Year: 2009

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. Swaim, Alice Mackenzie …

Hollander, Xaviera

Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. Hollander, Xaviera quotes

Garfield, Charles A.

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions. Garfield, Charles A. quotes

Schulz, Charles M.

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I’m in the wrong building. Schulz, …

Arnold, Matthew

With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair. Arnold, Matthew quotes

self-esteem

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. – Alexander The Great

Jorge Luis Borges

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” Jorge Luis Borges quotes

Dick Dale

“Every song is like a painting.” Dick Dale quotes

Ellsworth Huntington

“America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth’s skeleton.” Ellsworth Huntington quotes

Mary McCarthy

“We are the hero of our own story.” Mary McCarthy quotes

Descartes, Rene

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Descartes, Rene quotes

Robert Fulghum

“The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is …

Albert Guerard

“Doubt ’til thou canst doubt no more…doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.” Albert Guerard quotes

Agnes de Mille

“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” Agnes de Mille quotes

Charles Gavin

“It’s easier to build a boy than to mend a man.” Charles Gavin quotes

Barry Goldwater

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.” Barry Goldwater quotes

Lucan

“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.” Lucan quotes

Watts, Isaac

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. Watts, Isaac quotes

Chase, Edna W.

Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. Chase, Edna W. quotes

Miyake, Issey

Design is not for philosophy — it’s for life. Miyake, Issey quotes

Dulles, John Foster

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression. Dulles, John Foster quotes

Benson, Arthur Christopher

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. Benson, Arthur Christopher quotes

Approval

The best ballplayer’s the one who doesn’t think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you. – Stengel, Casey