Lavishness is not generosity. -Fuller, Thomas
Lavishness is not generosity. -Fuller, Thomas
Category: Quotes of the day
Others have done it before me. I can, too. -Faunce, Corporal John
Others have done it before me. I can, too. -Faunce, Corporal John
September 23
You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no …
Taste is the enemy of creativeness. -Picasso, Pablo
Taste is the enemy of creativeness. -Picasso, Pablo
A child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it. -Clark, Frank A.
A child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it. -Clark, Frank A.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern. -Kempis, Thomas
It is much safer to obey, than to govern. -Kempis, Thomas
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. -Baum, Vicki
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. -Baum, Vicki
There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. -LeMond, Greg
There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. -LeMond, Greg
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -Forster, Edward M.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -Forster, Edward M.
Langbridge, Frederick
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. Langbridge, Frederick quotes
Smith, Frederick
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something. Smith, Frederick quotes
Boulanger, Nadia
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. Boulanger, Nadia quotes
Cooke, E. V.
Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise. Cooke, E. V. quotes
Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid. -Kelly, William M.
Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid. -Kelly, William M.
September 22
The strong man is strongest when alone. ~ Friedrich Schiller ~
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Ionesco, Eugene
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Ionesco, Eugene
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. -Bible
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. -Bible
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. -Barrie, Sir James M.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. -Barrie, Sir James M.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. -Carlyle, Thomas
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. -Carlyle, Thomas
"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us" – Samuel Smiles
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us” – Samuel Smiles
One fears the possibility of death, calm sheepards its certainty. -Ka D’Argo
One fears the possibility of death, calm sheepards its certainty. -Ka D’Argo
Clarence Seward Darrow
“I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant …
Management is nothing more than motivating other people. -Iacocca, Lee
Management is nothing more than motivating other people. -Iacocca, Lee
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. -Jefferson, Thomas
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. -Jefferson, Thomas
September 21
While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were …
You cannot kill time without injuring eternity. -Thoreau, Henry David
You cannot kill time without injuring eternity. -Thoreau, Henry David
He who would search for pearls must dive below. -Dryden, John
He who would search for pearls must dive below. -Dryden, John
The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a company’s fitness. -Plowright, David
The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a company’s fitness. -Plowright, David
In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare. -Danton, Georges
In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare. -Danton, Georges
Bach, George R.
Anger cannot be dishonest. Bach, George R. quotes
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. -Einstein, Albert
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. -Einstein, Albert
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you. -Hubbard, Elbert
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you. -Hubbard, Elbert
Gossip is nature’s telephone. -Aleichem, Sholom
Gossip is nature’s telephone. -Aleichem, Sholom
In sports… you play from the time you’re eight years old, and then you’re done forever. -Montana, Joe
In sports… you play from the time you’re eight years old, and then you’re done forever. -Montana, Joe
James Earl Jones
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.” James Earl Jones quotes
There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear. -Dennett, Daniel
There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear. -Dennett, Daniel
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. -Age, George
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. -Age, George
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. -Blackwell, Alice Stone
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. -Blackwell, Alice Stone
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. -Smith, Sydney
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. -Smith, Sydney
If I don’t practice the way I should, then I won’t play the way that I know I can. -Lendl, Ivan
If I don’t practice the way I should, then I won’t play the way that I know I can. -Lendl, Ivan