It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
Lao Tzu

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
Lao Tzu

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao Tzu

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Hatred is blind, as well as love.
Oscar Wilde

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Oscar Wilde

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
Oscar Wilde

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Oscar Wilde

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
Ernest Hemingway

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.
Jimi Hendrix

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John Adams

Well, after I had the heart attack, it was a very simple choice. What the doctor told me I did and I did it religiously. I ate nothing but lean turkey breast or chicken breast or a piece of fish that was very lean. I mean I stayed away from everything.
Mike Ditka

I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them.
Mike Ditka

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.
Mike Ditka

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Jim Rohn

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Jim Rohn

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
Jim Rohn

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.
Jim Rohn