It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. -H. L. Mencken
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. -H. L. Mencken
Category: Quotes of the day
Dorothe Deluzy
“We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?” Dorothe Deluzy quotes
The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness. -Havelock Ellis
The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness. -Havelock Ellis
St. Francis De Sales
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. St. Francis De Sales quotes
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. -Nadia Boulanger
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. -Nadia Boulanger
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there. -Franklin P. Jones
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there. -Franklin P. Jones
Technology… the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it. -Max Frisch
Technology… the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it. -Max Frisch
The ability to manage well doesn’t make much difference if you’re not even in the right jungle. -Stephen R. Covey
The ability to manage well doesn’t make much difference if you’re not even in the right jungle. -Stephen R. Covey
The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. -R. S. Donnell
The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. -R. S. Donnell
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self. -William James
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self. -William James
Charles De Montesquieu
This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it. Charles De …
Willard Gibbs
The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. Willard Gibbs quotes
He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. -Italian Proverb
He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. -Italian Proverb
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. -Arthur Christopher Benson
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. -Arthur Christopher Benson
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. -William James
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. -William James
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. -John Donne
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. -John Donne
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. -Peter Nicols
Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. -Peter Nicols
I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor. -Count Leo Tolstoy
I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor. -Count Leo Tolstoy
There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring. -Winston Churchill
There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring. -Winston Churchill
I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people. -Savielly Tartakower
I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people. -Savielly Tartakower
The answers to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle, they’re on TV! -Homer Simpson
The answers to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle, they’re on TV! -Homer Simpson
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. -William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. -William Shakespeare
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. -Jim Rohn
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. -Jim Rohn
"That’s the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don’t care, individuals do." – Mark Twain
“That’s the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don’t care, individuals do.” – Mark Twain
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. -Foka Gomez
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. -Foka Gomez
Lord Macaulay
Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The …
Charles A. Garfield
Action expresses priorities. Charles A. Garfield quotes
Every cloud has a silver lining. -Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining. -Proverb
A liberal is a power worshipper without the power. -George Orwell
A liberal is a power worshipper without the power. -George Orwell
Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see — but microscopes are prudent in an emergency -Emily Dickinson
Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see — but microscopes are prudent in an emergency -Emily Dickinson
Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends. -Henry Ward Beecher
Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends. -Henry Ward Beecher
Julia A. Fletcher Carney
“Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above.” Julia A. Fletcher Carney quotes
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do. -Norman Vincent Peale
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do. -Norman Vincent Peale
John Fischer
What this country needs is radicals who will stay that way regardless of the creeping years. John Fischer quotes
Carson Mccullers
While time, the endless idiot, runs screaming round the world. Carson Mccullers quotes
improvement
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. – Charles Simmons
Only the insecure strive for security. -Wayne Dyer
Only the insecure strive for security. -Wayne Dyer
It’s so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to. -Sondra Anice Barnes
It’s so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to. -Sondra Anice Barnes
You win only if you aren’t afraid to lose. -Rocky Aoki
You win only if you aren’t afraid to lose. -Rocky Aoki