"Our life is made by the death of others." – Leonardo da Vinci
“Our life is made by the death of others.” – 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
"Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little." – Leo Tolstoy
“Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little.” – Leo Tolstoy
"Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home" – John Wayne
“Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home” – John Wayne
"Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.” – Johann …
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny’" – Isaac Asimov
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny'” – …
"We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances." – Isaac Newton
“We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” – Isaac Newton
"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time." – Henry Ford
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.” …
"It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved." – Galileo Galilei
“It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.” – Galileo Galilei
"It is impossible to love and to be wise." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“It is impossible to love and to be wise.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Know this: that whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development. An entity must apply in its associations from day to day a word here and a word there, one today, another tomorrow, and the next day, with the understanding that from such activities in word and deed, self-development will come… When an entity has prepared itself through constant forward movement towards service, the necessary circumstances for change will come about so that he may see the next step, the next opportunity… Haste not and be not over-anxious; for is not the whole of the building of His making?" – Edgar Cayce
“Know this: that whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development. An entity must apply in its associations from …
"Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart-one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man" – Edgar Allan Poe
“Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart-one …
"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!" – Dante Alighieri
“All hope abandon, ye who enter here!” – Dante Alighieri
"Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay" – Charles Dickens
“Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay” – Charles Dickens
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense" – Dr. Carl Sagan
“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not you go out and look for a successfull personality an duplicate it." – Bruce Lee
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not you go out and look for a successfull personality an duplicate it.” – Bruce …
"John Kerry believes in America." – Barack Obama
“John Kerry believes in America.” – Barack Obama
"To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"clever, clever fiend" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“clever, clever fiend” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise" – Akhenaton
“Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that …
"An honest man is always a child." – Socrates
“An honest man is always a child.” – Socrates
"Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away." – Robert Fulghum
“Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.” – Robert Fulghum
"Virtue is harmony." – Pythagoras
“Virtue is harmony.” – Pythagoras
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner." – Nelson Mandela
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” – Nelson Mandela
"Strong women leave big hickies" – Madonna
“Strong women leave big hickies” – Madonna
"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?" – Leonardo da Vinci
“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” – Leonardo da Vinci
"There is a better way to do it? find it. sign Thomas Edison had hanging in his office A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Proverbs Joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as an opportunity to be of service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." – Leo Tolstoy
“There is a better way to do it? find it. sign Thomas Edison had hanging in his office A fool vents all his feelings, but …
"If everything isn’t black and white, I say, "Why the hell not?"" – John Wayne
“If everything isn’t black and white, I say, “Why the hell not?”” – John Wayne
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies …
"To insult someone we call him "bestial." For deliberate cruelty and nature, "human" might be the greater insult." – Isaac Asimov
“To insult someone we call him “bestial.” For deliberate cruelty and nature, “human” might be the greater insult.” – Isaac Asimov
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers." – Isaac Newton
“Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.” – Isaac Newton
"If we knew what we are, we should do as Sir Arthur Jermyn did; and Arthur Jermyn soaked himself in oil and set fire to his clothing one night." – H. P Lovecraft
“If we knew what we are, we should do as Sir Arthur Jermyn did; and Arthur Jermyn soaked himself in oil and set fire to …
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." – Galileo Galilei
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” – Galileo Galilei
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is" – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is” – …
"When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself." – Edgar Cayce
“When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.” – Edgar Cayce
"We climbed up.until I finally saw through a round opening the beauteous things which Heaven holds. And there we came out to see, once more, the stars." – Dante Alighieri
“We climbed up.until I finally saw through a round opening the beauteous things which Heaven holds. And there we came out to see, once more, …
"Polly put the kettle on, we’ll all have tea" – Charles Dickens
“Polly put the kettle on, we’ll all have tea” – Charles Dickens
"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they …
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at." – Bruce Lee
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee