Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path. Paulo Coelho

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying. Tom Hopkins

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement. Seneca

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself results which are not caused by your experiments. Leonardo da Vinci

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms – in themselves such judgments are stupidities. Friedrich Nietzsche

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. Jean Baudrillard

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
Jim Rohn

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

jMy only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – (Michael Jordan)

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. – (Michael Jordan)

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. – (Michael Jordan)

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. – (Michael Jordan)

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. – (Michael Jordan)

I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. – (Michael Jordan)

I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results. – (Michael Jordan)

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win. (Michael Jordan)

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. – (Michael Jordan)

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. (Michael Jordan)

All you need is love. (John Lennon)

I don’t believe in killing whatever the reason! (John Lennon)

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. (John Lennon)

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. (John Lennon)

You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! (John Lennon)

Everything is clearer when you’re in love. (John Lennon)

Everybody loves you when you’re six foot in the ground. (John Lennon)

I can’t understand these guys who just have to have your autograph. I asked one of them ‘What do you do when you get home, take it out and look at it. (Artie Shaw)

Jazz is not dead – it just smells funny. (Frank Zappa )

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. (Henri Matisse)

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. (Benny Green)

Jazz is rhythm and meaning. (Henri Matisse)

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age. (Paul Whiteman)

I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right. (Duke Ellington )