Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
Henry David Thoreau

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
Jim Rohn

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
Aristotle

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers

Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep.
Michael Jackson

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.
Ernest Hemingway

In married life three is company and two none.
Oscar Wilde

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Dale Carnegie

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
Ted Turner

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Plato

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato

The New York Times editorial page is like a Ouija board that has only three answers, no matter what the question. The answers are: higher taxes, more restrictions on political speech and stricter gun control.
Ann Coulter

I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.
Rodney Dangerfield

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
John Adams

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Leonardo da Vinci

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.
Brian Tracy