"What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Category: Quotes of the day
A man may fall many times but he won’t be a failure until he says someone pushed him. -Elmer G. Leterman
A man may fall many times but he won’t be a failure until he says someone pushed him. -Elmer G. Leterman
If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia. -Robert Frost
If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia. -Robert Frost
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul. -John F. Kennedy
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul. -John F. Kennedy
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. -Robert Henri
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. -Robert Henri
"The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence" – Charles Caleb Colton
“The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence” – Charles Caleb Colton
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. -Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. -Eleanor Roosevelt
James Anthony Froude
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” …
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. -Don Marquis
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. -Don Marquis
The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed. -Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed. -Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Alfred Glossbrenner
With so much information now online, it is exceptionally easy to simply dive in and drown. Alfred Glossbrenner quotes
Paul Geraldy
Young men wish; love, money and health. One day, they’ll say; health, money and love. Paul Geraldy quotes
"There’s a sucker born every minute" – P.T. Barnum
“There’s a sucker born every minute” – P.T. Barnum
Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith
Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith
Sacred cows make the best hamburger. -Mark Twain
Sacred cows make the best hamburger. -Mark Twain
A precedent embalms a principle. -Benjamin Disraeli
A precedent embalms a principle. -Benjamin Disraeli
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late." – William Shakespeare
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” – William Shakespeare
When all else is lost, the future still remains. -Christian Nevell Bovee
When all else is lost, the future still remains. -Christian Nevell Bovee
Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion. -Israel Zangwill
Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion. -Israel Zangwill
I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow. -Woodrow T. Wilson
I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow. -Woodrow T. Wilson
Cultivate more joy by arranging your life so that more joy will be likely. -Georgia Witkin
Cultivate more joy by arranging your life so that more joy will be likely. -Georgia Witkin
"We should realize that the average family in America spends five minutes a week on politics." – Celinda Lake
“We should realize that the average family in America spends five minutes a week on politics.” – Celinda Lake
Dr. Albert Ellis
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. …
Camille Paglia
The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to …
Edward Everett
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home. Edward Everett quotes
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. -Jawaharlal Nehru
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. -Jawaharlal Nehru
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. -Jean Rostand
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. -Jean Rostand
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
A man who cannot make mistakes cannot do anything. -Bernard Magazine
A man who cannot make mistakes cannot do anything. -Bernard Magazine
parasites
Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites. – George Bernard Shaw
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. -Robert Frost
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. -Robert Frost
"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest" – William Shakespeare
“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest” – William Shakespeare
Love is lame at fifty years. -Thomas Hardy
Love is lame at fifty years. -Thomas Hardy
"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power." – Benjamin Disraeli
“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. -William Shakespeare
Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. -William Shakespeare
Ludwig Borne
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. Ludwig Borne quotes
Brian Tracy
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering …
Renata Adler
It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. Renata …
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. -Joseph Addison
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. -Joseph Addison
"One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it." – Sun Tzu
“One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.” – Sun Tzu