Jack Penn
● One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

James Branch Cabell
● “The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
● The next time you face a customer who has every right to be upset, say something like this: ‘I don’t blame you for feeling as you do. If I were you, I’d feel exactly the same way. What would you like for me to do?’ These are magical, healing words, and you’ll be surprised at how reasonable people become when they believe you are on their side.
● If you are angry, why not try this. Write a letter. Pour out all of your feelings, describe your anger and disappointment. Don’t hold anything back. Then put the letter in a drawer. After two days, take it out and read it. Do you still want to send it? I’ve found that anger and pie crusts soften after two days.
● When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of. When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it.
● Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
● Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.
● You either make dust or eat dust.

James B. Cabell
● The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
● Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, the hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.

Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
● Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

Jennifer Leas
● Frustration is when someone can’t handle their own thoughts.

Jerome K. Jerome
● It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Jeremy Taylor
●”Love is friendship set on fire.”

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
● “The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.”

Jean Jacques Rousseau
● People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Jules Renard
● Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

John M. Richardson, Jr.
● When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
● If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

John Roger
● When you are in a state of non-acceptance, it’s difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson.

John Ruskin
● Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Judith Viorst
● One advantage of marriage It seems to me Is that when you fall out of love with him
Or he falls out of love with you It keeps you together until maybe you fall in again.

Jimmy Durante
● “Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.”

Jimi Hendrix
● “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

John Quincy Adams
● Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Akers
● Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.

Jimmy Buffett
● If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
● A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-latern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.
● Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.

Jim Miller
● The road to success is always under construction.

Julia Sorel
● If you are never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Josef Stalin
● A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

John Wesley
● Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.

Justin Rhodes Wilkins
● In order to survive we must LEARN from our pasts, simply DEAL with the present, and HOPE for the future.
● Life is a lot like fishing. The fish (usually) bite when you’re not staring at the bobber. However, be ready to reel in your catch when it bites! Kick back, and just let what’s supposed to happen, happen. Take initiative when it’s time. You the fisher can choose your fishing hole, the bait, and the time you cast out…the fish choose when to bite, and then it is up to you as to whether or not you reel it in, or let it get away from you. Much like life I say! Make your cast, then be patient,wait for a bite, then by all means, reel in YOUR catch!

John Shedd
● When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.