"What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them" – Voltaire
“What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them” – Voltaire
Category: Quotes of the day
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. -Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. -Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme
"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry." – Oscar Wilde
“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.” – Oscar Wilde
"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time." – Jim Rohn
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. -Thoreau, Henry David
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. -Thoreau, Henry David
"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment." – Henry David Thoreau
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” – Henry David Thoreau
"We have the best government that money can buy." – Mark Twain
“We have the best government that money can buy.” – Mark Twain
"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word." – Laurence Olivier Sir
“Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do …
Dutch Proverb: He is as poor …
He is as poor as Job. Dutch Proverb Proverb Link: He is as poor …See More: Dutch Proverbs (1259 Proverbs) Dutch Proverb: He is as …
Matthew Prior
“They always talk who never think.” Matthew Prior quotes
The ancestor of every action is thought. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The ancestor of every action is thought. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Nasello, Salvador
If you laid ever economist in the country end to end you would still not reach a conclusion. Nasello, Salvador quotes
Paterno, Joe
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellency becomes a reality. Paterno, Joe quotes
Jyrus
He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory. Jyrus quotes
Blackstone, Sir William
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the …
Lappe, Frances Moore
The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. Lappe, Frances Moore quotes
The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive. -Frost, Robert
The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive. -Frost, Robert
"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment." – Jim Rohn
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” – Jim Rohn
Every morning I wake up saying, I’m still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing. -Cousteau, Jacques
Every morning I wake up saying, I’m still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing. -Cousteau, Jacques
"Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first" – Billy Sunday
“Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first” – Billy Sunday
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." – Denis Waitley
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – …
Voice of one, voice of none. -Proverb, Italian
Voice of one, voice of none. -Proverb, Italian
"A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him and resolves to dance his way through a dull routine of textbooks." – Helen Keller
“A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him …
"Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment." – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
You gotta be hungry! -Brown, Les
You gotta be hungry! -Brown, Les
"True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it" – Alexandre Dumas Père
“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it” – Alexandre Dumas Père
"You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself." – Mel Brooks
“You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.” – Mel Brooks
Hunger is a good cook. -Proverb
Hunger is a good cook. -Proverb
"I hate the hypocrites because they are the thieves of goodness and self-love. These morons know they’re rotten to the core, and as a consequence, they judge everyone else as they judge themselves. There are good and deeply carrying people, but you never really know who they are because they do not congregate to proclaim their goodness. They are always in the background doing their best not to be discovered or distracted. Why? Because they are the ones who are truly on a mission for God." – Bobby W. Miller
“I hate the hypocrites because they are the thieves of goodness and self-love. These morons know they’re rotten to the core, and as a consequence, …
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. -Ruskin, John
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. -Ruskin, John
"They do not love that do not show their love." – William Shakespeare
“They do not love that do not show their love.” – William Shakespeare
"It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being." – Benjamin Disraeli
“It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Eccentricity
People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities. – Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy. -Collins, John Churton
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy. -Collins, John Churton
"Haters wanna stop my lute,they don’t want me wearing Sean John, they want me wearing lawn suits." – P. Diddy Puff Daddy
“Haters wanna stop my lute,they don’t want me wearing Sean John, they want me wearing lawn suits.” – P. Diddy Puff Daddy
Italian Proverb: He is a very sorry barber …
He is a very sorry barber who has but one comb. Italian Proverb Proverb Link: He is a very sorry barber …See More: Italian Proverbs …
"The Japanese have a word for it. It’s Judo — the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of judo is, ‘Yes, dear.’" – J. P. McEvoy
“The Japanese have a word for it. It’s Judo — the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of judo is, ‘Yes, dear.'” – …
Andy and Larry Wachowski
“To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human.” Andy and Larry Wachowski quotes
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye." – Buddha
“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything …
No nation was ever ruined by trade. -Franklin, Benjamin
No nation was ever ruined by trade. -Franklin, Benjamin