Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods. -Aristotle
Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods. -Aristotle
Category: Quotes of the day
"Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and takes the winds of March with beauty." – William Shakespeare
“Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and takes the winds of March with beauty.” – William Shakespeare
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring -Chappell, Warren
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring -Chappell, Warren
"[So I went to his testimonial lunch on Wednesday and watched the Mad Butcher attempt to interview Jones’ dad, Billy. He asked Billy Jones:] What’s he been like as a son? … Yeah, he’s been pretty good." – Billy Jones
“ What’s he been like as a son? … Yeah, he’s been pretty good.” – Billy Jones
The burden which is well borne becomes light. -Ovid
The burden which is well borne becomes light. -Ovid
"True love doesn’t happen right away; it’s an ever-growing process. It develops after you’ve gone through many ups and downs, when you’ve suffered together, cried together, laughed together." – Ricardo Montalban
“True love doesn’t happen right away; it’s an ever-growing process. It develops after you’ve gone through many ups and downs, when you’ve suffered together, cried …
"Track started Wednesday and we had one practice before we left. Now, we plan to run around Aberdeen." – Carly Benson
“Track started Wednesday and we had one practice before we left. Now, we plan to run around Aberdeen.” – Carly Benson
"He’s a great, great player. He just didn’t make shots (on Wednesday). They didn’t do anything to take him out of his game. Sometimes it just goes like that. He just didn’t make shots . but he’ll bounce back." – Brad Jones
“He’s a great, great player. He just didn’t make shots (on Wednesday). They didn’t do anything to take him out of his game. Sometimes it …
We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Shaffer, Robert H.
We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Shaffer, Robert H.
"Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat." – Joanne Woodward
“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s …
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. -Channing, William Ellery
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. -Channing, William Ellery
He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature. -Socrates
He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature. -Socrates
"According to the ancient Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“According to the ancient Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"A woman isn’t complete without a man. But where do you find a man – a real man – these days?" – Lauren Bacall
“A woman isn’t complete without a man. But where do you find a man – a real man – these days?” – Lauren Bacall
Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right. -Johnson, Lyndon B.
Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right. -Johnson, Lyndon B.
John Glenn
“There is still no cure for the common birthday.” John Glenn quotes
"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings" – Olin Miller
“A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings” – Olin Miller
Locke, John
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. Locke, John quotes
Gershwin, Ira
What usually comes first is the contract. Gershwin, Ira quotes
Man is the principal syllable in Management. -Mckenzie, C. T.
Man is the principal syllable in Management. -Mckenzie, C. T.
I have been on a calendar, but never on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
I have been on a calendar, but never on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
"Winter’s cold spring erases<br/>And the calm away by the storm is chasen<br/>Everything good needs replacing." – Dave Matthews Band
“Winter’s cold spring erasesAnd the calm away by the storm is chasenEverything good needs replacing.” – Dave Matthews Band
"The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off." – William G. Golding
“The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that …
Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us. -Fairfax, Edward
Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us. -Fairfax, Edward
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. -Bierce, Ambrose
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. -Bierce, Ambrose
Vere, Sir Aubrey De
Power’s footstool is opinion and his throne the human heart. Vere, Sir Aubrey De quotes
Woollcott, Alexander
There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day. Woollcott, Alexander quotes
Kohler, Wolfgang
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between happens and is, on the one hand, and …
"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey." – Kenji Miyazawa
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon -Paine, Thomas
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon -Paine, Thomas
War is the father of all things. But who is the mother? -Kocher, Gerhard
War is the father of all things. But who is the mother? -Kocher, Gerhard
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. -Confucius
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. -Confucius
"It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation" – Samuel Johnson
“It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other …
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Keller, Helen
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Keller, Helen
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong it’s reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." – Abraham Lincoln
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have …
Attitudes are more important than facts. -Menninger, Karl A.
Attitudes are more important than facts. -Menninger, Karl A.
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself. -Patton, George S.
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself. -Patton, George S.
It’s easier traveling the road of life when I don’t have so much to carry on my back. -Mitchell, Silas Weir
It’s easier traveling the road of life when I don’t have so much to carry on my back. -Mitchell, Silas Weir
Carolyn Heilbrun
“The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.” Carolyn Heilbrun …
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. -Benson, Arthur Christopher
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. -Benson, Arthur Christopher