An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
More Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.