Category: Quotes of the day

Hall, Joseph

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. Hall, Joseph …

Cromwell, Oliver

A few honest men are better than numbers. Cromwell, Oliver quotes

Alan Perlis on Science

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. – Alan Perlis Quotes, Famous Quotes, Alan Perlis, Science

Fraud

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay. – Syrus, Publilius

Intelligence and Intellectuals

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all. – Wilde, Oscar

Wealth

Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name. – …

Feelings

It’s not sissy to show your feeling. – Diana, Princess of Wales

Proverbs

A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom. – Russell, John

Martin Mull on Sports

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass. – Martin Mull Quotes, Famous Quotes, Martin Mull, Sports

Sorrow

Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. – Wilde, Oscar

P. J. Plauger

“My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what’s really going on to be scared.” P. J. Plauger …

David T. Wolf

“Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.” David T. Wolf quotes

Adelle Davis

“As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.” Adelle Davis quotes

Piero Ferrucci

“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.” Piero Ferrucci quotes

Henry Van Dyke

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke quotes

English Proverb

“A full cup must be carried steadily.” English Proverb quotes

Dick Cavett

“If your parents never had children, chances are… neither will you.” Dick Cavett quotes

William Christopher Handy

“Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.” William Christopher Handy quotes

Brisbane, Arthur

Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment. Brisbane, Arthur quotes

Brinkley, David

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis …

Riding, Laura

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. Riding, Laura quotes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

And when you stick on conversation’s burrs, don’t strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. Holmes, Oliver Wendell quotes

Carnegie, Dale

Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make. Carnegie, Dale …

France, Anatole

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. France, Anatole quotes

Arnold, Thomas

My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make. Arnold, Thomas quotes

H. L. Mencken on Love

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. – H. L. Mencken Quotes, Famous Quotes, H. L. Mencken, Love

Dorothy Canfield Fisher on Age

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. – Dorothy Canfield Fisher Quotes, Famous Quotes, Dorothy …

Expectation

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. – Aesop

Faces

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? – Lincoln, Abraham

Jack Welch on Technology

It’s like the flu – it just spreads like crazy. – Jack Welch Quotes, Famous Quotes, Jack Welch, Technology

Golda Meir on Age

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. – Golda Meir Quotes, Famous Quotes, Golda …

Purity

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow …

Faults

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. – La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Planning

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. – Peale, Norman Vincent

Rewards

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in. – Rockefeller, John D.

Enjoyment

I’m a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at …

Churches

What makes a church great in the eyes of God? Participation, proclamation, preservation, and propagation. Every church ought to exhibit all four. – Hawkins, O. …