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Thought-of-the-Day
April 2006 Archive

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DATE THOUGHT OF THE DAY
04/01/06"This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four." - Mark Twain
04/02/06"The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so." - David Hume
04/03/06"How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees."
04/04/06"In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it." - Samuel Johnson
04/05/06"To know another language is to have a second soul." - Charlemagne
04/06/06"Success is the child of audacity." - Benjamin Disraeli
04/07/06"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer." - General Patton
04/08/06"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men." - Plato
04/09/06"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win." - Jonathan Kozol
04/10/06"Indeed, there are no easy correlations between parental ideology, class or race and 'successful' child development. Many children the world over have revealed a kind of toughness and plasticity that make the determined efforts of some parents to spare their children the slightest pain seem ironic." - Robert Coles
04/11/06"Don't argue with a fool. The spectators can't tell the difference." - Charles Nalin
04/12/06"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." - William James
04/13/06"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." - Basil King
04/14/06"Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, 'I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.' " - Samuel Johnson
04/15/06"In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker." - Plutarch
04/16/06"It is difficult to give children a sense of security unless you have it yourself. If you have it, they catch it from you." - William C. Menninger
04/17/06"Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops." - Thomas J. Watson
04/18/06"Conquer yourself not the world." - Rene Descartes
04/19/06"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer." - Henry David Thoreau
04/20/06"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." - Joseph Addison
04/21/06"There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way." - Christopher Morley
04/22/06"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." - John Stuart Mill
04/23/06"A good parent is only as happy as their most unhappy child." - Mrs. R. C. Goorney
04/24/06"Life is a voyage that is homeward bound." - Herman Melville
04/25/06"A person travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." - George Moore
04/26/06"I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life, which are the real ones after all." - Laura Ingalls Wilder
04/27/06"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry Thoreau
04/28/06"The impulse of tragedy is on to life and more life." - Eugene O'Neill
04/29/06"They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance." - Edmund Burke
04/30/06"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin


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