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Isaac ben Judah Abravanel
(Statesman and financier, 1437-1508)

Love turns one person into two; and two into one.

Douglas Adams

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Franklin P. Adams
(Humorist)

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.

Henry Brooks Adams
(Historian1838-1918)

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Konrad Adenouer
(German Politician, 1867-1967)

When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.

James Agee
(Author, 1909-1955)

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.

John Fellows Akers
(Business Executive, Chairman of IBM)

Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.

Louisa May Alcott
(Novelist, 1832-1888)

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Alan Alda
(Actor)

One thing that I want to tell you that only a non-doctor can tell you and that is: That the headbone is connected to the heartbone. Don't ever let them come apart.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Writer and editor, 1836-1907)

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent--that is to triumph over old age.

Jane Alexander
(Actor)

The last frontier today, other than the distant reaches of the stars, is the human brain. It is our brains, not our brawn, that will move us forward.

Muhammad Ali

People will know you're serious when you produce.

Service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on earth.

James Lane Allen

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Steve Allen
(Comedian, 1921-2000)

Human nature has grounds for hope, because love, in a sense, is inexhaustible.

Woody Allen

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Edmund Allenby
(British Field Marshal, 1861-1936)

Luck is like a sum of gold, to be spent.

Wally Amos
(Founder of Famous Amos Cookies)

Success comes in a can... "I can!"

Bob Anderson

There's nothing so rewarding as to make people realize they are worthwhile in this world.

Greg Anderson
(Wellness consultant)

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention. The good news is that we can choose.

Maya Angelou
(Writer)

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Robert Anthony
(Educator)

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
(Philosopher, 121-180 A.D.)

Let goodness go with the doing.

Edward Appleton
(Physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate, 1892-1965)

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

Janos Arany
(Poet, 1817-1882)

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

Aristotle
(Greek Philosopher, 384-322 B.C.)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Hope is a waking dream.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Gilbert Arland

When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. When we do our work with a dynamic conquering spirit, we get things done.

Lance Armstrong
(Cyclist and Cancer Survivor)

I've read that I flew up the hills and mountains of France. But you don't fly up a hill. You struggle slowly and painfully up a hill, and maybe, if you work very hard, you get to the top ahead of everybody else.

Louis Armstrong
(Musician, 1901-1971)

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you!

Sir Edwin Arnold

Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.

Matthew Arnold
(Poet and essayist, 1822-1888)

Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Nick Arnette

When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet.

Mary Kay Ash

Whenever I meet someone, I try to imagine him wearing an invisible sign that says: make me feel important.

Arthur Ashe

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass  all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
(Photographer)

There will always be some curve ball in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity.

Brooke Astor
(Philanthropist)

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

Gloria Attar
(Writer)

I decided to give up the past in order to live my future.

W. H. Auden
(Poet, 1907-1973)

Do not imagine that personal relationships will run themselves. Like jobs, they are valuable in proportion to the amount of effort they demand.

Marcus Aurelius

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

Emory Austin

Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.

Byllye Avery

Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice, it's an investment.