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You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
Competition
A. J. Kitt

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Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
Dignity
Ronald Knox

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You only get to keep what you give away.
Giving
Sheldon Kopp

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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
Democracy
Irving Kristol

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In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Sanity
Akiro Kurosawa

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To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.
Teachers and Teaching
Fr?ric-C?r La Harpe

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It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Wisdom
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Only the great can afford to have great defects.
Faults
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
Speakers and Speaking
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.
Argument
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
Imitation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Surprises
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Passion
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
Imitation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
Eloquence
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Usually we praise only to be praised.
Compliments
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
Confession
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
Character
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Praise
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.
Law and Lawyers
Suzanne Lafollette

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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Experience
Alphonse De Lamartine

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The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
Appearance
Charles Lamb

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Absence and death are the same -- only that in death there is no suffering.
Absence
Walter Savage Landor

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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Writers and Writing
Walter Savage Landor

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The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
Perfection
Doug Larson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun