I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. -Benjamin Disraeli
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. -Benjamin Disraeli
Category: Quotes of the day
When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. -Helen Rowland
When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. -Helen Rowland
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. -Peter Mcwilliams
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. -Peter Mcwilliams
Press no further with hate. -Virgil
Press no further with hate. -Virgil
I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich. -Gertrude Stein
I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich. -Gertrude Stein
He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. -Lord Byron
He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. -Lord Byron
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. -John Henry Newman
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. -John Henry Newman
Strong words are required for weak principles. -Doug Horton
Strong words are required for weak principles. -Doug Horton
Freda Adler
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. Freda Adler quotes
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. -Ambrose Bierce
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. -Ambrose Bierce
You, betrayed by time and space, Seek and find your proper place. -Her Majesty’s Wizard
You, betrayed by time and space, Seek and find your proper place. -Her Majesty’s Wizard
I never worked a day in my life. It’s not work when you love what you’re doing. -David Shakarian
I never worked a day in my life. It’s not work when you love what you’re doing. -David Shakarian
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
Sanely applied advertising could remake the world. -Stuart Chase
Sanely applied advertising could remake the world. -Stuart Chase
Italo Calvino
“It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear.” Italo Calvino quotes
Mychal Wynn
The only certainty about following the crowd is that you will all get there together. Mychal Wynn quotes
Lin Yu-tang
All women’s dresses are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress. Lin Yu-tang quotes
R. Foster Winans
The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don’t. R. Foster Winans quotes
philosophers-and-philosophy
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. – Samuel Butler
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. -Proverb
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. -Proverb
True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genius. -Puzant Kevork Thomajan
True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genius. -Puzant Kevork Thomajan
"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute." – Warren Buffett
“I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.” – Warren Buffett
"I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace." – Abraham Lincoln
“I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.” – Abraham Lincoln
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. -Corrie Ten Boom
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. -Corrie Ten Boom
"There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up-to minute count of gun-related crimes in New York. Some goofball is going to shoot someone just to see the numbers move." – David Letterman
“There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up-to minute count of gun-related crimes in New York. Some goofball is going to …
Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." – C.S. Lewis
“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” – C.S. Lewis
Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. -Winston Churchill
Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. -Winston Churchill
"When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice." – Stephen Wright
“When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice.” …
"I have an underwater camera just in case I crash my car into a river, and at the last minute I see a photo opportunity of a fish that I have never seen." – Mitch Hedberg
“I have an underwater camera just in case I crash my car into a river, and at the last minute I see a photo opportunity …
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. -Corrie Ten Boom
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. -Corrie Ten Boom
St. Ignatius Loyola
Teach us to give and not count the cost. St. Ignatius Loyola quotes
Katharine Hamnett
The origins of clothing are not practical. They are mystical and erotic. The primitive man in the wolf-pelt was not keeping dry; he was saying: …
Graffiti
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. Graffiti quotes
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. -Truman Capote
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. -Truman Capote
To awake from death is to die in peace. -Doug Horton
To awake from death is to die in peace. -Doug Horton
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. -Henrik Ibsen
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. -Henrik Ibsen
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." – Henry David Thoreau
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” – Henry David Thoreau
Through struggle to the stars. -Motto
Through struggle to the stars. -Motto
Mastery passes often for egotism. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mastery passes often for egotism. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe