Nicola Foulston
Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I …
Category: Quotes of the day
Eileen Caddy
Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it. Eileen Caddy quotes
St. Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. St. Augustine quotes
John Berger
The human imagination… has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its …
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. quotes
Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman. -Nancy Banks Smith
Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman. -Nancy Banks Smith
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness. -Charles Baudelaire
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness. -Charles Baudelaire
No answer is also an answer. -German Proverb
No answer is also an answer. -German Proverb
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves. -Elbert Hubbard
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves. -Elbert Hubbard
The happiness of society is the end of government. -John Adams
The happiness of society is the end of government. -John Adams
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. -Chinese Proverb
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. -Chinese Proverb
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. -Cyril Connolly
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. -Cyril Connolly
Finley Peter Dunne
“The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.” Finley Peter Dunne quotes
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Iron Eagle
God doesn’t give people talents that he doesn’t want people to use. Iron Eagle quotes
Edward Dahlberg
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts …
Mary Daly
A woman’s asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person’s demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan. Mary Daly quotes
Ramana Maharshi
It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being. Do not delude yourself …
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. -David Hare
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. -David Hare
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so. -Josh Billings
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so. -Josh Billings
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. -Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. -Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes. -George Herbert
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes. -George Herbert
MONDAY, n. In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game. -Ambrose Bierce
MONDAY, n. In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game. -Ambrose Bierce
Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love. -J. August Strindberg
Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love. -J. August Strindberg
Allanah Myles
My conscience aches but it’s going to lose the fight. Allanah Myles quotes
Karl Albrecht
If the frontline people do count, you couldn’t prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations. Karl Albrecht quotes
Dan Dierdorf
You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you’re battling with everything you have. That’s the real fun …
Sir Isaac Newton
I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full …
Like a ball bated back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within. -Yogabindu Upanishad
Like a ball bated back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within. -Yogabindu Upanishad
Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. -Samuel Johnson
Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. -Samuel Johnson
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. -Horace
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. -Horace
Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. -Winston Churchill
Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. -Winston Churchill
Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Errol Flynn
“Women won’t let me stay single and I won’t let me stay married.” Errol Flynn quotes
George Walker Bush
“Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.” ” George Walker Bush quotes
A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. -Logan Pearsall Smith
A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. -Logan Pearsall Smith
You have to do it by yourself, and you can’t do it alone. -Martin Rutte
You have to do it by yourself, and you can’t do it alone. -Martin Rutte
David Seabury
Good humor isn’t a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice. David Seabury quotes