Hand
I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry. -Learned Hand
Poincare
“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.”
- Henri Poincare
Keller
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of humankind as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing at all.
- Helen Keller
Reagan
I know in my heart that man is good
That what is right will always eventually triumph
And there is a purpose and worth to each and every life.
– Ronald Reagan
Hein
Knowing what / Thou knowest not / Is in a sense / Omniscience. -Piet Hein
Cosby
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
– Bill Cosby
Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there — lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. -Mark Twain,
Barnum
People have got to do as Cromwell said: “not only trust in Providence, but keep the powder dry.” Do your part of the work, or you cannot succeed. Mahomet, one night, while encamping in the desert, overheard one of his fatigued followers remark: “I will loose my camel, and trust it to God!” “No, no, not so,” said the prophet, “tie thy camel, and trust it to God!” Do all you can for yourselves, and then trust to Providence, or luck, or whatever you please to call it, for the rest.
- PT Barnum
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Bremer
People have generally three epochs in their confidence in man. In the first they believe him to be everything that is good, and they are lavish with their friendship and confidence. In the next, they have had experience, which has smitten down their confidence, and they then have to be careful not to mistrust every one, and to put the worst construction upon everything. Later in life, they learn that the greater number of men have much more good in them than bad, and that even when there is cause to blame, there is more reason to pity than condemn; and then a spirit of confidence again awakens within them. –FREDRIKA BREMER.
Marti
You must have faith in the best of man and distrust the worst. If not, the worst will prevail.
- Jose Marti
Ford
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. -Henry Ford
Pausch
“If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.”
 – Randy Pausch
Samuel Johnson
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. -Samuel Johnson
Sisterhood
Carmen: How come its easy for us to be mad at the people we trust?
Tibby: Because you know that they’ll love you no matter what.
– The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
W
“There’s a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, ‘I don’t want you to let me down again.’”
— George W. Bush
Dossi
The best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others. -Carlo Dossi, author and diplomat (1849-1910)