always something . . ."Gilda Radner




"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."Jules Renard © Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice who works with individuals, families and couples.