Quotes For You

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. - Democritus 

Obstacles are a golden opportunity to quickly forge an inner self that is as indestructible as a diamond, able to endure for eternity. - Daisaku Ikeda

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. - Karl Popper

I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I am pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. - Maya Angelou

Men of reason have endured; men of passion have lived. - Nicolas Chamfort

Better know nothing than half-know many things - Nietzsche

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - Thomas Babington Macaulay, author & statesman (1800-1859)

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. - Howard Zinn

To smile when confronted with the most severe oppression, is an act of Resistance rooted in unparalleled beauty. - Jonathan Azaziah, political activist

What we leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. - Pericles

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism? - Howard Zinn

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. -  Abraham Lincoln

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. - Jack Dempsey

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. - William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure, Act II, Scn. II

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice... - William Faulkner

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.  - Keshavan Nair