"Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly." – George MacDonald
“Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.” – George MacDonald
Category: Quotes of the day
"The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge." – Daniel J. Boorstin
“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel …
"Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop." – Robbie Coltrane
“Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.” – Robbie Coltrane
"Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that’s usually how you end up crying?" – Chuck Palahniuk
“Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that’s usually how you end up crying?” – Chuck Palahniuk
"Your children need your presence more than your presents." – Jesse Jackson
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” – Jesse Jackson
"Forget the interpretations of recession. We’re still talking about a relatively stretched economy. There is no justification for the Reserve Bank to abandon the firm interest- rate outlook." – Craig Ebert
“Forget the interpretations of recession. We’re still talking about a relatively stretched economy. There is no justification for the Reserve Bank to abandon the firm …
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it" – Confucius
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it” – Confucius
"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ”Make me feel important.” Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." – Mary Kay Ash
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ”Make me feel important.” Not only will you …
"Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content!<br/>Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars<br/>That make ambition virtue!" – William Shakespeare
“Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content!Farewell the plumed troop and the big warsThat make ambition virtue!” – William Shakespeare
"I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit." – Terry Fox
“I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times …
"Sex is better than talk…Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex." – Woody Allen
“Sex is better than talk…Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex.” – Woody Allen
"Now very often events are set up for photographers… The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn’t been photographed it doesn’t really exist." – Elliott Erwitt
“Now very often events are set up for photographers… The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn’t been photographed …
"Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed." – Erma Bombeck
“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are …
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. -Ellis, Havelock
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. -Ellis, Havelock
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." – Abraham Lincoln
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln
"People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons." – Zig Ziglar
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” – Zig Ziglar
"You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean." – Mitch Albom
“You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean.” – Mitch Albom
"How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive." – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.” – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." – Stephen R. Covey
“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.” – Stephen R. Covey
"Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first" – Mark Twain
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first” – Mark Twain
"I am overjoyed with what they accomplished on the exam and overjoyed with what they accomplished during the year." – Steve Roelofs
“I am overjoyed with what they accomplished on the exam and overjoyed with what they accomplished during the year.” – Steve Roelofs
"I don’t know any other way to lead but by example." – Don Shula
“I don’t know any other way to lead but by example.” – Don Shula
"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off." – Abe Lemons
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” – Abe Lemons
"A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things." – Sasha Azevedo
“A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.” – Sasha Azevedo
"Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that." – Michael Leunig
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” – Michael Leunig
Esther M. Clark
“Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods.” Esther M. Clark quotes
"Music is the silence between the notes." – Claude Debussy
“Music is the silence between the notes.” – Claude Debussy
"One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything." – Oscar Wilde
“One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything.” – Oscar Wilde
"Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science" – Albert Einstein
“Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, …
"The ocean and I have many pebbles<br/>To find and wash off and roll into shape." – William Stafford
“The ocean and I have many pebblesTo find and wash off and roll into shape.” – William Stafford
"because she’s really smart, and she’s really cool, and, like me, we share the distinction of being the two probably biggest freak shows on Earth, who have the most fame and the least amount of money." – Courtney Love
“because she’s really smart, and she’s really cool, and, like me, we share the distinction of being the two probably biggest freak shows on Earth, …
"Have you any idea how many kids it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to say, "What light?" and two more to say, "I didn’t turn it on."" – Erma Bombeck
“Have you any idea how many kids it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to say, “What light?” …
"We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by." – Will Rogers
“We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.” – Will Rogers
"The equity market typically positions itself for economic recovery at the approximate mid-point of recession." – Christine Callies
“The equity market typically positions itself for economic recovery at the approximate mid-point of recession.” – Christine Callies
"I don’t think inside the box, I don’t think outside the box, I don’t even know where the box is!" – Scott Douglas Chase
“I don’t think inside the box, I don’t think outside the box, I don’t even know where the box is!” – Scott Douglas Chase
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve." – Abraham Lincoln
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.” – Abraham …
"We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." – Marcel Proust
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” – Marcel …
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained" – Winston Churchill
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, …
"A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it." – Jerry Seinfeld
“A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.” – Jerry Seinfeld
"He would make a lovely corpse." – Charles Dickens
“He would make a lovely corpse.” – Charles Dickens