When people are bored it is primarily with themselves. -Eric Hoffer
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves. -Eric Hoffer
Category: Quotes of the day
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather to know it. -Andre Maurois
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather to know it. -Andre Maurois
Anyone who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist. -David Ben-Gurion
Anyone who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist. -David Ben-Gurion
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. -Lord Byron
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. -Lord Byron
Rob Delaney
“Guns don’t kill people. People who say “Guns don’t kill people” kill people. With guns.” Rob Delaney quotes
affliction
To bear other people’s afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare. – Benjamin Franklin
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. -Portuguese Proverb
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. -Portuguese Proverb
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. -St. Augustine
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. -St. Augustine
Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. -Ambrose Bierce
Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. -Ambrose Bierce
Love is the fulfilling of the Law. -Bible
Love is the fulfilling of the Law. -Bible
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. -Ambrose Bierce
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. -Ambrose Bierce
Leonard Cohen
Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech …
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. -Leo Buscaglia
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. -Leo Buscaglia
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. -Marcus Aurelius
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. -Marcus Aurelius
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -Albert Einstein
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. -Jane Porter
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. -Jane Porter
Error is discipline through which we advance. -William Ellery Channing
Error is discipline through which we advance. -William Ellery Channing
"Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love." – Bible
“Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and …
Live truth instead of professing it. -Elbert Hubbard
Live truth instead of professing it. -Elbert Hubbard
Leona Helmsley
We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. Leona Helmsley quotes
Eugene Sue
Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty. Eugene Sue quotes
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit -William Shakespeare
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit -William Shakespeare
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem. -Barbara Sher
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem. -Barbara Sher
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -Dandemis
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -Dandemis
"Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary" – Oscar Wilde
“Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary” – Oscar Wilde
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. -May Sarton
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. -May Sarton
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
“Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, …
Rene Russo
There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We’re in high school forever. It’s just what we do with …
Florence Sabin
The prohibition law, written for weaklings and derelicts, has divided the nation, like Gaul, into three parts — wets, drys, and hypocrites. Florence Sabin quotes
Analyzing what you haven’t got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. -Grace Moore
Analyzing what you haven’t got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. -Grace Moore
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. -Felicia D. Hemans
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. -Felicia D. Hemans
Half wits talk much, but say little. -Benjamin Franklin
Half wits talk much, but say little. -Benjamin Franklin
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. -Katharine Whitehorn
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. -Katharine Whitehorn
Speak of the Devil and he appears. -Italian Proverb
Speak of the Devil and he appears. -Italian Proverb
Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset. -Jack Herbert
Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset. -Jack Herbert
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. -Vince Lombardi
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. -Vince Lombardi
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Carl von Clausewitz
“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.” Carl von Clausewitz quotes
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. -Alfred Adler
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. -Alfred Adler