Bribe, Book of Proverbs

A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice.

+ Proverbs 17, 23

[17:23] A sharp look at the sly withdrawing of a bribe from the pocket and a blunt judgment on its significance.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Personality, Western Proverb

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.

- Western Proverb

Decisions, Sally Reardon from Felicity

Our best decisions come from listening to ourselves.

- Sally Reardon from Felicity #19

Learning, Chinese Proverb

不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。

- 中國俗談

Simplified: 不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行之而止矣。

不 bù | 聞 wén | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 學 xué | 至 zhì | 於 yú | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 而 ér | 止 zhǐ | 矣 yǐ |

Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as mentally knowing, mentally knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues up to the point that action comes forth

- Chinese Proverb

Common: I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.

Moral: You can only understand something by trying it yourself.

Revised: Tell me and I [will] forget. Show me and I [will] remember. Involve me and I [will] understand.

Also: You can't understand until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

From Xun Zi (荀子 8.儒效 23）.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs

Appearance, Oscar Levant

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

- Oscar Levant (1906-1972)

Beauty, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), The Little Prince

Arts, Dawn French

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush...

- Dawn French (1957- )

Optimist, Helen Keller

No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

- Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Friends, Henry Adams

A friend in power is a friend lost

- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) [The Education of Henry Adams (1907) Ch. 7.]

Optimism, Chesty Puller

(When Surrounded By 8 Enemy Divisions during WW2)
All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us. That simplifies the tactical situation; Attack in all directions!

- Chesty Puller

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In the modern business world, a crisis is no longer a special circumstance, but a constant that needs to be factored in. During times of crisis, members of the unit may become anxious, uneasy and prone to confusion. If the leader does not maintain his poise, the entire group will inevitably break down. It is during these times of trouble, through the leader’s unwavering optimism and positive thinking, can the true value of the leader be measured.

Beauty, Oscar Wilde

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.

― Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), The Importance of Being Earnest

Attitudes, Edward Bulwer-Lytton

When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Present, Kay Lyons

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely.

- Kay Lyons

Money, Robert W. Sarnoff

Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

$ Robert W. Sarnoff

Summer, William Carlos Williams

In summer, the song sings itself.

- William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

Heart, Book of Proverbs

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 22

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Self-discipline, Western Proverb

No shame, no honor.

- Western Proverb

Staying, Rachael Leigh Cook as Special Agent Kate Moretti from Perception (2012)

Kate Moretti: This time I'm staying inside the circle.

- Rachael Leigh Cook as Special Agent Kate Moretti from Perception (2012)

Rachael Leigh Cook as Special Agent Kate Moretti, a former student of Pierce's and the FBI agent who recruited him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_(U.S._TV_series)

Advice, Chinese Proverb

種豆得豆。

- 中國俗談

种豆得豆 [zhòngdòudédòu]

Reap the fruits of one's actions.

- Chinese Proverb

Plant sow beans and get beans.

References

种瓜得瓜 种豆得豆 [zhòngguādéguā zhòngdòudédòu] Plant melons and get melons, sow beans and get beans. |

Appearance, N. D. Stice

Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.

- N. D. Stice

Love, Maurice Minnifield from Northern Exposure

Maurice Minnifield: Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?

- Maurice Minnifield from Northern Exposure, The Pilot, 1990

Written by Joshua Brand and John Falsey

Life, George Santayana

Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

- George Santayana (1863-1952)

Beauty, Cynthia Hand

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

― Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

Universe, Albert Einstein

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Friends, English Proverb

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

- English Proverb

Beauty, Albert Camus

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

― Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Attitude, Thomas Dewar

Minds are like parachutes: they only function when open.

- Thomas Dewar (1864-1930)

Quoted in Giovanni Graziadei, Gestione della produzione industriale, Hoepli, Milano, 2004, p. 65. ISBN 88-203-3395-3. May be a bit questionable.

Present, T. B. Joshua

Each day has its own destiny. Yesterday is history, today is opportunity while tomorrow is mystery. [On destiny - "The Shock Of Reality" All Africa (August 24 2009)]

- T. B. Joshua (1963- )

Stock Market, Wall Street

The stock market merely registers, and does not cause, what takes place in the realm of business and profits.

$ Wall Street

The market discounts everything but the completely unexpected.

August, William Cullen Bryant

The August cloud * * * suddenly
Melts into streams of rain.

- William Cullen Bryant, Sella.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/August

Success, Joe Girard

Every person on the average knows at least 250 other people. Each person I do business with represents 250 other people. If I do a great job, 250 more people are likely to get a recommendation to buy from me. If I do a lousy job, I have just made 250 enemies.

- Joe Girard

Joe Girard was an ordinary man who changed jobs over 40 times by the age of 35. When he realized the rule of 250, he did everything he could for every single customer - ended up selling 13,001 cars and was featured in the Guinness Book of Records for best salesman. “Treat 1 client like 250 clients”- this is undoubtedly an extremely important rule that is essential for a service driven society.

Fool, Book of Proverbs

Whoever conceives a fool has grief; the father of a numskull has no joy.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 21

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Self-care, Western Proverb

Likeness causes liking.

- Western Proverb

Normality, Daniel Pierce from Perception (2012)

Daniel Pierce: I may be crazy from the waist up, but from the waist down, I'm perfectly normal.

- Eric McCormack as Daniel Pierce from Perception