He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. -Herman Melville
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. -Herman Melville
Category: Quotes of the day
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
I gave my life for freedom –this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so. -W. N. Ewer
I gave my life for freedom –this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so. -W. N. Ewer
I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face. -Michael J. Fox
I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face. -Michael J. Fox
Alexander Graham
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” Alexander Graham quotes
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. -Thomas Carlyle
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. -Thomas Carlyle
Benjamin Rush
The Fourth of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with …
Francis H. Bradley
Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart’s blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. Francis H. Bradley …
Daniel O’Connell
I would walk from here to Drogheda and back to see the man who is blockhead enough to expect anything except injustice from an English …
The time is always right to do what is right. -King Jr. Martin Luther
The time is always right to do what is right. -King Jr. Martin Luther
Don’t find fault, find a remedy. -Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy. -Henry Ford
Cultivated leisure is the aim of man. -Oscar Wilde
Cultivated leisure is the aim of man. -Oscar Wilde
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. -W. C. Fields
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. -W. C. Fields
Let your children go if you want to keep them. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Let your children go if you want to keep them. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together. -Joseph Joubert
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together. -Joseph Joubert
Time is the rider that breaks youth. -George Herbert
Time is the rider that breaks youth. -George Herbert
It’s a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. -Scottish Proverb
It’s a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. -Scottish Proverb
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. -Chinese Proverb
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. -Chinese Proverb
And lastly, let us provide in our constitution for its revision at stated periods. -Thomas Jefferson
And lastly, let us provide in our constitution for its revision at stated periods. -Thomas Jefferson
What do girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles? -Louisa May Alcott
What do girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles? -Louisa May Alcott
Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. -John Dryden
Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. -John Dryden
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. -Welsh Proverb
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. -Welsh Proverb
Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. -Benjamin Franklin
Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. -Benjamin Franklin
Michelle Walker
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve obviously never been in bed with a mosquito. Michelle Walker quotes
Barbara Ehrenreich
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay …
Victor Weisskopf
It was absolutely marvelous working for Wolfgang Pauli. You could ask him anything. There was no worry that he would think a particular question was …
Johann Ludwig Tieck
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded …
Phillips Brooks
Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day …
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor’s relative weaknesses. -Bruce Henderson
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor’s relative weaknesses. -Bruce Henderson
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. -Euripides
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. -Euripides
Be nobody’s darling; / Be an outcast. -Alice Walker
Be nobody’s darling; / Be an outcast. -Alice Walker
Just vengeance does not call for punishment. -Pierre Corneille
Just vengeance does not call for punishment. -Pierre Corneille
Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest. -Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest. -Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
It is tact that is golden, not silence. -Samuel Butler
It is tact that is golden, not silence. -Samuel Butler
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it. -Don Herold
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it. -Don Herold
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. -Henri L. Bergson
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. -Henri L. Bergson
Man knows more than he understands. -Alfred Adler
Man knows more than he understands. -Alfred Adler
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand. -Michelangelo
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand. -Michelangelo
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way. -Stanlicus
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way. -Stanlicus