Aaron Forgue » Quotes

Thoreau on Man’s Pursuit of Perfection

aaron — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:59:48 +0000

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”

Henry David Thoreau

24 Chances

aaron — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:06:57 +0000

Every person is given the same 24 hours each day. What defines who we are and what we achieve in life is how each of us chooses to use those 24 hours.

Ask a Favor

aaron — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:21:17 +0000

“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.” – Benjamin Franklin

Aristotle On Excellence

aaron — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:30:15 +0000

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

It Is Not The Critic That Counts

aaron — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:42:07 +0000

It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood…who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that know neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th U.S. President

Defining Perfect

aaron — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:30:39 +0000

“Believing that the future can be better than the present does, after all, entail believing that the present isn’t perfect.” – Virginia Postrel