The highest qualities of character must be earned. -Lyman Abbott
The highest qualities of character must be earned. -Lyman Abbott
Category: Quotes of the day
"It looks different now, but we’ve had lots of discussions about how much to refer to that," – Peter Gabriel
“It looks different now, but we’ve had lots of discussions about how much to refer to that,” – Peter Gabriel
Language is the dress of thought. -Samuel Johnson
Language is the dress of thought. -Samuel Johnson
"The flashing sale signs entice customers but there can often be myriad conditions." – Louise Cuming
“The flashing sale signs entice customers but there can often be myriad conditions.” – Louise Cuming
"There are a lot of things that can be accomplished here. Those are some of the things that enticed me to come back," – George Pugh
“There are a lot of things that can be accomplished here. Those are some of the things that enticed me to come back,” – George …
James F. Cooper
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally …
Marina Sirtis
I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth. Marina Sirtis quotes
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. -Friedrich Nietzsche
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. -Friedrich Nietzsche
"[The second component is a voluntary separation program that offers several months’ severance as an enticement to people who have been thinking of retiring or otherwise leaving — standard stuff at most companies. These, along with normal attrition, should have helped Intel reduce its head count.] Unfortunately, … normal turnover laws may not hold during a downturn in the economy." – Chuck Mulloy
“ Unfortunately, … normal turnover laws may not hold during a downturn in the economy.” – Chuck Mulloy
"And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver." – Bible
“And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by …
"The gold price is now flirting with critical support levels ($532-$535), and it faces a possible short- to medium-term trough — one that could even breach the $500 level." – Jon Nadler
“The gold price is now flirting with critical support levels ($532-$535), and it faces a possible short- to medium-term trough — one that could even …
When you get the personality, you don’t need the nudity. -Mae West
When you get the personality, you don’t need the nudity. -Mae West
"It is quite an enticing prospect, but we’ll see what the club want." – Gordon Drummond
“It is quite an enticing prospect, but we’ll see what the club want.” – Gordon Drummond
"What the underwriters do is discount them off the current market [valuation], which entices institutional investors to come in and sop up all the stock." – John Fitzgibbon
“What the underwriters do is discount them off the current market , which entices institutional investors to come in and sop up all the stock.” …
"Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself." – Helen Rowland
“Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.” – Helen Rowland
I celebrate myself, and sing myself. -Walt Whitman
I celebrate myself, and sing myself. -Walt Whitman
It is good to follow one’s own bent, so long as it leads upward. -Andre Gide
It is good to follow one’s own bent, so long as it leads upward. -Andre Gide
Estill I. Green
Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the …
"How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. One would have to seek the highest type of free man where the greatest resistance is constantly being overcome: five steps from tyranny, near the threshold of the danger of servitude." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. …
Everything in woman hath a solution. It is called pregnancy. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Everything in woman hath a solution. It is called pregnancy. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil. -Kin Hubbard
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil. -Kin Hubbard
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. -Eugene Delacroix
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. -Eugene Delacroix
"Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity" – Arnold Bennett
“Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity” – Arnold Bennett
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. -Proverb
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. -Proverb
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Ellen Key
“Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.” Ellen Key quotes
Indira Nehru Gandhi
“If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and …
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. -Edward Thorndike
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. -Edward Thorndike
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Give me a laundry list and I’ll set it to music. Gioacchino Antonio Rossini quotes
"Base eight is just like base ten really, if you’re missing two fingers" – Tom Lehrer
“Base eight is just like base ten really, if you’re missing two fingers” – Tom Lehrer
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. -Doug Horton
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. -Doug Horton
"There are eight words or references that light up employers’ eyes: languages, computer, experience, achievement, hard-working, overseas experience, flexible, and task-oriented." – Carol Kleiman
“There are eight words or references that light up employers’ eyes: languages, computer, experience, achievement, hard-working, overseas experience, flexible, and task-oriented.” – Carol Kleiman
To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that. -St. Teresa of Avila
To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that. -St. Teresa of Avila
"This is the strongest eight I have stroked." – Bastien Ripoll
“This is the strongest eight I have stroked.” – Bastien Ripoll
"We have done this for eight or nine years." – Barb Jeffries
“We have done this for eight or nine years.” – Barb Jeffries
"A SUPERIOR person reflects through his behaviour to be ranking himself inferior on being asked to rate the performance of candidates better than him. But in the same situation, the MEDIOCRE individuals remain unclear as what they are doing, whereas the INFERIOR people radiate an attitude of being happier as always and project foolishly themselves superior over all others." – Anuj Somany
“A SUPERIOR person reflects through his behaviour to be ranking himself inferior on being asked to rate the performance of candidates better than him. But …
Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We pardon to the extent that we love. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We pardon to the extent that we love. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Mark Duffy
“People say I’ve had brushes with the law. That’s not true. I’ve had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.” Mark Duffy quotes