James Gould Cozzens
“Be virtuous and you’ll be happy? Nonsense! Be happy and you’ll begin to be virtuous.” James Gould Cozzens quotes
Category: Quotes of the day
No evil shall happen to the just. -Bible
No evil shall happen to the just. -Bible
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. -Leonard, Elmore
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. -Leonard, Elmore
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead. -Proverb, Chinese
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead. -Proverb, Chinese
To regret deeply is to live afresh. -Thoreau, Henry David
To regret deeply is to live afresh. -Thoreau, Henry David
Leadership must be established from the top down. -Nunn, Sam
Leadership must be established from the top down. -Nunn, Sam
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. -Batt, Al
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. -Batt, Al
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -James, William
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -James, William
Floyd, Keith
Neurophysiologists will not likely find what they are looking for, for that which they are looking for is that which is looking. Floyd, Keith quotes
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom. -Shakespeare, William
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom. -Shakespeare, William
Owen Wister
“When yu’ can’t have why you choose, yu’ just choose what you have.” Owen Wister quotes
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. -Macaulay, Thomas B.
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. -Macaulay, Thomas B.
Don’t let your life pass you by…….. Be a Good Samaritan. -Mak Kazeronnie
Don’t let your life pass you by…….. Be a Good Samaritan. -Mak Kazeronnie
You don’t manage people; you manage things. You lead people. -Hooper, Admiral Grace
You don’t manage people; you manage things. You lead people. -Hooper, Admiral Grace
Ignorant menDont know what good they hold in their hands untilTheyve flung it away. -Sophocles
Ignorant menDont know what good they hold in their hands untilTheyve flung it away. -Sophocles
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
Naipaul, V. S.
I’m the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. Naipaul, V. S. quotes
Ancis, Joe
The only normal people are the one’s you don’t know very well. Ancis, Joe quotes
There is no success without hardship. -Sophocles
There is no success without hardship. -Sophocles
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. -Johnson, Samuel
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. -Johnson, Samuel
Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. -Bacon, Francis
Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. -Bacon, Francis
If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances. -Soul, Julia
If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances. -Soul, Julia
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. -Proverb, Jewish
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. -Proverb, Jewish
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. -Goldwyn, Samuel
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. -Goldwyn, Samuel
Smith, Minnie
I am as my creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I. Smith, Minnie quotes
W. G. Benham
“When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.” W. G. Benham quotes
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. -Wright, Ronald
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. -Wright, Ronald
The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness. -Cousins, Norman
The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness. -Cousins, Norman
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. -Dewey, John
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. -Dewey, John
"I’m not insecure. I’ve been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I’ve got huge balls. But I’ve been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have." – Drew Barrymore
“I’m not insecure. I’ve been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I’ve got huge balls. But I’ve been humbled. That makes you …
I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. [Luke 16:3] -Bible
I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. -Bible
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. -Randolph, John
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. -Randolph, John
Paxton Blair
“Marriage means expectations and expectations mean conflict.” Paxton Blair quotes
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world -Radmacher- Hershey, MaryAnne
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world -Radmacher- Hershey, MaryAnne
If I cannot understand my friend’s silence, I will never get to understand his words. -Powell, John Enoch
If I cannot understand my friend’s silence, I will never get to understand his words. -Powell, John Enoch
There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. -Armstrong, Louis
There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. -Armstrong, Louis
If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull. -Ziglar, Zig
If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull. -Ziglar, Zig
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. -Dryden, John
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. -Dryden, John
If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. -Proverb, Arabian
If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. -Proverb, Arabian
No man is hurt but by himself -Diogenes of Sinope
No man is hurt but by himself -Diogenes of Sinope