The price of power is responsibility for the public good. Bill Vaughan More Quotes by Bill Vaughan More Quotes From Bill Vaughan Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds? Bill Vaughan gardener weed garden Contraries are cured by contraries. Bill Vaughan behaviour behavior manners The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects. Bill Vaughan wise character men Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies. Bill Vaughan kind simple expression A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. Bill Vaughan happiness baby children If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind. Bill Vaughan nice class thinking Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies. Bill Vaughan giving enemy needs The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. Bill Vaughan family happy inspirational What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity. Bill Vaughan difficult-times sanity accomplishment Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan names home fun American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we've never known what to do with this part of the Bible. The more we succeed, the more we're seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future. Bill Vaughan suffering bible thinking Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool. Bill Vaughan cases events strong Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful. Bill Vaughan optimism effort mind People who have little to do are excessive talkers. Bill Vaughan behaviour littles people The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them. Bill Vaughan taxation creating people A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan freedom humorous funny It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts. Bill Vaughan countries-of-the-world country book My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs. Bill Vaughan couple country father I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember. Bill Vaughan pain memories believe Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. Bill Vaughan anger animal men