Dick Gregory
And we love to dance — especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern …
Category: Quotes of the day
Bud Wilkinson
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team. Bud …
Change starts when someone sees the next step. -William Drayton
Change starts when someone sees the next step. -William Drayton
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Life is warfare. -Seneca
Life is warfare. -Seneca
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. -Erich Fromm
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. -Erich Fromm
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
A strong foe is better than a weak friend. -Edward Dahlberg
A strong foe is better than a weak friend. -Edward Dahlberg
An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. -Mick Jagger
It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. -Mick Jagger
Our power is in our ability to decide. -Buckminster Fuller
Our power is in our ability to decide. -Buckminster Fuller
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steven Biko
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steven Biko
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Karl Marx
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Karl Marx
Dean Smith
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times. Dean Smith quotes
Philip Larkin
I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Philip Larkin quotes
To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe… act! -Alfred A. Montapert
To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe… act! -Alfred A. Montapert
Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. -Mike Murdock
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. -Mike Murdock
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. -Doris Lessing
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. -Doris Lessing
If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. -Thomas Szasz
If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. -Thomas Szasz
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. -Sun Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. -Sun Tzu
Pien Ch’Iao
Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies. Pien Ch’Iao quotes
Greg LeMond
There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. Greg LeMond quotes
Richard Dreyfuss
My worst fear is that I’ll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under …
Always do more than is required of you. -George S. Patton
Always do more than is required of you. -George S. Patton
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw
My downfall raises me to infinite heights. -Napoleon Bonaparte
My downfall raises me to infinite heights. -Napoleon Bonaparte
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. -Albert Schweitzer
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. -Albert Schweitzer
Gerard Hargraves
“Did is a word of achievement Won’t is a word of defeat Might is a word of bereavement Can’t is a word of defeat Ought …
Beauty can’t amuse you, but brainwork — reading, writing, thinking–can. -Helen Gurley Brown
Beauty can’t amuse you, but brainwork — reading, writing, thinking–can. -Helen Gurley Brown
John P. Roche
In politics a straight line is the shortest distance to disaster. John P. Roche quotes
William Gilmore Simms
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the …
We love because it’s the only true adventure. -Nikki Giovanni
We love because it’s the only true adventure. -Nikki Giovanni
No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time. -Robert Half
No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time. -Robert Half
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious. -Alfred North Whitehead
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious. -Alfred North Whitehead
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think. -Elbert Hubbard
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think. -Elbert Hubbard
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him. -Thomas Fuller
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him. -Thomas Fuller