Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. -Hannah More
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. -Hannah More
Category: Quotes of the day
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. -Elias Canetti
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. -Elias Canetti
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold
Theodore Tronchin
In medicine sins of commission are mortal, sins of omission are venial. Theodore Tronchin quotes
"Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying. A man’s identity is not best thought of as the way in which he is separated from his fellows but the way in which he is united with them." – Robert Terwilliger
“Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying. A man’s identity is not best thought …
God is only a great imaginative experience. -D. H. Lawrence
God is only a great imaginative experience. -D. H. Lawrence
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. -Aesop
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. -Aesop
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. -Muhammad Ali
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. -Muhammad Ali
"I love thee to the level of everyday’s most quiet need,by sun and candle light…I love thee with the breath,smiles,tears,of all my life." – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“I love thee to the level of everyday’s most quiet need,by sun and candle light…I love thee with the breath,smiles,tears,of all my life.” – Elizabeth …
The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance. -Brian Hwang
The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance. -Brian Hwang
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. -Kurt Lewin
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. -Kurt Lewin
A. B. Zu Tavern
If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the calendar, and remark, there goes another day of my life, never …
Sir Josiah Stamp
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. Sir Josiah Stamp quotes
What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it. -Oscar Wilde
What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it. -Oscar Wilde
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. -Wayne Dyer
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. -Wayne Dyer
The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. -Marcel Proust
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. -Marcel Proust
Elizabeth Harrison
“Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.” Elizabeth Harrison quotes
Never a lip is curved with pain That can’t be kissed into smiles again. -Bret Harte
Never a lip is curved with pain That can’t be kissed into smiles again. -Bret Harte
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. -Epictetus
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. -Epictetus
"If we don’t see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed." – Anthony Robbins
“If we don’t see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we …
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes
Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. -Elizabeth Bowen
Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. -Elizabeth Bowen
No man is above the law, and no man is below it. -Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law, and no man is below it. -Theodore Roosevelt
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. -Bertolt Brecht
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. -Bertolt Brecht
Sarah Orne Jewett
“A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing… It takes something from the world, and has something to give in …
John Flavel
Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. John Flavel quotes
Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. -Don Galer
Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. -Don Galer
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost
"Nobody knows exactly what he’s capable of until he tries!" – Nabil N. Jamal
“Nobody knows exactly what he’s capable of until he tries!” – Nabil N. Jamal
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction. -Pablo Picasso
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction. -Pablo Picasso
We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. -Jesse Jackson
We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. -Jesse Jackson
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure -Mikhail Baryshnikov
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alexander Chase
A man’s home is his wife’s castle. Alexander Chase quotes
Clark Moustakas
Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him. Clark Moustakas quotes
Victor Daniels
We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts. Victor Daniels quotes
Sugar Ray Leonard
I want to be great, something special. Sugar Ray Leonard quotes
John Foster Dulles
Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression. John Foster Dulles quotes