Conner, Dennis
My goal in sailing isn’t to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. Conner, Dennis quotes
Month: September 2009
Bailey, Pearl
People see God every day; they just don’t recognize Him. Bailey, Pearl quotes
Chapin, Edwin Hubbel
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. Chapin, Edwin Hubbel quotes
Rosen, Richard D.
If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov’s dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do so. …
Emma Goldman on Knowledge & Learning
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true …
Cosmetics
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. – Shakespeare, William
Tennis
One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to …
Ben Hecht on Love
Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. – Ben Hecht Quotes, Famous Quotes, Ben Hecht, Love
Ben Hecht
“Love is a hole in the heart.” Ben Hecht quotes
John Cheever
“Art is the triumph over chaos.” John Cheever quotes
Arnold H. Glasow
“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” Arnold H. Glasow quotes
Dowden, Edward
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. Dowden, Edward quotes
Stevens, Wallace
One cannot spend one’s time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be. Stevens, Wallace quotes
Robbins, Anthony
Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. Robbins, Anthony quotes
Camus, Albert
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. Camus, Albert quotes
Fuller, Thomas
Choose a wife by your ear than your eye. Fuller, Thomas quotes
Link, Henry C.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. Link, Henry C. quotes
Jon Kabit-Zinn
“The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.” Jon Kabit-Zinn quotes
Elmer G. Letterman on Art
You can’t start at the top. – Elmer G. Letterman Quotes, Famous Quotes, Elmer G. Letterman, Art
Reason
Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has. – Luther, Martin
Virtue
Be generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. – Franklin, Billy Boy
Thomas A. Edison on War
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, …
Norm Papernick
“Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.” Norm Papernick quotes
Dryden, John
Successful crimes alone are justified. Dryden, John quotes
Canfield, Jack
When you’re nice to people, they want to be nice back to you. Canfield, Jack quotes
Cobb, Irvin S.
A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. Cobb, Irvin S. quotes
Clark, Frank A.
The reason there’s so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it. Clark, Frank A. quotes
Washington, George
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest …
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Rousseau, Jean Jacques quotes
Simeon Strunsky
“Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.” Simeon Strunsky quotes
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Peace
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. – Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes, Famous Quotes, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Peace
London by William Blake
London by William Blake I wandered through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow, A mark in every face I meet, Marks …
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;–on the French coast the …
Lamb, The by William Blake
Lamb, The by William Blake Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the …
Once by the Pacific by Robert Lee Frost
Once by the Pacific by Robert Lee Frost The shattered water made a misty din. Great waves looked over others coming in, And thought of …
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless …
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived …
Sick Rose, The by William Blake
Sick Rose, The by William Blake O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found …
A light exists in spring by Emily Dickinson
A light exists in spring by Emily Dickinson A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is …
Human Abstract by William Blake
Human Abstract by William Blake Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be, If all …