I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.
Rita Rudner

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
Thomas Merton

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Jane Austen

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Earl Nightingale

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
Earl Nightingale

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Earl Nightingale

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
Thomas A. Edison

Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life.
George Burns

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
George Orwell

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Marcus Aurelius

Do you mind if I sit back a little? Because your breath is very bad.
Donald Trump

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.
Donald Trump

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
Douglas MacArthur

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
P. J. O'Rourke