"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well." ― Josh Billings Topic(s): Good Tags: consists, holding More From Josh Billings "Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe." "Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread." "To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while." More In Good "Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."― Henri Frederic Amiel "Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are."― James Allen