"Learning never exhausts the mind" – Leonardo da Vinci
“Learning never exhausts the mind” – Leonardo da Vinci
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"Get off your butt and join the Marines!" – John Wayne
“Get off your butt and join the Marines!” – John Wayne
"A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written" – Isaac Asimov
“A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written” – Isaac Asimov
"The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet…the centuries have established its Divine origin." – Isaac Newton
“The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet…the centuries have established its Divine …
"The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." – H. P Lovecraft
“The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.” – H. P Lovecraft
"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered." – Edgar Allan Poe
“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” – Edgar Allan Poe
"Follow your own star!" – Dante Alighieri
“Follow your own star!” – Dante Alighieri
"Your sadness, your anger will not solve the problem. More sadness, more frustration only brings more suffering for yourself, … No matter how tragic the situation, we should not lose hope." – Dalai Lama
“Your sadness, your anger will not solve the problem. More sadness, more frustration only brings more suffering for yourself, … No matter how tragic the …
"Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?" – Carl Sagan
“Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to …
"If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of." – Bruce Lee
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee
"I didn’t see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn’t think there was an imminent threat from Saddam Hussein." – Barack Obama
“I didn’t see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn’t think there was an imminent threat from Saddam Hussein.” – Barack Obama
"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know." – Aldous Huxley
“Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.” – Aldous Huxley
"Let him that would move the world, first move himself." – Socrates
“Let him that would move the world, first move himself.” – Socrates
"Never forget to dream" – Madonna
“Never forget to dream” – Madonna
"Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they" – Leonardo da Vinci
“Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will …
"I’ll have you spread-eagled on a wagon wheel." – John Wayne
“I’ll have you spread-eagled on a wagon wheel.” – John Wayne
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them." – Isaac Asimov
“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.” – Isaac Asimov
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality" – Dante Alighieri
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality” – Dante Alighieri
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men." – Carl Sagan
“It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men.” – Carl …
"had the quinsy and swollen glands" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“had the quinsy and swollen glands” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity." – Socrates
“Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.” – Socrates
"I was 23 when I came to Bellingham in 1960 – from Mars, they must have thought. I’ve always had a very sentimental feeling about the importance of that first ministry in my life." – Robert Fulghum
“I was 23 when I came to Bellingham in 1960 – from Mars, they must have thought. I’ve always had a very sentimental feeling about …
"Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few." – Pythagoras
“Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.” – Pythagoras
"Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, don’t judge people by their religion, color, or sexual habits, love life and your family." – Madonna
“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, don’t judge people by their religion, color, …
"A horse is a horse,it ain´t make a difference what color it is." – John Wayne
“A horse is a horse,it ain´t make a difference what color it is.” – John Wayne
"In a day,when you dont come across any problems,then you can be sure that you are travelling in the wrong path…" – John F. Kennedy
“In a day,when you dont come across any problems,then you can be sure that you are travelling in the wrong path…” – John F. Kennedy
"Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.” – …
"From my close observation of writers…they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review." – Isaac Asimov
“From my close observation of writers…they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who …
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges." – Isaac Newton
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” – Isaac Newton
"God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!" – Edgar Cayce
“There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!” – Edgar Cayce
"There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting." – Buddha
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine." – Bruce Lee
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” – Bruce Lee
"It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"no respecter of persons" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“no respecter of persons” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance." – Akhenaton
“The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to …
"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live." – Socrates
“Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.” – Socrates
"Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts" – Robert Fulghum
“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts” – Robert Fulghum