Lucius C. Lactantius
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. Lucius C. Lactantius quotes
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I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters. -Pierre Auguste Renoir
I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters. -Pierre Auguste Renoir
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain. -John F. Kennedy
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain. -John F. Kennedy
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. -Florence Nightingale
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. -Florence Nightingale
Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls. -Amy Lowell
Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls. -Amy Lowell
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. -Charles Dudley Warner
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. -Charles Dudley Warner
The beginning is the half of every action. -Greek Proverb
The beginning is the half of every action. -Greek Proverb
If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. -Camille Paglia
If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. -Camille Paglia
You have to think big to be big. -Claude M. Bristol
You have to think big to be big. -Claude M. Bristol
Mark Messier
The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself. Mark Messier quotes
Carolyn Wells
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind’s eye. Carolyn Wells quotes
Ralph Waldo Trine
Do you want to be power in the world? Then be yourself. Ralph Waldo Trine quotes
Victoria Billings
Constant togetherness is fine — but only for Siamese twins. Victoria Billings quotes
A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it. -Frank A. Clark
A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it. -Frank A. Clark
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. -Jacques BeNigne Bossuet
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. -Jacques BeNigne Bossuet
Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost. -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost. -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. -Archibishop of Canterbury
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. -Archibishop of Canterbury
Except for an occasional heart attack I feel as young as I ever did. -Robert Benchley
Except for an occasional heart attack I feel as young as I ever did. -Robert Benchley
A should is a have to with no teeth; it is dead energy. -Ruth Ross
A should is a have to with no teeth; it is dead energy. -Ruth Ross
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. -William Hazlitt
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. -William Hazlitt
James Cash Penney
“Exchange ideas frequently.” James Cash Penney quotes
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
“Sometimes … when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.” (Following summit meeting with Ronald Reagan)” Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev quotes
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vance Havner
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave–with both ends kicked out. Vance Havner quotes
Tommaso Campanella
The world is a living image of God. Tommaso Campanella quotes
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions. -Zen Saying
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions. -Zen Saying
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. -Anthony Crosland
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. -Anthony Crosland
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. -Edgar Watson Howe
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. -Edgar Watson Howe
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. -St. Augustine
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. -St. Augustine
Never read any book that is not a year old. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never read any book that is not a year old. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair. -David Livingstone
Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair. -David Livingstone
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. -Alexander Pope
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. -Alexander Pope
Richard Halverson
Jesus Christ is God’s everything for man’s total need. Richard Halverson quotes
Will Foley
The world is full of cactus, but we don’t have to sit on it. Will Foley quotes
Words are loaded pistols. -Jean-Paul Sartre
Words are loaded pistols. -Jean-Paul Sartre
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! -Logan Pearsall Smith
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! -Logan Pearsall Smith
Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy. -Groucho Marx
Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy. -Groucho Marx
Publication is a self-invasion of privacy. -Marshall Mcluhan
Publication is a self-invasion of privacy. -Marshall Mcluhan
All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. -Count Leo Tolstoy
All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. -Count Leo Tolstoy
The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement. -Count Boytzwnburg
The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement. -Count Boytzwnburg