This is the second installement, in my little series on witty and clever insights. These were mainly chosen from a book published by Ebury Press ("Keep calm and carry on"). I picked them on the basis of being representative of my beliefs and convictions I often live by or try to live by.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Shaw
Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith. Clay Shirky
A greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one. Elbert Hubbard
The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness. William Wordsworth
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance the wise man grows it underneath his feet. James Oppenheim
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Guillaume Apollinaire
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. Paul White
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. Dale Carnegie
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Stevenson
If you can't sleep, get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. Dale Carnegie
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles, than growing with them. Bernard Baruch
While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. Herbert Wells
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Mark Twain
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful & committed people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever hasMargaret Mead
