People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

-- Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

生命是以時間為單位的，浪費別人的時間，等於謀財害命；浪費自己的時間，則等於慢性自殺。

-- 魯迅，中國文學作家

wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.

-- Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

What I know definitively about life at this age … is absolutely nothing.

-- James Qualls, A Gathering of Dreams

The student must be humbled to be trained by the teacher.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

You got it all wrong in your way of thinking.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Tales Of

得意時要與人為善，因為失意時還會狹路相逢。

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

-- 威爾森．麥茲納，美國劇作家

主管多不願意批評部屬，更不願意因之引起爭執與衝突。

-- 麥格理格，管理大師

如果你的工作是吃掉一隻青蛙，最好一早就先把青蛙吃掉。如果你的工作必須吃兩隻青蛙，就先從最大的那隻開始吃吧。

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

-- 馬克．吐溫，美國文學作家

If you rest, you rust.

-- Helen Hayes, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

-- Dr. Seuss, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

-- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

-- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure.

-- Ogwo David Emenike, The Fortune in Failing: Decoding the Message of Failure

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

-- Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.

-- Todd Stocker, Refined: Turning Pain Into Purpose

Rise and rise again until lambs become lions

-- Robin Hood, All the Pretty Horses

من ذا الذى يستطيع أن يفصح عن مكنون نفسه بمجرد الكلمات

-- محمد المنسى قنديل ؛ قمر على سمرقند, Roughing It, Vol 1

The next thing to do after discovering who you are is to build and add value to yourself

-- Sunday Adelaja, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going!

-- Laura Lynch, Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity