Mero Quote: June 2006

Ambition

It seems that ambition make most people wish to be loved
rather than to love others.

- Aristotle

Most of us can read the writing on the wall;
we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

- Ivern Ball

Success

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

- Chinese proverb

Reading books

Reading all the good books is like conversation with the
finest men of past centuries.

- Rene Descartes

Beggar's can't be choosers

It's a beggar's pride that he is not a thief.

- Japanese Proverb

Positive Attitude

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will
annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

- Herm Albright

Admiration

Admiration is our polite recognition to another's resemblance
to ourselves.

- Ambrose Bierce

Luck and Work

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the
more I have of it.

- Thomas Jefferson

be wise

Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.

a wise man

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

- Earl of Chesterfield

Healing yourself

If you bring forth what is within you, it will heal you. And if
you do not bring forth what is within you, it will destroy you.

- Gospel of St. Thomas

Examinations

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for
the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can
answer.

- Charles Colton

Success

All success in the world is the result of indomitable spirit. So
don't be anxious, just develop a 'can-do' attitude. Nothing is
impossible.

- A P J Abdul Kalam