I want to be great, something special. -Leonard, Sugar Ray
I want to be great, something special. -Leonard, Sugar Ray
Year: 2009
Be larger than your task. -Marden, Orison Swett
Be larger than your task. -Marden, Orison Swett
Aaron Shapiro
“We firmly believe there is more to life than money, beer, and sex. We just don’t know what it is.” Aaron Shapiro quotes
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.” Boutros Boutros-Ghali quotes
Superiority — doing things a little better than anybody else can do them. -Marden, Orison Swett
Superiority — doing things a little better than anybody else can do them. -Marden, Orison Swett
Alger, William R.
Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings. Alger, William R. quotes
Hijazi, Muhammad
Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art. Hijazi, Muhammad quotes
Proverb, Danish
Fish and guests smell at three days old. Proverb, Danish quotes
Rather, Dan
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. Rather, Dan quotes
Earhart, Amelia
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, they also get more notoriety when they crash. Earhart, …
In short, luck’s always to blame. -La Fontaine, Jean De
In short, luck’s always to blame. -La Fontaine, Jean De
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. -Stevenson, Adlai E.
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. -Stevenson, Adlai E.
Negativity
We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. – Jeffers, Susan
I am a Roman citizen. -Cicero, Marcus T.
I am a Roman citizen. -Cicero, Marcus T.
What is a society without a heroic dimension? -Baudrillard, Jean
What is a society without a heroic dimension? -Baudrillard, Jean
Bertolt Brecht
“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.” Bertolt Brecht quotes
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. -Franklin, Benjamin
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. -Franklin, Benjamin
Hastings
“A gentle word is never lost…It cheers the heart when sorrow-tossed, And lulls the cares that bruise it.” Hastings quotes
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Hayes, Helen
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Hayes, Helen
Howells, William Dean
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it’s too late to let her know he sees it. Howells, William …
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
When my journal appears, many statues must come down. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington quotes
Fielding, Henry
Conscience — the only incorruptible thing about us. Fielding, Henry quotes
Wright, Steven
I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. Wright, Steven quotes
Lord, Shirley
What really matters is what you do with what you have. Lord, Shirley quotes
Patriotism
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. – Addison, Joseph
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. -Jackson, Andrew
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. -Jackson, Andrew
Love is like war, easy to begin, hard to end -Proverb
Love is like war, easy to begin, hard to end -Proverb
Body
Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our …
Fools and Foolishness
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long. – Luther, Martin
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. -Addison, Joseph
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. -Addison, Joseph
John Eliot, Ph.D.
“The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards.. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention …
Ben Shahn
“I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.” Ben Shahn quotes
Maureen Dowd
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” Maureen Dowd quotes
No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. -Llosa, Mario Vargas
No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. -Llosa, Mario Vargas
Mike Krzyzewski
“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.” Mike Krzyzewski quotes
You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
Sex is like money; only too much is enough. -Updike, John
Sex is like money; only too much is enough. -Updike, John
Gourmont, Remy De
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. Gourmont, Remy De quotes
Selden, John
Philosophy is nothing but discretion. Selden, John quotes
Marx, Karl
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. Marx, Karl quotes