Doug Horton

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

Boring people are a reflection of boring people. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

Burning desire is the eternal flame. [Select]

{Category: Love and Hate}

Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

Death is feared as birth is forgotten. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

Death is the final wake-up call. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

Desperation is like stealing from the mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

Growing old is not growing up. [Select]

{Categories: Life and Death, Wisdom and Ignorance}

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past. [Select]

{Category: Life and Death}

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