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Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. -ProverbHe that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. -Ben JonsonWhatever advice you give, be short. -HoraceA good scare is worth more than good advice. -HoraceHe that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel andexample, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. -Francis BaconConsult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. -SenecaAdvice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. -Samuel Taylor ColeridgeDo not listen to someone who is broke tell you how to be rich. -LarryWinget,Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a LifeAge has a good mind and sorry shanks. -Pietro AretinoOld age is time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is thatI cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.-Igor StravinskyIt provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. -William Shakespeare,Macbeth, act 2, sc. 3Put all of my senses on alert. -Sherlock Holmes, The Lion's MaineI shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. -Sylvia Plath

To live means to be aware. -Henry Miller, U.S. authorWe will always be prepared so we will always be free. -Ronald Reagan, Speech atNormandy SiteEternal vigilance is the price of liberty. -Thomas JeffersonThe same ambition can destroy or save, and makes a patriot as it makes a knave.-Alexander PopeMost people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled by great ambitions. -Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIntelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. -C. Archie DanielsonAmerica is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true. -James T. FarrellHe pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor, To the Independence of his country. -Inscription on Tomb of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States.

The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimentalforce is a community of dreams. -Andre MalrauxI was not in love with America until I was deprived of her company. My obligation to them (the VietnamWar dead) is to see that never again do we repeat so manyerrors. -Senator John McCainThis government, the world's best hope . . . -Thomas JeffersonWe have it in our power to begin the world over again. -Thomas PaineI am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and support and defend these States. Yet, through all thegloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the endis more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph in that day'stransaction, even although we should rue it, -- which, I trust in God, we shallnot." -John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America

I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in the labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs,may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. -Abigail AdamsSpeak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.-Ambrose PierceAnger makes dull men witty, but it keeps thempoor. -Attributed to Queen Elizabeth ICount to ten before you do anything, and if very angry, count to a hundred. -Thomas Jefferson

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