The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. -Socrates
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. -Socrates
Category: Quotes of the day
All great achievements require time. -David J. Schwartz
All great achievements require time. -David J. Schwartz
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you’re not in New York, you’re camping out. -Thomas E. Dewey
If you’re not in New York, you’re camping out. -Thomas E. Dewey
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Benjamin Franklin
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Benjamin Franklin
Sheila M. Kelly
“The first time you do the impossible, it may take a little longer.” Sheila M. Kelly quotes
Still waters run deep. -English Proverb
Still waters run deep. -English Proverb
Dr. Sharpe
It is difficulties that give birth to miracles. Dr. Sharpe quotes
Roland Barthes
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a …
Midge Decter
The fundamental impulse of the movement is neither masturbatory nor concretely lesbian — although it of course offers warm house to both these possibilities; it …
And, after all, what is a lie? ‘Tis but the truth in masquerade. -Lord Byron
And, after all, what is a lie? ‘Tis but the truth in masquerade. -Lord Byron
Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. -Sir Cecil Beaton
Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. -Sir Cecil Beaton
Ward Becker
Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them. Ward Becker quotes
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. -Blaise Pascal
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. -Blaise Pascal
Henry Fonda
The best actors do not let the wheels show. Henry Fonda quotes
E. S. Kinnear
If you cannot make money on one dollar, if you do not coax one dollar to work hard for you, you won’t know how to …
We don’t grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures. -James E. Burke
We don’t grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures. -James E. Burke
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. -Joseph Conrad
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. -Joseph Conrad
Gabriela Mistral
Grant that I may be successful in molding one of my pupils into a perfect poem, and let me leave within her deepest-felt melody that …
Michael Leboeuf
The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it. Michael Leboeuf quotes
Liebig
Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense. Liebig quotes
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. -Plato
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. -Plato
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. -Leo Rosten
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. -Leo Rosten
His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine. -Mark Twain
His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine. -Mark Twain
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fortune favors the brave. -Virgil
Fortune favors the brave. -Virgil
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Richard Branson
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well. Richard Branson quotes
Olin Miller
Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man’s funeral is usually Uncle Sam. Olin Miller quotes
Suppose they gave a war, and no one came? -Leslie Parrish-Bach
Suppose they gave a war, and no one came? -Leslie Parrish-Bach
For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. -Henry Ward Beecher
To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. -Henry Ward Beecher
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it. -Vernon Howard
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it. -Vernon Howard
You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. -Jim Rohn
You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. -Jim Rohn
Time discovered truth. -Seneca
Time discovered truth. -Seneca
The heart will break, but broken live on. -Lord Byron
The heart will break, but broken live on. -Lord Byron
Robert Bringle
“Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.” Robert Bringle quotes
Roger Staubach
Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Roger Staubach quotes