The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others. -Albert Schweitzer
The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others. -Albert Schweitzer
Category: Quotes of the day
There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something. -Trammell Crow
There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something. -Trammell Crow
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. -Søren Kierkegaard
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. -Søren Kierkegaard
Gil Marks
As the bar mitzvah grew in importance in affluent post-World War II America, the accompanying meal did as well, all too often turning into an …
Welsh Proverb
“Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.” Welsh Proverb quotes
Mark Jenkins
“Maps encourage boldness. They’re like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.” Mark Jenkins quotes
Craig Volk
“The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldn’t take.” Craig Volk quotes
America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got. -Charlotte Bunch
America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got. -Charlotte Bunch
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward. -Patricia Sampson
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward. -Patricia Sampson
There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself. -Abraham Ibn Esra
There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself. -Abraham Ibn Esra
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce
A. Bartlett Giamatti
No one man is superior to the game. A. Bartlett Giamatti quotes
It’s not the men in my life that counts, it’s the life in my men. -Mae West
It’s not the men in my life that counts, it’s the life in my men. -Mae West
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. -Joseph Wood Krutch
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. -Joseph Wood Krutch
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. -Franklin P. Adams
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. -Franklin P. Adams
Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless. -George Bernard Shaw
Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless. -George Bernard Shaw
God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them. -John H. Aughey
God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them. -John H. Aughey
Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done. -Julia Woodruff
Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done. -Julia Woodruff
A. C. Swinburne
We shift and bedeck and bedrape us, thou art noble and nude and antique. A. C. Swinburne quotes
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. -J. Donald Walters
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. -J. Donald Walters
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow. -C.R. Lawton
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow. -C.R. Lawton
Death is the last enemy: once we’ve got past that I think everything will be alright. -Alice Thomas Ellis
Death is the last enemy: once we’ve got past that I think everything will be alright. -Alice Thomas Ellis
Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. -Dylan Thomas
Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. -Dylan Thomas
Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it. -William M. Thackeray
Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it. -William M. Thackeray
Sorrow makes us children again. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sorrow makes us children again. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce? -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce? -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. -Newton D. Baker
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. -Newton D. Baker
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. -James A. Froude
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. -James A. Froude
The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. -Plato
The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. -Plato
"If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it." – William James
“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.” – William James
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. -L. L. Nash
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. -L. L. Nash
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. -James Baldwin
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. -James Baldwin
Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. -Augustine Birrell
Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. -Augustine Birrell
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. -Charles De Gaulle
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. -Charles De Gaulle
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. -Friedrich Nietzsche
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. -Albert Schweitzer
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. -Albert Schweitzer
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10, 000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas A. Edison
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10, 000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas A. Edison
Lyman Bryson
“The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.” Lyman Bryson quotes
Our aspirations are our possibilities. -Robert Browning
Our aspirations are our possibilities. -Robert Browning