One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Simone De Beauvoir
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.GeniusQuotations by Simone De Beauvoir
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Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. Benjamin Disraeli
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.GeniusQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade. Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade.GeniusQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. Don G. Mitchell
There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.GeniusQuotations by Don G. Mitchell
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. Oscar Wilde
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.GeniusQuotations by Oscar Wilde
A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable. Source Unknown
A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable.GentlemenQuotations by Source Unknown
Presents, I often say, endear absents. Charles Lamb
Presents, I often say, endear absents.GiftsQuotations by Charles Lamb
It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all. Albert Camus
It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.GivingQuotations by Albert Camus
The nine-tenths prove man’s love, but the one-tenth tests man’s legal obedience. Herschel Hobbs
The nine-tenths prove man’s love, but the one-tenth tests man’s legal obedience.GivingQuotations by Herschel Hobbs
What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever. Axel Munthe
What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.GivingQuotations by Axel Munthe
The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back. Grace Speare
The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.GivingQuotations by Grace Speare
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.AbilityQuotations by Francis Bacon
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Charles Kuralt
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.AchievementQuotations by Charles Kuralt
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart. Sir Richard Steele
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.Age and AgingQuotations by Sir Richard Steele
Age withers only the outside. Source Unknown
Age withers only the outside.Age and AgingQuotations by Source Unknown
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. Edward Young
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.Age and AgingQuotations by Edward Young
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. Kin Hubbard
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.AgreementQuotations by Kin Hubbard
We all need each other. Leo Buscaglia
We all need each other.Aid and AssistanceQuotations by Leo Buscaglia
Slow help is no help. Proverb
Slow help is no help.Aid and AssistanceQuotations by Proverb
Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging; and who is deceived by it is not wise. Bible
Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging; and who is deceived by it is not wise.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by Bible
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes. W. C. Fields
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by W. C. Fields
Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where. Omar Khayyam
Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by Omar Khayyam
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler. Titus Maccius Plautus
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by Titus Maccius Plautus
Water is the only drink for a wise man. Henry David Thoreau
Water is the only drink for a wise man.Alcohol and AlcoholismQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. George Washington
‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.AlliancesQuotations by George Washington
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. C. Archie Danielson
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.AmbitionQuotations by C. Archie Danielson
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.AmbitionQuotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ambition if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others. Susan Sontag
Ambition if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.AmbitionQuotations by Susan Sontag
America’s best buy is a telephone call to the right man. Ilka Chase
America’s best buy is a telephone call to the right man.AmericaQuotations by Ilka Chase
America is promises to take! America is promises to us to take them. Archibald Macleish
America is promises to take! America is promises to us to take them.AmericaQuotations by Archibald Macleish
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.AmericaQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The unlived life is not worth examining. Tom Morris
The unlived life is not worth examining.AnalysisQuotations by Tom Morris
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor. Proverb
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.AncestryQuotations by Proverb
Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter. Jonathan Swift
Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter.AnecdotesQuotations by Jonathan Swift
Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter. Thomas Hobbes
Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter.GloryQuotations by Thomas Hobbes
True glory lies in noble deeds. Source Unknown
True glory lies in noble deeds.GloryQuotations by Source Unknown
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s heaven for? Robert Browning
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s heaven for?GoalsQuotations by Robert Browning
Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far. Euripides
Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far.GoalsQuotations by Euripides
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger. Heraclitus
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.GodQuotations by Heraclitus