Maya Angelou
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Continue reading Maya Angelou
Category: quotes
Chinese Proverb
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.” Continue reading Chinese Proverb
Denise Mina
“A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.” Continue reading Denise Mina
Ken Keyes Jr.
“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.” Continue reading Ken Keyes Jr.
Cicero
“Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.” Continue reading Cicero
Sir Francis Bacon
“Knowledge is power.” Continue reading Sir Francis Bacon
Winnie the Pooh
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” – Winnie the Pooh Continue reading Winnie the Pooh
McCallister Dodds
“Real strength is not just a condition of one’s muscle, but a tenderness in one’s spirit.” Continue reading McCallister Dodds
Helen Keller
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” Continue reading Helen Keller
John Wooden
“You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” Continue reading John Wooden
Walter Bagehot
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” Continue reading Walter Bagehot
Sir Winston Churchill
“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.” Continue reading Sir Winston Churchill
John Quincy Adams
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” Continue reading John Quincy Adams
Anonymous
“Any piece of clothing can be sexy with a quietly passionate woman inside it.” Continue reading Anonymous
Henry Van Dyke
“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” Continue reading Henry Van Dyke
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,/ And all the sweet serenity of books.” Continue reading Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hannah Green
“Health is not simply the absence of sickness.” Continue reading Hannah Green
Jennifer Neal
“Who knew that dog saliva can mend a broken heart?” Continue reading Jennifer Neal
Willa Cather
“She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window – or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not … Continue reading Willa Cather
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
“You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” Continue reading H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Jules Renard
“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.” Continue reading Jules Renard
Henry David Thoreau
“When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.” Continue reading Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
“Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.” Continue reading Mark Twain
Steve Jobs
“You’ve got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what what you do. If you … Continue reading Steve Jobs
Joe Brown and David Brown
“Everyone has his burden; what counts is how you carry it.” Continue reading Joe Brown and David Brown
Oprah Winfrey
“We are each responsible for our own life – no other person is or even can be.” Continue reading Oprah Winfrey
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day – like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.” Continue reading Anne Morrow Lindbergh
John Mankiewicz
“Enough organization, enough lists and we think we can control the uncontrollable.” Continue reading John Mankiewicz
Howard Thurman
“Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive… then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Continue reading Howard Thurman
Henry Bromel
“We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It’s a messy business, life. It’s hard to figure–full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.” Continue reading Henry Bromel
Irma Kurtz
“Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.” Continue reading Irma Kurtz
Jennifer Hudson
“The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.” Continue reading Jennifer Hudson
Emmet Fox
“There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open.” Continue reading Emmet Fox
Virgil
“Trust one who has gone through it.” Continue reading Virgil
Samuel Johnson
“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.” Continue reading Samuel Johnson
Spanish Proverb
“Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.” Continue reading Spanish Proverb
John Wayne
“I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.” Continue reading John Wayne
Horace
“He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.” Continue reading Horace
Horace Mann
“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Continue reading Horace Mann
Piero Ferrucci
“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.” Continue reading Piero Ferrucci
