Ocean

You can never cross the ocean
unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore

quote by Christopher Columbus


Quality

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

quote by Henry Ford


Make a difference ?

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world;
those who are afraid to try,
and those who are afraid you will succeed...

Quote by Ray Goforth


Listen

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears
so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

quote by Epictetus


The way you'd like to be

Act the way you'd like to be
and soon you'll be the way you act

Quote by Leonard Cohen

Greener grass at the other side

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence,
it may be that they take better care of it there.

Quote by Cecil Selig

Courage

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Quote by Seneca

Experience

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first,
the lesson afterwards.

Quote by Vernon Law


Respect

You can stand tall without standing on someone.
You can be a victor without having victims.

Quote by Harriet Woods


Perfection

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.

Quote by Antoine de Saint Exupery


A real friend

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out

quote by Walter Winchell


No

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself

Quote by Byron Katie

Stretched mind

A mind that is stretched to a new idea will never return to its original dimension

quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


Information overload

It's not information overload. It's filter failure.

quote by Clay Shirky

Tax and mariage

Nothing makes a man and wife feel closer, these days, than a joint tax return.


Quote by Gil Stern

Tax audit

The Opera reminds me of my tax audit.
It was in a language I didn't understand.
And it ended in tragedy…

quote by Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins




Tax neurosis

Psychiatrist to tax accountant:
"We both treat the same neurosis: what to declare and what to hide"…

Quote by Patrice Leconte and Jerome Tonnerre - Intimate Strangers