Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book

Bruce Lyne

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Bruce.


Loading...
May Sarton
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
May Sarton

Aristotle
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Aristotle

Albert Einstein
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Albert Einstein

Kent M. Keith
The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

Oscar Wilde
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

year in books
Rachel ...
352 books | 66 friends

Josh Co...
1,475 books | 216 friends

Ian Car...
1,660 books | 260 friends

Anne Be...
52 books | 28 friends

James B...
966 books | 33 friends

Stephanie
27 books | 97 friends

Dawn
270 books | 199 friends

Peter D...
98 books | 95 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Bruce

Lists liked by Bruce