R. I. Fitzhenry
“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.” R. I. Fitzhenry …
Category: Quotes of the day
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -Aldous Huxley
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -Aldous Huxley
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. -Clarence Darrow
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. -Clarence Darrow
"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it." – Jiddu Krishnamurti
“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what …
Abba Eban
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban quotes
Holden Caulfield
It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to. Holden Caulfield quotes
Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. -H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. -H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. -Oscar Wilde
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. -Oscar Wilde
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself. -Samuel Levenson
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself. -Samuel Levenson
Endurance is the crowning quality… -James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality… -James Russell Lowell
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. -Plato
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. -Plato
If you pray for only one thing, .let it be for an idea. -Percy Sutton
If you pray for only one thing, .let it be for an idea. -Percy Sutton
Maimonides
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. Maimonides quotes
Bishop Hall
Seldom if ever was knowledge given to keep, but always to impart. The grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. Bishop Hall quotes
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. -Abraham Lincoln
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. -Abraham Lincoln
Elaine Liner
“If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages.” Elaine Liner quotes
Know thyself. -Socrates
Know thyself. -Socrates
A distracted existence leads us to no goal. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A distracted existence leads us to no goal. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse. -Golda Meir
Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse. -Golda Meir
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. -Abraham Lincoln
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. -Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right. -Isaac Asimov
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right. -Isaac Asimov
Don’t fight forces, use them. -R. Buckminster Fuller
Don’t fight forces, use them. -R. Buckminster Fuller
Stuart Wilde
Our life’s journey of self-discovery is not a straight-line rise from one level of consciousness to another. Instead, it is a series of steep climbs …
He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted. -Red Auerbach
He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted. -Red Auerbach
That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means. -Albert Camus
That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means. -Albert Camus
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. -Benjamin Disraeli
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. -Benjamin Disraeli
Character is what you are in the dark. -Dwight L. Moody
Character is what you are in the dark. -Dwight L. Moody
The tongue can paint what the eye can’t see. -Chinese Proverb
The tongue can paint what the eye can’t see. -Chinese Proverb
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hans Urs von Balthasar
“The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.” Hans Urs von Balthasar quotes
Thomas Crum
“What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a Masterpiece …
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. -Marcus T. Cicero
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. -Marcus T. Cicero
Mary S. Almanac
She didn’t know it couldn’t be done, so she went ahead and did it. Mary S. Almanac quotes
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. -Michelangelo
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. -Michelangelo
We should consider every day lost in which we have not danced at least once. -Friedrich Nietzsche
We should consider every day lost in which we have not danced at least once. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Feel the fear and do it anyway. -Susan Jeffers
Feel the fear and do it anyway. -Susan Jeffers
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places. -Ernest Hemingway
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places. -Ernest Hemingway
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. -Jane Austen
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. -Jane Austen
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings. -William Shakespeare
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings. -William Shakespeare
"Condemn or be condemned" – Helena Dalli
“Condemn or be condemned” – Helena Dalli