Random Sample of Quotes |
 | Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 7 likes |
 | Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. |
 | Politics, just like the rainforest, is fed by its own decomposition. — Paul Carvel, 1964-, Belgian author of maxims 2 likes |
 | The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it. |
 | Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. |
 | Love of God is not always the same as love of good. |
 | Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose! — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 10 likes |
 | The only moral lesson which is suited for a child -the most important lesson for every time of life- is this: “Never hurt anybody.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 5 likes |
 | What is true, is true only for one time and only for one place. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 4 likes |
 | It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. |
 | Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon. How much it can fill your room depends on its windows. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 7 likes |
 | If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 6 likes |
 | Everything is pathology, except for indifference. |
 | I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 2 likes |
 | The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. |
| Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. |
 | Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 16 likes |
 | Being loved by the world is no substitute for having been loved by one person when you were small. |
 | The difficult thing in literature is knowing what not to say. |
| We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically. |
 | Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 7 likes |
 | The best cure for sea sickness is to sit under a tree — Spike Milligan, 1918-2002, Irish comedian 4 likes |
 | Are you not aware that there comes a midnight hour when everyone must unmask… |
 | Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 4 likes |
 | People forget facts, but they remember stories. |
 | Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 11 likes |
 | The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. |
 | A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 2 likes |
| A guy who's always interested in the condition of the world, and changing it, either has no problems of his own, or refuses to face them... not wanting to face things of his own nature. |
 | It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Henry IV 2 likes |
 | If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. — William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939, Irish poet, Nobel 1923 2 likes |
| Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. |
 | The surest way to remain poor is to be honest. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 15 likes |
 | It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. |
 | They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the critics. |
 | The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 3 likes |
 | The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. |
 | The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead. — Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer 3 likes |
