Joel A. Barker
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. Joel A. Barker quotes
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The man that blushes is not quite a brute. -Edward Young
The man that blushes is not quite a brute. -Edward Young
You don’t manage people; you manage things. You lead people. -Admiral Grace Hopper
You don’t manage people; you manage things. You lead people. -Admiral Grace Hopper
Fortune is like glass–the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. -Publilius Syrus
Fortune is like glass–the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. -Publilius Syrus
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. -Mexican Proverb
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. -Mexican Proverb
A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor. -Eric Hoffer
A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor. -Eric Hoffer
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. -Ronald Wright
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. -Ronald Wright
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? -Havelock Ellis
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? -Havelock Ellis
Reason gains all people by compelling none. -Aaron Hill
Reason gains all people by compelling none. -Aaron Hill
Sir Roger L’Estrange
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. Sir Roger L’Estrange quotes
Steve Young
The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young quotes
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers. -Robert Heinlein
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers. -Robert Heinlein
"You must be a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!" – Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“You must be a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even …
Children are living jewels dropped unsustained from heaven. -Robert Pollok
Children are living jewels dropped unsustained from heaven. -Robert Pollok
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. -Henri Frederic Amiel
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. -Henri Frederic Amiel
The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. -Hannah Arendt
The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. -Hannah Arendt
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. -Socrates
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. -Socrates
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking. -R. Buckminster Fuller
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking. -R. Buckminster Fuller
Thomas A. Bennett
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind. Thomas A. Bennett quotes
David O. Mckay
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger. David O. Mckay quotes
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice is incidental to law and order. J. Edgar Hoover quotes
Anne Heche
Vibrators. I think they are great. They keep you out of stupid sex. I’d pitch them to anybody. Anne Heche quotes
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting. -Friedrich Nietzsche
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Rank imposes obligation. -Motto
Rank imposes obligation. -Motto
Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter. -Jonathan Swift
Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter. -Jonathan Swift
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
The power to tax is not the power to destroy while this Court sits. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
The power to tax is not the power to destroy while this Court sits. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
There’s only one free person in this society, and he is white and male. -Hazel Scott
There’s only one free person in this society, and he is white and male. -Hazel Scott
So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs. -Dorothea Brande
So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs. -Dorothea Brande
Ava Gardner
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial. Ava Gardner quotes
Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it. -Andrea Dworkin
Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it. -Andrea Dworkin
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. -John Milton
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. -John Milton
You see much more of your children once they leave home. -Lucille Ball
You see much more of your children once they leave home. -Lucille Ball
Those who easily forgive invite offenses. -Pierre Corneille
Those who easily forgive invite offenses. -Pierre Corneille
Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. -Leo Buscaglia
Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. -Leo Buscaglia
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. -Hugh Blair
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. -Hugh Blair
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards. -Henry Cardinal Newman
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards. -Henry Cardinal Newman
Bernard Ingham
I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme — mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, …
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit. -Georg C. Lichtenberg
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit. -Georg C. Lichtenberg