The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. -William Taylor Copeland
The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. -William Taylor Copeland
Category: Quotes of the day
"If we don’t know life, how can we know death?" – Confucius
“If we don’t know life, how can we know death?” – Confucius
Ethan Coen
Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if …
"another day another lesson learned tomorrow will bring the exact same." – delesha shantae buford
“another day another lesson learned tomorrow will bring the exact same.” – delesha shantae buford
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth
I hate victims who respect their executioners. -Jean-Paul Sartre
I hate victims who respect their executioners. -Jean-Paul Sartre
"The words "I don’t care" are an evil entrapment, don’t get your foot caught in Satan’s snare!" – Taurus Morgan
“The words “I don’t care” are an evil entrapment, don’t get your foot caught in Satan’s snare!” – Taurus Morgan
"I’ve lived, and I’ve loved, so I’ve learned that life will never cease to complicate, confuse, and amaze, so live life to it’s fullest, enjoy the good and fight through the bad, in the end you will come out shining!" – Taurus Morgan
“I’ve lived, and I’ve loved, so I’ve learned that life will never cease to complicate, confuse, and amaze, so live life to it’s fullest, enjoy …
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. -Eric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. -Eric Hoffer
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. -Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. -Benjamin Franklin
Ken Dodd
“Honolulu, it’s got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife’s mother.” Ken Dodd quotes
Eva Young
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. Eva Young quotes
Roger Bannister
The earth seemed to move with me. I found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never knew existed. Roger Bannister quotes
Sri Swami Sivananda
There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. Sri Swami Sivananda quotes
"Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your problems." – Gary Hopkins
“Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your …
Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. -Swedish Proverb
Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. -Swedish Proverb
"He’s got a level of intestinal fortitude that I don’t know that I’ve ever seen before. A light went off in him that [he] had to take control of this game, and that’s what he did." – Dave Leitao
“He’s got a level of intestinal fortitude that I don’t know that I’ve ever seen before. A light went off in him that had to …
You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are. -Les Brown
You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are. -Les Brown
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. -George S. Patton
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. -George S. Patton
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity -Chuck Jones
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity -Chuck Jones
"Manners are of more importance than laws… Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in." – Edmund Burke
“Manners are of more importance than laws… Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a …
The best way to know God is to love many things. -Vincent Van Gogh
The best way to know God is to love many things. -Vincent Van Gogh
"Children will be soothed by routine, structure, and normality. Getting them back to routine is typically considered good," – Catherine Cook
“Children will be soothed by routine, structure, and normality. Getting them back to routine is typically considered good,” – Catherine Cook
"Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts" – Czech Proverb
“Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts” – Czech Proverb
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. -John Churton Collins
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. -John Churton Collins
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people. -Tobias S. Gibson
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people. -Tobias S. Gibson
"As a day well spent brings blessed sleep, so a life well spent brings a blessed death." – Leonardo da Vinci
“As a day well spent brings blessed sleep, so a life well spent brings a blessed death.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"You can really see Leonardo thinking on the paper. You can see how he first uses black chalk, and then how he changes his ideas about a particular solution, and then he will go onto another thought always on the same page." – Carmen Bambach
“You can really see Leonardo thinking on the paper. You can see how he first uses black chalk, and then how he changes his ideas …
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. -George Orwell
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. -George Orwell
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. -Lewis Carroll
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. -Lewis Carroll
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. -Edward Dahlberg
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. -Edward Dahlberg
Whatever limits us we call fate. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever limits us we call fate. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are not born for fame if you don’t know the value of time. -Marquis De Vauvenargues
You are not born for fame if you don’t know the value of time. -Marquis De Vauvenargues
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. -John Cassis
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. -John Cassis
To shun one’s cross is to make it heavier. -Henri Frederic Amiel
To shun one’s cross is to make it heavier. -Henri Frederic Amiel
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer. -Oscar Wilde
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer. -Oscar Wilde
dullness
Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think …
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. -Plato
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. -Plato
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes. -Oscar Wilde
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes. -Oscar Wilde
There’s no need to hang about waiting for the last judgment. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus
There’s no need to hang about waiting for the last judgment. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus