Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. -James Allen
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. -James Allen
Category: Quotes of the day
Thomas S. Monson
“Choose your love, Love your choice.” Thomas S. Monson quotes
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko
“Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit …
What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Time; that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. -Charles Caleb Colton
Time; that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. -Charles Caleb Colton
Ice T
“Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.” Ice T quotes
M. C. Richards
“Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance.” M. C. Richards quotes
There are more fools among buyers than among sellers. -French Proverb
There are more fools among buyers than among sellers. -French Proverb
Friendship is to have the latchkey of another’s mind. -Edgar Godospeed
Friendship is to have the latchkey of another’s mind. -Edgar Godospeed
Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth. -Arabian Proverb
Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth. -Arabian Proverb
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. -American Proverb
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. -American Proverb
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. -Persian Proverb
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. -Persian Proverb
Joseph E. Granville
What is, is; and what ain’t, ain’t Joseph E. Granville quotes
Samuel Fessenden
God Almighty hates a quitter. Samuel Fessenden quotes
Margaret Oliphant
Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one’s own, it is always twenty times better. Margaret Oliphant quotes
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. -Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. -Benjamin Disraeli
What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion. -Dorothy Parker
Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion. -Dorothy Parker
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln
To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is better. -Tryon Edwards
To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is better. -Tryon Edwards
There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right. -Winston Churchill
There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right. -Winston Churchill
"Who, being loved, is poor?" – Oscar Wilde
“Who, being loved, is poor?” – Oscar Wilde
Walter Lippmann
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. Walter Lippmann …
H. Stanley Judd
You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. …
Elton Trueblood
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. Elton Trueblood quotes
Randall Hall
Maturity is knowing when to be immature. Randall Hall quotes
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Richard Evelyn Byrd
“Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.” Richard …
One man is as good as another until he has written a book. -Benjamin Jowett
One man is as good as another until he has written a book. -Benjamin Jowett
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -Mae West
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -Mae West
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. -Doug Horton
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. -Doug Horton
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. -Logan Pearsall Smith
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. -Logan Pearsall Smith
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. -John Malkovich
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. -John Malkovich
Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills. -Lord Byron
Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills. -Lord Byron
Anna Wickham
It is well within the order of things that man should listen when his mate sings; but the true male never yet walked who liked …
Francis Atterbury
Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and …
Vannevar Bush
“Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; and it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.” Vannevar Bush quotes
Danger breeds best on too much confidence. -Pierre Corneille
Danger breeds best on too much confidence. -Pierre Corneille
Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood. -Gertrude Stein
Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood. -Gertrude Stein
A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. -Ralph Waldo Emerson