My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son. -Gabriela Mistral
My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son. -Gabriela Mistral
Category: Quotes of the day
"And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods<br/>Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony." – William Shakespeare
“And when love speaks, the voice of all the godsMakes heaven drowsy with the harmony.” – William Shakespeare
A.L. Williams
I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not …
John Mayer
“Why not be happy after a while? You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to get …
"Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden." – James Arthur Baldwin
“Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that …
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. -William Butler Yeats
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. -William Butler Yeats
Don’t go through life, grow through life. -Eric Butterworth
Don’t go through life, grow through life. -Eric Butterworth
We moralize among ruins. -Benjamin Disraeli
We moralize among ruins. -Benjamin Disraeli
Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. -Bishop Robert South
Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. -Bishop Robert South
The tax collector must love poor people. He is creating so many of them. -Bill Vaughan
The tax collector must love poor people. He is creating so many of them. -Bill Vaughan
Professor Blackie
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. Professor Blackie quotes
St. Bernard
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels. St. Bernard quotes
Gail Sheehy
It is almost universal to have a hurry-up feeling as we hit 40. The first little fissures appear in our physical shells. Damn, why is …
We are all cremated equal. -Goodman Ace
We are all cremated equal. -Goodman Ace
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. -Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. -Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
"Those who think that after the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, there will be withdrawal number two or number three are mistaken about this government." – Zeev Boim
“Those who think that after the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, there will be withdrawal number two or number three are mistaken about this government.” …
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. -Henry James
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. -Henry James
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. -John Barth
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. -John Barth
"Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm." – Saeb Erekat
“Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm.” – Saeb Erekat
"We do think the appalling economic circumstances in the West Bank and Gaza, that the economic blockade by Israel, that the non-payment of revenues by Israel to the Palestinian Authority, that these things make the security situation worse," – Chris Patten
“We do think the appalling economic circumstances in the West Bank and Gaza, that the economic blockade by Israel, that the non-payment of revenues by …
Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. -Robert Louis Stevenson
Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. -Robert Louis Stevenson
Churton Collins
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.” Churton Collins quotes
Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing. -Brian Moore
Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing. -Brian Moore
Poverty is the step-mother of genius. -Josh Billings
Poverty is the step-mother of genius. -Josh Billings
Seve Ballesteros
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice. Seve Ballesteros quotes
Elizabeth Gaskell
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people’s minds, as if they believe that the …
David J. Schwartz
All great achievements require time. David J. Schwartz quotes
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. -Thomas Gray
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. -Thomas Gray
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth. -Sigmund Freud
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth. -Sigmund Freud
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. -Seneca
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. -Seneca
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. -Sir Walter Raleigh
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. -Sir Walter Raleigh
If you have no problems at your job you don’t have a job you’ve got a hobby. -Ronald Dunn
If you have no problems at your job you don’t have a job you’ve got a hobby. -Ronald Dunn
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. -Katharine Hepburn
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. -Katharine Hepburn
Time wounds all heels. -Goodman Ace
Time wounds all heels. -Goodman Ace
Sir Max Beerbohm
She was one of those people who said I don’t know anything about music, but I know what I like. Sir Max Beerbohm quotes
Thea Alexander
Great things are only possible with outrageous requests. Thea Alexander quotes
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion. -Pat Riley
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion. -Pat Riley
O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. -Walt Whitman
O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. -Walt Whitman
A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot. -William Randolph Hearst
A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot. -William Randolph Hearst
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of …