Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still. -Churchill, Randolph
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still. -Churchill, Randolph
Category: Quotes of the day
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -Franklin, Benjamin
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -Franklin, Benjamin
"You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated." – Edmund Hillary
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.” – …
When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge. -Bradshaw, Terry
When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge. -Bradshaw, Terry
Blanchot, Maurice
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, …
Kipling, Rudyard
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear: A Fool lies here …
Girardin, Madame de
Instinct is the nose of the mind. Girardin, Madame de quotes
"There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press" – Mark Twain
“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press” – …
Dorothy Sayers
“To forbid the making of pictures about God would be to forbid thinking about God at all, for man is so made that he has …
"The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker." – Helen Keller
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each …
It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are. -Mackintosh, James
It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are. -Mackintosh, James
One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. -Goldsmith, Oliver
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. -Goldsmith, Oliver
I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win. -Hopkins, Tom
I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win. -Hopkins, Tom
Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend? -Shakespeare, William
Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend? -Shakespeare, William
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
“Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn quotes
Holman, Robert
The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout. Holman, Robert quotes
Leighton, Robert
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Leighton, Robert quotes
Joseph Roux
“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who …
Clarence Buddinton Kelland
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Buddinton Kelland quotes
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. -Nietzsche, Friedrich
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. -Nietzsche, Friedrich
Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power. -Thomas, Paul G.
Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power. -Thomas, Paul G.
Man has no greater enemy than himself. -Petrarch, Francesco
Man has no greater enemy than himself. -Petrarch, Francesco
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. -Wilde, Oscar
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. -Wilde, Oscar
Daily Quote – John Wayne
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in …
People who have little to do are excessive talkers. -Proverb
People who have little to do are excessive talkers. -Proverb
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. -Wilde, Oscar
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. -Wilde, Oscar
Brooke, Rupert
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets. Brooke, Rupert quotes
Walton, Izaak
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. Walton, Izaak quotes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist …
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. -Hazlitt, William
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. -Hazlitt, William
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. -Chesnutt, Charles W.
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. -Chesnutt, Charles W.
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. -Cowper, William
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. -Cowper, William
Gray skies are just clouds passing over. -Ellington, Duke
Gray skies are just clouds passing over. -Ellington, Duke
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. -Seneca
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. -Seneca
Childhood
Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never …
"I don’t know if it was a hangover, but we just came out too passive." – Bruce Larner
“I don’t know if it was a hangover, but we just came out too passive.” – Bruce Larner
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. -Steinem, Gloria
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. -Steinem, Gloria
"Perhaps the market hasn’t figured out it’s January. The market has a bit of a 2000 hangover." – Maureen McCarthy
“Perhaps the market hasn’t figured out it’s January. The market has a bit of a 2000 hangover.” – Maureen McCarthy
Charles Robert
“A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.” Charles Robert quotes