Hamilton Mabie

Don't be afraid of opposition. 
Remember, a kite rises 
against -- not with -- the wind. 
~Hamilton Mabie~

Nothing is lost upon a person 
who is bent upon growth; 
nothing is wasted on one 
who is always preparing for his work 
and life by keeping eyes, mind, and heart 
open to nature, men, books, experience. 
Such a man finds ministries 
to his education on all sides; 
everything cooperates 
with his passion for growth. 
~Hamilton Mabie~ 

General Douglas MacArthur

We are not retreating --
we are advancing in another direction.
~General Douglas MacArthur~

Years may wrinkle the skin, 
but to give up interest 
wrinkles the soul.
~General Douglas MacArthur~

There is no security on this Earth; 
there is only opportunity.
~General Douglas MacArthur~

In the central place of every heart 
there is a recording chamber. 
So long as it receives a message 
of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage -- 
so long are you young. 
When the wires are all down 
and our heart is covered 
with the snow of pessimism 
and the ice of cynicism, 
then, and only then, 
are you grown old. 
~General Douglas MacArthur~

You are as young as your faith, 
as old as your doubt; as 
 young as your self-confidence, 
as old as your fear; 
as young as your hope, 
as old as your despair. 
~General Douglas MacArthur~

A better world shall emerge 
based on faith and understanding. 
~General Douglas MacArthur~ 

I realize that advice is worth what it costs -- 
that is, nothing. 
~General Douglas MacArthur~ 

T.B. Macaulay

The measure of a man's real character 
is what he would do if he knew 
he would never be found out. 
~T.B. Macaulay~ 

George MacDonald

Better to feel a love within, 
Than be lovely to the sight, 
Better a homely tenderness 
Than beauty's wild delight. 
~George MacDonald~

If instead of a gem, 
or even a flower, 
we should cast the gift of 
a loving thought into 
the heart of a friend, 
that would be giving 
as the angels give. 
~George MacDonald~

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, 
because he does not want the best; 
God finds it hard to give, 
because He would give the best, 
and man will not take it. 
~George MacDonald~ 

Norman MacEwan

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. 
~Norman MacEwan~

We make a living by what we get, 
but we make a life by what we give. 
~Norman MacEwen~ 

Robert M. Maciver

When you educate a man 
you educate an individual; 
when you educate a woman 
you educate a whole family.
~Robert M. Maciver~

Dolley Madison

It is one of my sources of happiness 
never to desire a knowledge of 
other people's business. 
~Dolley Madison~ 

Maurice Maeterlinck

An act of goodness is of itself 
an act of happiness. No reward coming 
after the event can compare with 
the sweet reward that went with it. 
~Maurice Maeterlinck~ 

William L. Mainwaring

Oregon is blessed with a coastline 
of scenic beauty and variety 
unmatched on this continent. 
It's a delightful place, 
where the Pacific surge washes 
and sometimes pounds the western edge 
of our continent. 
It's a land of storms and sunburns, 
of wharves and lighthouses, 
of salt air and fading paint. 
It's a perfect place for the human psyche to unwind, 
for workaday tensions to be washed away 
by the rhythmic cadence of the surf.
~William L. Mainwaring~

Robert Mallett

How many pessimists end up 
by desiring the things they fear, 
in order to prove that they are right? 
~Robert Mallett~ 

Maxwell Maltz

People who say life is not worthwhile 
are really saying that they themselves 
have no personal goals which are worthwhile... 
Get yourself a goal worth working for. 
Better still, get yourself a project... 
Always have something ahead of you to 
"look forward to" -- to work for and to hope for. 
~Maxwell Maltz~ 

Nelson Mandela

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. 
It is our light, not our darkness, 
that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 
who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? 
Actually, who are you not to be? 
You are a child of God! 
Your playing small doesn't serve the world. 
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking 
so that other people won't feel insecure around you. 
We were born to make manifest 
the glory of God that is within us. 
It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. 
And as we let our own light shine, 
we unconsciously give other people permission 
to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, 
our presence automatically liberates others. 
~Nelson Mandela~ 

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, 
that goes to his head. 
If you talk to him in his language, 
that goes to his heart. 
~Nelson Mandela~

Horace Mann

The teacher who is attempting to teach 
without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn 
is hammering on cold iron. 
~Horace Mann~

Katherine Mansfield

I always felt 
that the great high privilege, 
relief and comfort of friendship 
was that one had to explain nothing. 
~Katherine Mansfield~

Peyton Conway March

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature 
that the three things we crave most in life -- 
happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- 
are always attained by giving them to someone else. 
~Peyton Conway March~

Joshua J. Marine

Challenges are what make life interesting; 
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. 
~Joshua J. Marine~ 

Roger Maris

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. 
~Roger Maris~

J. Willard Marriott

Good timber does not grow with ease;
the stronger the wind, 
the stronger the trees. 
~J. Willard Marriott~

Groucho Marx

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: 
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. 
I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, 
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, 
and I'm going to be happy in it. 
~Groucho Marx~ 

Abraham Maslow

The ability to be in the present moment is 
a major component of mental wellness. 
~Abraham Maslow~

Andrew Mason

If dandelions were hard to grow, 
they would be most welcome on any lawn. 
~Andrew Mason~

William Mathews

It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, 
but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. 
~William Mathews~ 

Andrew Matthews

Nature always takes her time. 
Great oaks don't become great overnight. 
They also lose a lot of leaves, 
branches and bark in the process of becoming great. 
~Andrew Matthews~

Lt. Col. Gary P. Mauck

There are three things you experienced in Iraq 
that will be with you forever. 
The sights, the sounds and the smells. 
~Lt. Col. Gary P. Mauck~ 

W. Somerset Maugham

A good style should show 
no signs of effort. 
What is written 
should seem a happy accident.
~W. Somerset Maugham~

We are not the same persons 
this year as last; 
nor are those we love. 
It is a happy chance if we, 
changing, continue to love 
a changed person. 
~W. Somerset Maugham~

To bear failure with courage 
is the best proof of character that anyone can give... 
You will find that people forget 
the failures of others very quickly.... 
My last piece of advice is not to let anyone 
see your mortification, 
but whatever you fancy people are saying 
about you to go on with your ordinary life 
as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you. 
~W. Somerset Maugham~ 

John Maxwell

We cannot choose how many years we will live, 
but we can choose how much life those years will have. 
We cannot control the beauty of our face, 
but we can control the expression on it. 
We cannot control life's difficult moments 
but we can choose to make life less difficult. 
We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, 
but we can control the atmosphere of our minds. 
Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot. 
Too seldom we choose to control what we can ... 
our attitude. 
~John Maxwell~ 

Manda McBroom

It's the heart afraid of breaking 
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking 
that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken, 
who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin' 
that never learns to live. 
~Manda McBroom~

George F. McDougall

Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, 
a time when the love of God 
and the love of our fellow men 
should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, 
a time when our thoughts and deeds 
and the spirit of our lives 
manifest the presence of God. 
~George F. McDougall~ 

David O. McKay

True Christianity is love in action. 
~David O. McKay~ 

Frank McKibben

This is Christmas: 
not the tinsel, 
not the giving and receiving, 
not even the carols, 
but the humble heart 
that receives anew 
the wondrous gift, 
the Christ. 
~Frank McKibben~ 

Mignon McLaughlin

True remorse is never 
just a regret over consequence; 
it is a regret over motive. 
~Mignon McLaughlin~ 

Marshall McLuhan

Television brought the brutality of war 
into the comfort of the living room. 
Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America --
not on the battlefields of Vietnam. 
~Marshall McLuhan~

There are no passengers 
on spaceship earth. 
We are all crew. 
~Marshall McLuhan~ 

John-Roger and Peter McWilliams

Courage, contrary to popular belief, 
is not the absence of fear. 
Courage is the wisdom 
to act in spite of fear. 
~John-Roger and Peter McWilliams~ 

Margaret Mead

Never doubt that a small group 
of thoughtful committed people 
can change the world. 
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
~Margaret Mead~

I must admit that I personally measure success 
in terms of the contributions an individual makes 
to her or his fellow human beings. 
~Margaret Mead~

Herman Melville

The Past is the textbook of tyrants; 
the Future the Bible of the Free. 
Those who are solely governed by the Past 
stand like Lot's wife, 
crystallized in the act of looking backward, 
and forever incapable of looking before. 
~Herman Melville~

We cannot live only for ourselves. 
A thousand fibers connect us 
with our fellow men; 
and among those fibers, 
as sympathetic threads, 
our actions run as causes, 
and they come back to us as effects. 
~Herman Melville~ 

H. .L. Mencken

It is hard to believe 
that a man is telling the truth when 
you know that you would lie 
if you were in his place.
~H. L. Mencken~

Love is the triumph of imagination 
over intelligence.
~H. L. Mencken~

Antonio de Mendoza

Liberty means responsibility. 
That's why most men dread it. 
~Antonio De Mendoza~

Karl Menninger

Listening is a magnetic 
and strange thing, a creative force. 
The friends who listen to us 
are the ones we move toward. 
When we are listened to, 
it creates us, 
makes us unfold and expand. 
~Karl Menninger~ 

John Stuart Mill

War is an ugly thing 
but not the ugliest of things; 
the decayed and degraded state 
of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks 
that nothing is worth war is much worse. 
A man who has nothing 
for which he is willing to fight, 
nothing which is more important 
than his own personal safety, 
is a miserable creature 
and has no chance of being free 
unless made and kept so by the exertions of 
better men than himself. 
~John Stuart Mill~ 

Agnes De Mille

To dance is to be out of yourself. 
Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.
~Agnes De Mille~

Harlan Miller

The outdoor Christmas lights, 
green and red 
and gold and blue and twinkling, 
remind me that most people 
are that way all year round --
kind, generous, friendly and 
with an occasional moment of ecstasy. 
But Christmas is the only time 
they dare reveal themselves.
~Harlan Miller~ 

Henry Miller

Develop an interest in life as you see it; 
the people, things, literature, music 
-the world is so rich, 
simply throbbing with rich treasures, 
beautiful souls and interesting people. 
Forget yourself. 
~Henry Miller~

Life has no other discipline to impose, 
if we would but realize it, 
than to accept life unquestioningly. 
Everything we shut our eyes to, 
everything we run away from, 
everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, 
serves to defeat us in the end. 
What seems nasty, painful, evil, 
can become a source of 
beauty, joy, and strength, 
if faced with an open mind. 
Every moment is a golden one 
for him who has the vision 
to recognize it as such. 
~Henry Miller~ 

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. 
~Henry Miller~

John Homer Miller

Your living is determined 
not so much by what life brings to you 
as by the attitude you bring to life; 
not so much by what happens to you 
as by the way your mind looks at what happens. 
~John Homer Miller~ 

A. A. Milne

"It's snowing still," 
said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is." 
"And freezing." 
"Is it?" 
"Yes," said Eeyore. 
"However," he said, 
brightening up a little, 
"We haven't had an earthquake lately." 
~A. A. Milne~

John Milton

He that has light
within his own clear breast
May sit i' the' centre 
and enjoy bright day.
~John Milton~

Jiufeng Annals Mingjiao

Accumulate learning by study, 
understand what you learn by questioning.
~Jiufeng Annals Mingjiao~

S. Weir Mitchell

Show me the books he loves 
and I shall know the man far better 
than through mortal friends. 
~S. Weir Mitchell~ 

Wilson Mizner

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; 
copy from two, it's research. 
~Wilson Mizner~ 

Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière

The greater the obstacle, 
the more the glory in overcoming it.
~Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière~

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, 
but also for what we do not do. 
~Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière~ 

Claude Monet

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. 
~Claude Monet~ 

Michel De Montaigne

An unattempted woman 
cannot boast of her chastity. 
~Michel De Montaigne~ 

Alfred A. Montapert

Animals are reliable, many full of love, 
true in their affections, predictable in their actions, 
grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. 
~Alfred A. Montapert~

Maria Montessori

The greatest sign of success for a teacher ... 
is to be able to say, 
"The children are now working as if I did not exist." 
~Maria Montessori~