I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Where and When and Why and How and Who. ~ Rudyard Kipling
"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." ~ Warren Buffet
“There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science without humanity; Business without ethics.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The Regiment Collect of the Special Air Service Regiment:
Oh, Lord, Who didst call on Thy disciples to venture to win all men to Thee, grant that we, the chosen members of the Special Air Service Regiment, may by our works and our ways dare to win all and, in so doing, render Special Service to Thee and our fellow men in all the world, through the same Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen
When Lord Sandwich predicted to Wilkes that he would die either "of a pox or on the gallows," Wilkes replied, "That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your mistress or your principles." ~John Montagu (Earl of Sandwich)
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools." Ernest Hemingway
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." ~ Bilbo Baggins
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
"The rule I wish to see you governed by is of never buying anything which you have not money in your pocket to pay for. Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever which we may seem to want." ~ Thomas Jefferson to daughter Patsy