Great Thoughts

The kaleidoscope of life varies with how people perceive and interpret an idea or subject. With new schools of thoughts and different perspectives in viewing life, many great sayings and quotations evolve through time that speak about people's reaction to life's contentment, each, with their very own noble thoughts of life based on life-long experiences and knowledge acquired over time. The rich diversity yet meaningfully phrased ideas are worth a share either as a form of reflection or a source of 'entertainment' in whatever way you decide them to be. Here are some of my favorite quotations that's worth a contemplation:

• A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ...George Bernard Shaw

• Beware of little expenses: A small leak will sink a great ship. ...Benjamin Franklin

• Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ...James Baldwin

• Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. ...Isaac Goldberg

• Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourth theatre. ...Gall Goodwin

• If you plan for a decade, plant tress. If you plan for a century, teach the children. ...Ronald Reagan

• I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. ...Harry Hershfield

• Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. ...Aphra Behn

• No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. ...Benjamin Disraeli

• Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive. ...Ingmar Bergman

• The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. ...Lord Acton

• Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream. ...Sir William Gilbert