A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -Chinese Proverb
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -Chinese Proverb
Category: Quotes of the day
"Never critique a win," – Randy Carlyle
“Never critique a win,” – Randy Carlyle
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. -St. Augustine
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. -St. Augustine
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. -Stan Smith
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. -Stan Smith
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. -Jorge Luis Borges
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. -Jorge Luis Borges
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. -Alexis Carrel
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. -Alexis Carrel
Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson
“I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which …
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. -Ben Herbster
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. -Ben Herbster
Love is the river of life in the world. -Henry Ward Beecher
Love is the river of life in the world. -Henry Ward Beecher
James A. Michener
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. James A. …
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. -Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. -Henry Ward Beecher
The uncommitted life isn’t worth living. -Marshall Fishwick
The uncommitted life isn’t worth living. -Marshall Fishwick
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Les Brown
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Les Brown
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. -Jane Austen
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. -Jane Austen
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. -Muhammad Ali
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. -Muhammad Ali
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. -Aristotle
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. -Aristotle
Know what you want. Become your real self. -David Harold Fink
Know what you want. Become your real self. -David Harold Fink
Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them. -Ward Becker
Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them. -Ward Becker
Bill Carlin
Look, when that crowd gets to cheering, when we know they’re with us, when we know they like us, we play better. A hell of …
Preston Bradley
Expect victory and you make victory. Preston Bradley quotes
Roger Starr
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. Roger Starr quotes
Sir John Robert Seeley
Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting. Sir John Robert Seeley quotes
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. -Joseph Joubert
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. -Joseph Joubert
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. -Casey Kasem
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. -Casey Kasem
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain. -Quarius
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain. -Quarius
I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. -James Gordon Bennett
I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. -James Gordon Bennett
The greatest success, is successful self acceptance. -Ben Sweet
The greatest success, is successful self acceptance. -Ben Sweet
If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you. -American Proverb
If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you. -American Proverb
Robert Wilson
No one is more interesting to anybody than is that mysterious character we all call me, which is why self-liberation, self-actualization, self-transcendence, etc., are the …
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. -Benjamin Franklin
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. -Benjamin Franklin
Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare come to us? -William Shakespeare
Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare come to us? -William Shakespeare
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. -Will Rogers
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. -Will Rogers
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. -Mike Ditka
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. -Mike Ditka
Live on doubts; it becomes madness or stops entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Live on doubts; it becomes madness or stops entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -Mark Twain
The search for someone to blame is always successful. -Robert Half
The search for someone to blame is always successful. -Robert Half
Orson Scott Card
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. Orson Scott Card quotes
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. Hans Magnus Enzensberger quotes
Tact is knowing how far to go too far. -Jean Cocteau
Tact is knowing how far to go too far. -Jean Cocteau