Month: March 2010

Hesiod

The fool knows after he’s suffered. Hesiod quotes

Montgomery, Robert

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Montgomery, Robert quotes

Kent, Sir Arthur

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but by what takes place in our hearts. Kent, Sir Arthur …

Perception

To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle. – Confucius

Adulthood

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. …

Peter Sirius

Vele mensen hebben het zo ver in het huichelen gebracht dat men hun er zelfs geen verwijt meer over maken kan ; het is hun …

Nigerian Proverb: Voluntary work is better …

Voluntary work is better than slavery. Nigerian Proverb Proverb Link: Voluntary work is better …See More: Nigerian Proverbs (162 Proverbs) Nigerian Proverb: Voluntary work is …

Lord Acton

“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.” Lord Acton quotes

Jesse Jackson

“A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.” Jesse Jackson …

Kwan-Tzu

“If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his …

Pennebaker, Don Alan

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor. Pennebaker, Don Alan quotes

Oldham, John

And all your future lies beneath your hat. Oldham, John quotes

Palmer, Jim

Losing is no disgrace if you’ve given your best. Palmer, Jim quotes

Lehmann, Rosamond

The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can’t get on with them. Lehmann, Rosamond quotes

Hammarskjold, Dag

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to …

James, P. D.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment. James, P. D. quotes