If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. -Warren Buffett
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. -Warren Buffett
Category: Quotes of the day
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. -Henri Frederic Amiel
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. -Henri Frederic Amiel
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. -Buddha
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. -Buddha
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. -Napoleon Hill
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. -Napoleon Hill
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -Thomas B. Macaulay
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -Thomas B. Macaulay
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. -Tom Brokaw
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. -Tom Brokaw
Sean O’Casey
“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” Sean O’Casey quotes
Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. -Miguel De Cervantes
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. -Miguel De Cervantes
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into. -Thomas Fuller
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into. -Thomas Fuller
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. -Robertson Davies
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. -Robertson Davies
I leave before being left. I decide. -Brigitte Bardot
I leave before being left. I decide. -Brigitte Bardot
Man is stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Man is stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. -Jacques Barzun
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. -Jacques Barzun
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. -John D. Rockefeller
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. -John D. Rockefeller
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. -Agnes Repplier
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. -Agnes Repplier
Happiness is good health and a bad memory. -Ingrid Bergman
Happiness is good health and a bad memory. -Ingrid Bergman
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalized. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalized. -Gilbert K. Chesterton
Frederick (Carl) Frieseke
The key to your universe is that you can choose. Frederick (Carl) Frieseke quotes
William Trogdon
The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you build …
Glen Buck
If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap. Glen Buck quotes
Cuban Proverb
When the sun rises, it rises for everyone. Cuban Proverb quotes
In my beginning is my end. -T. S. Eliot
In my beginning is my end. -T. S. Eliot
Men are born to succeed, not to fail. -Henry David Thoreau
Men are born to succeed, not to fail. -Henry David Thoreau
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. -Jean Cocteau
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. -Jean Cocteau
Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction. -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction. -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
status-quo
Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we’re in. – Ronald Reagan
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark. -O. Henry
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark. -O. Henry
Robert E. Speer
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Robert E. Speer quotes
Brother Angelus
That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust. Brother Angelus quotes
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour. -Thomas Jefferson
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour. -Thomas Jefferson
Without music, life would be a mistake. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Without music, life would be a mistake. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. -Matthew Arnold
Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. -Matthew Arnold
Ability is a poor man’s wealth. -M. Wren
Ability is a poor man’s wealth. -M. Wren
Dave Bartholomew
. . . Saturday morning, all my tiredness gone away. Got my money and my honey, and I’m out on the stem to play. Dave …
Michael Winner
The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people. Michael Winner quotes
Peace is produced by war. -Pierre Corneille
Peace is produced by war. -Pierre Corneille
Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission. -Neil Kendall
Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission. -Neil Kendall