Here is one from someone very famous: "Eliot is a dum dum." -- Dark Panther

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi

When one door closes, another opens , but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. " Alexander Graham Bell "

"my opinion is truth that can be wrong , others opinions are fault that can be right" el emam el Shafei "there is no wealth like mind , there is no poverty like ignorance , there is no inheritance like literature " "wisdom is the aim of the believer , so take the wisdom even from the people of hypocrisy" "meekness is a covering cloak , mind is a keen sword , so cover the faults of morals with your meekness , and fight desires with your mind" el emam Ali

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. - Phillips Brooks