Quotes For You

  The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. - Frank Herbert If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. - Isaac Asimov The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. - Socrates There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. - Bertrand Russell To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. - Benjamin Disraeli All men by nature desire knowledge. - Aristotle If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin READ MORE  

  Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. - George Bernard Shaw Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient. - Eugene S. Wilson Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. - Steven Wright What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.  - Walter Pater Imagination is more important than knowledge... - Albert Einstein Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt READ MORE  

  The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. - Nancy Astor Every hero becomes a bore at last. - Ralph Waldo Emerson A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. - Gian Vincenzo Gravina The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. - H. L. Mencken A finished person is a boring person. - Anna Quindlen Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. - George Saunders, last words READ MORE  

  An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to be President, but according to a famous Gallup poll of some years ago, some 73 percent do not want them to become politicians in the process. - John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage, 1956 Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. - Chester Bowles Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. - Frank Dane If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. - Ogden Nash I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society. - Anna Quindlen It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome on...

  I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. - Groucho Marx Our thoughts are free. - Cicero How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. - Henry David Thoreau Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. - John Witherspoon Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Sir Francis Bacon Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Sir Richard Steele I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles De Gaulle Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election. - Will Rogers READ MORE

  If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. - Anne Bradstreet, 'Meditations Divine and Moral,' 1655 In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, when birds do sing... sweet lovers love the spring. - William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act V, sc. 3 [Spring is] when life's alive in everything. - Christina Rossetti An optimist is the human personification of spring. - Susan J. Bissonette Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. - Victor Hugo To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. - George Santayana I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. - John Locke Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. - Rene Descartes Make not your thoughts your prisons. - William Sha...

  Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few. - Moralia By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. - Mark Twain Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. - Socrates Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. - Cicero Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. -Samuel Johnson Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. - Og Mandino Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full ...

  Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. - Elmer G. Letterman Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it. - Francis Thompson People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. - Hermann Hesse Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Sir Francis Bacon Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Sir Winston Churchill Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. - Gore Vidal Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Farquhar Tupper Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the en...

  Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali Laughter is inner jogging. - Norman Cousins Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. - Elsa Maxwell Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education. - Burk Hudson Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. - Eugene Delacroix The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.  - Anna Quindlen Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. - Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. - Dr. David M. Burns Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real ...

  Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. - William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act III, sc. 1 Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. - Seneca Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. - Socrates In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. - John Churton Collins Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. - Bob Newhart One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you. - Larry Gelbart Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. - Lord Byron Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge READ MORE

  Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. - Democritus College isn't the place to go for ideas. - Helen Keller The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. - Plato Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. - Robert Frost A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. - Jerome Blattner Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. - Thomas Fuller As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough. - Frank Crane The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. - Frank Herbert It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. - Samuel Johnson READ MORE

  Drive thy business or it will drive thee. - Benjamin Franklin Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. - David Rockefeller A dinner lubricates business. - Lord William Stowell There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. - David Letterman No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive. - Thorstein Veblen My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892 In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. - Warren Buffett I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. - G. K. Chesterton Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. - B. F....

  Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. - Czech Proverb The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. - Chinese Proverb Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. - Spanish Proverb You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. - Irish Proverb When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. - Albanian Proverb Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb Complain to one who can help you. - Yugoslav Proverb If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. - Italian Proverb Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law. - Japanese Proverb Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. - Spanish Proverb READ MORE  

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. - Will Rogers, New York Times, Apr. 29, 1930 Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. - Mark Twain The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. - Plutarch Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. - John Randolph We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. - John F. Kennedy The sinews of war are infinite money. - Cicero When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. - Albanian Proverb Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb BACA LAGI  

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go. - Lillian Carter What you risk reveals what you value. - Jeanette Winterson Life is a risk. - Diane Von Furstenberg There is no point in doing more efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. - Seneca Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. - John Locke If small and nimble are qualities at one extreme of a continuum that is bookended at the other side by heavy and dominant, the former traits are ideally suited for points of origin and times of high volatility. These are periods of constant change, multiple openings, and perpetually shifting opportunity. The latter set of qualities, conversely, will fare best in times of maturity, when making sharp turns is no longer part of the navigation. - Dan Ramsden, CEO and Venture capitalist Just trust yourse...

  There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. - Friedrich Nietzsche Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. - Edgard Varese You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. - Salvador Dali In a mad world only the mad are sane. - Akira Kurosawa Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein (attributed) There is no great genius without some touch of madness. - Seneca If you don't risk anything you risk even more. - Erica Jong Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. - George S. Patton There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy READ MORE

  Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. - Alexandre Dumas I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. - Mark Twain Actions lie louder than words. - Carolyn Wells Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. - Herbert Hoover Strong reasons make strong actions. - William Shakespeare Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. - Jean Paul Richter No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. - Plutarch You must not come lightly to the blank page. - Stephen King Reason should direct and appetite obey. - Cicero

  Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. - Sidney J. Harris Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. - David T. Wolf Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain No man ever listened himself out of a job. - Calvin Coolidge Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin A friend is a gift you give yourself. - Robert Louis Stevenson Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. - Carol Burnett Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. - John Locke READ MORE

  Give all to love; obey thy heart. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz All things must change to something new, to something strange. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. - Josh Billings The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. - H. L. Mencken No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. - Robert Anton Wilson Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. - Vachel Lindsay READ MORE

  Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. - John Updike In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. - Bertrand Russell A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. - Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 41 The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. - Albert Einstein Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. - Friedrich von Schiller The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. - Oscar Wilde The wisest men follo...