A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. -Alphonse De Lamartine
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. -Alphonse De Lamartine
Category: Quotes of the day
If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches. -Lord Boyd Orr
If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches. -Lord Boyd Orr
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Doug Horton
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. Doug Horton quotes
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. -Joseph Cook
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. -Joseph Cook
It’s not a question of happiness, it’s a requirement. Consider the alternative. -Doug Horton
It’s not a question of happiness, it’s a requirement. Consider the alternative. -Doug Horton
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. -Chinese Proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. -Chinese Proverb
Dr. Robert Schuller
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” Dr. Robert Schuller quotes
George Meany
“Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.” George Meany quotes
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. -Epictetus
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. -Epictetus
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. -Dean William R. Inge
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. -Dean William R. Inge
Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. -Thomas Gray
Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. -Thomas Gray
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. -Count Leo Tolstoy
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. -Count Leo Tolstoy
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. -Henry Ward Beecher
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. -Henry Ward Beecher
Variety in mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something s. -Jean Paul
Variety in mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something s. -Jean Paul
It is not right to glory in the slain. -Homer
It is not right to glory in the slain. -Homer
I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification. -Peggy Cahn
I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification. -Peggy Cahn
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. -Jean Anouilh
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. -Jean Anouilh
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller quotes
Frederick Salomon Perls
I believe that any single dream contains the essential message about our existence. Frederick Salomon Perls quotes
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal quotes
Raupach
He has the power who the majority believe in. Raupach quotes
Harry Graham
Weep not for little Leonie, abducted by a French Marquis. Though loss of honor was a wrench, just think how it’s improved her French. Harry …
Jeremy P. Johnson
Parents are traffic signs that are always in our blind spots. Jeremy P. Johnson quotes
John Galsworthy
“If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.” John Galsworthy quotes
If we would just support each other — that’s ninety percent of the problem. -Edward Gardner
If we would just support each other — that’s ninety percent of the problem. -Edward Gardner
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. -Eric Hoffer
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. -Eric Hoffer
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. -T. L. Scrutton
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. -T. L. Scrutton
Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. -Ambrose Bierce
Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. -Ambrose Bierce
I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back. -Zsa Zsa Gabor
I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back. -Zsa Zsa Gabor
Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. -Arthur Miller
Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. -Arthur Miller
Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. -Samuel Butler
Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. -Samuel Butler
Howard W. Newton
People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it. Howard W. Newton quotes
Francois Mauriac
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses. Francois Mauriac quotes
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. -Jeremy Taylor
Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. -Jeremy Taylor
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. -George Bernard Shaw
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. -George Bernard Shaw