Wit & Wisdom

“The man who does more than he is paid will soon be paid for more than he does.”

Author Napoleon Hill, quoted in the Orlando Sentinel

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

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Virginia Woolf, quoted in the Cleveland, Miss., Delta Business Journal

“Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadfully uneasy to take.”

Humorist Josh Billings, quoted in JerusalemPost.com

“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

Franz Kafka, quoted in the Associated Press

“It is respectable to have no illusions—and safe, and profitable, and dull.”

Joseph Conrad, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”

Native American leader Chief Seattle, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“When all else fails, men turn to reason.”

Diplomat Abba Eban, quoted in The Seattle Times