Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts. Henry David Thoreau
Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.Thoughts and ThinkingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
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To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. Henry David Thoreau
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.Thoughts and ThinkingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. Aristotle
Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.TemperamentQuotations by Aristotle
Most people give off as much heat as a 100 watt bulb, but not as much light. Source Unknown
Most people give off as much heat as a 100 watt bulb, but not as much light.TemperQuotations by Source Unknown
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible. Ezra Pound
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.TemperQuotations by Ezra Pound
The worst-tempered people I’ve ever met were the people who knew they were wrong. Addison Mizner
The worst-tempered people I’ve ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.TemperQuotations by Addison Mizner
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.TemperQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Good temper is an estate for life. William Hazlitt
Good temper is an estate for life.TemperQuotations by William Hazlitt
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. William Hazlitt
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.TemperQuotations by William Hazlitt
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.TemperQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours. Frank Moore Colby
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.TemperQuotations by Frank Moore Colby
TV — chewing gum for the eyes. Frank Lloyd Wright
TV — chewing gum for the eyes.TelevisionQuotations by Frank Lloyd Wright
Good things, when short, are twice as good. Baltasar Gracian
Good things, when short, are twice as good.BrevityQuotations by Baltasar Gracian
The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. Francois FeNelon
The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.BrevityQuotations by Francois FeNelon
Never be so brief as to become obscure. Tryon Edwards
Never be so brief as to become obscure.BrevityQuotations by Tryon Edwards
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. Marcus T. Cicero
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.BrevityQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Marcus T. Cicero
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.BrevityQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together. Josh Billings
There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together.BrevityQuotations by Josh Billings
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. Hosea Ballou
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.BrevityQuotations by Hosea Ballou
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.BraggingQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. Miguel De Cervantes
Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.BraggingQuotations by Miguel De Cervantes
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. John B. S. Haldane
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.BoysQuotations by John B. S. Haldane
I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys. Charles Dickens
I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.BoysQuotations by Charles Dickens
There is no bigotry like that of free thought run to seed. Horace Greeley
There is no bigotry like that of free thought run to seed.BigotryQuotations by Horace Greeley
Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.BigotryQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Charles Caleb Colton
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.BigotryQuotations by Charles Caleb Colton
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.BigotryQuotations by Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. Josh Billings
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.BigotryQuotations by Josh Billings
Bigot, one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. Ambrose Bierce
Bigot, one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.BigotryQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. H.G. Wells
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.BicyclesQuotations by H.G. Wells
To betray you must first belong. Harold Philby
To betray you must first belong.BetrayalQuotations by Harold Philby
It is all right to rat, but you can’t re-rat. Winston Churchill
It is all right to rat, but you can’t re-rat.BetrayalQuotations by Winston Churchill
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. Ludwig Borne
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.BeliefQuotations by Ludwig Borne
Everything is possible for him who believes. Bible
Everything is possible for him who believes.BeliefQuotations by Bible
Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true. Saint Bartholomew
Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true.BeliefQuotations by Saint Bartholomew
More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much. P.T. Barnum
More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.BeliefQuotations by P.T. Barnum
Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. Joel A. Barker
Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.BeliefQuotations by Joel A. Barker
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. Walter Bagehot
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.BeliefQuotations by Walter Bagehot
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Richard Bach
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.BeliefQuotations by Richard Bach
If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? Dr. Robert Anthony
If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?BeliefQuotations by Dr. Robert Anthony