Quote
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Below, with the most recent one first,
is an archive of the Quote of the Week that can be found on the home
page of Bill Wilson Online.
"Wealth consists not in having
great possessions, but in having few wants." ― Epicurus
(B.C. 341-270), Greek philsopher
"There is more to life than
increasing its speed." ― Mohandas K. Gandhi
(1869-1948), Indian nationalist & spiritual leader
"This I know - if all men
should take their troubles to the market to barter with their
neighbors, not one, when he had seen the troubles of other men, but
would be glad to carry his own home again." ― Herodotus
(B.C. 484-425), Greek historian
"Nothing in the affairs of men
is worthy of great anxiety" ― Plato (B.C. 427-347),
Greek philosopher
"Things turn out best for the
people who make the best of the way things turn out." ―
Art Linkletter (b. 1912), Canadian-born U.S. television personality
& author
"Unless each day can be looked
back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some
joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss." ―
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969), U.S. general & 34th president
"Happiness lies in the joy of
achievement and the thrill of creative effort." ―
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd U.S. president
"I can think of no more
stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire truck."
―
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922), U.S. author & journalist
"Things which matter most must
never be at the mercy of things which matter least." ―
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright &
novelist
"Freedom is the right to be
wrong, not the right to do wrong." ― John G.
Diefenbaker (1895-1979), Canadian prime minister
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