Some erudite quotes and proverbs

1.It is very easy to forgive others for their mistakes;it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.-Jessamyn West
2.You must give your own story to the world.-Carter G.Woodson
3.Of all the thirty-six alternatives,running away is the best.-Chinese proverb
4.You give but a little when you give of your possessions.It is when you give of your heart that you truly give.-Kahlil Gibran
5.The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.-Chinese proverb
6.What is it going to be-reasons or results?-Art Turock
7.The foolishest book is a kind of leaky boat on a sea of wisdom;some of the wisdom will get in anyhow.-Oliver Wendell Holmes
8.No possession can surpass or even equal a good library.-J.A.Lankford
9.A writer lives in awe of words ,for they can be cruel or kind,and they can change their meanings right in front of you.They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.-John Steinbeck
10.Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,which are delivered from generation to generation,as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.-Joseph Addison