"Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself." – Pythagoras
“Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.” – Pythagoras
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
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same" – Nelson Mandela
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same” – Nelson Mandela
"I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God." – Madonna
“I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.” – Madonna
"The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake." – Leonardo da Vinci
“The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"somewhat troubled by the absence of a consistent policy governing our willingness to permit the President to participate in these private, commercial tributes . . . ." – John Wayne
“somewhat troubled by the absence of a consistent policy governing our willingness to permit the President to participate in these private, commercial tributes . . …
"Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." – Isaac Newton
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the …
"I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make" – Henry Ford
“I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. …
"The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Tips for a long life<br/>Keep sweet, keep friendly, keep loving, if ye would keep young" – Edgar Cayce
“Tips for a long lifeKeep sweet, keep friendly, keep loving, if ye would keep young” – Edgar Cayce
"If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity is his own — the road to immortal renown lies straight, open, and unencumbered before him. All that he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple — a few plain words — ”My Heart Laid Bare.” But — this little book must be true to its title." – Edgar Allan Poe
“If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity …
"Love that moves the sun and the other stars." – Dante Alighieri
“Love that moves the sun and the other stars.” – Dante Alighieri
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom." – Charles Dickens
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
"It’s better to light a candle then to curse the darkness." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“It’s better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." – Buddha
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” – Buddha
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer." – Bruce Lee
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee
"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation," – Barack Obama
“My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation,” – Barack Obama
"The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which …
"Kindly whisper ‘Norbury’ in my ear" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Kindly whisper ‘Norbury’ in my ear” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits." – Pythagoras
“Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), …
"I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world." – Madonna
“I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.” – Madonna
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art" – Leonardo da Vinci
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art” – Leonardo da Vinci
"A man ought to do what he thinks is right" – John Wayne
“A man ought to do what he thinks is right” – John Wayne
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." – Galileo Galilei
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo …
"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." – Dalai Lama
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” – Dalai Lama
"We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem." – Bruce Lee
“We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the …
"The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." <br/> – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of …
"The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human" – Aldous Huxley
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human” – Aldous Huxley
"Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life" – Akhenaton
“Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean …
"If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." – Robert Fulghum
“If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.” – Robert Fulghum
"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few." – Pythagoras
“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle …
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." – Nelson Mandela
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel …
"My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent." – Madonna
“My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.” – Madonna
"There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves" – John Wayne
“There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves” – John Wayne
"Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night." – Isaac Asimov
“Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.” – Isaac Asimov
"I’m kind of obsessed with that song, I’ve used it in almost every project I’ve done, … I can’t get over it. I own 30 versions of it." – Isaac Newton
“I’m kind of obsessed with that song, I’ve used it in almost every project I’ve done, … I can’t get over it. I own 30 …
"Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain" – Henry Ford
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain” – Henry Ford
"To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see what they do see, and not to understand what they do understand, and to find what they do not discover." – Galileo Galilei
“To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see …