“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves… the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third, by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. – Alexander Pope, 1688 – 1744