Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Category: Quotes of the day
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. -Mortimer J. Adler
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. -Mortimer J. Adler
Never take counsel of your fears. -Stonewall Jackson
Never take counsel of your fears. -Stonewall Jackson
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. -Malcolm X
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. -Malcolm X
Victory; a matter of staying power. -Elbert Hubbard
Victory; a matter of staying power. -Elbert Hubbard
Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham
Abuse is the very hallmark of liberty. Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham quotes
Sir Hardy Amies
The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn’t look too strange in the country. Sir Hardy Amies quotes
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. -Edgar Allan Poe
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. -Edgar Allan Poe
A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary. -Dorothy Canfield Fisher
A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary. -Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. -Thomas Jefferson
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. -Thomas Jefferson
I am a part of everything that I have read. -John Kieran
I am a part of everything that I have read. -John Kieran
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. -Al Bernstein
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. -Al Bernstein
The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -Bernard M. Baruch
The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -Bernard M. Baruch
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. -Pythagoras
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. -Pythagoras
Practice what you preach. -Proverb
Practice what you preach. -Proverb
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages. -William Mathews
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages. -William Mathews
Silence is the virtue of fools. -Francis Bacon
Silence is the virtue of fools. -Francis Bacon
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. -William Shakespeare
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. -William Shakespeare
William Peter Horn
“You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows.” William Peter Horn quotes
Alan Shapiro
For a while she’d exist in that peculiar stage in her recovery in which she’d be too strong for the hospital, yet too weak for …
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. -Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine. -Wayne Dyer
Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine. -Wayne Dyer
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. -Douglas Macarthur
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. -Douglas Macarthur
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. -Horace
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. -Horace
Ernest J. Gaines
“Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.” Ernest J. Gaines quotes
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. -Benjamin Franklin
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. -Benjamin Franklin
Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice. -William James
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice. -William James
Now comes the mystery. -Henry Ward Beecher
Now comes the mystery. -Henry Ward Beecher
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. -Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. -Albert Einstein
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. -Les Brown
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. -Les Brown
The great recipe for success is to work, and always work. -Leon Gambetta
The great recipe for success is to work, and always work. -Leon Gambetta
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. -Jon Kabat Zinn
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. -Jon Kabat Zinn
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him. -Edgar Watson Howe
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him. -Edgar Watson Howe
contemplation
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. – William …
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. -Joseph Chilton Pearce
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. -Joseph Chilton Pearce
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man. -Groucho Marx
There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man. -Groucho Marx
Francis Edwards
“All’s fair in love and war.” Francis Edwards quotes
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons. -Denis Waitley
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons. -Denis Waitley