Archive for the 'Broad Categories' Category

21 Apr

“A baby is born with…” Frank Howard Clark

“A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.” Frank Howard Clark
Popularity: 34% [?]

Popularity: 34% [?]

19 Apr

“A life spent making mistakes…” George Bernard Shaw

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but most useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

09 Oct

“A man who does not…” Confucius

“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.” Confucius
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

07 Nov

“A man with a watch…” Segal’s Law

“A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.” Segal’s Law
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

21 Nov

“A taste for irony has…” Jessamyn West

“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.” Jessamyn West
Popularity: 80% [?]

Popularity: 80% [?]

18 Oct

“A wise man can see…” Anonymous

“A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.” Anonymous
Popularity: 46% [?]

Popularity: 46% [?]

09 Nov

“All human situations have their…” Benjamin Franklin

“All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.” Benjamin Franklin
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

21 Jul

“All progress is based upon…” Samuel Butler

“All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” Samuel Butler
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

08 Nov

“All that is necessary for…” Edmund Burke

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 82% [?]

Popularity: 82% [?]

19 Jun

“All those who have…” Orison Swett Marden

“All those who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” Orison Swett Marden
Popularity: 28% [?]

Popularity: 28% [?]

18 Oct

“Always do right…” Mark Twain

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 21% [?]

Popularity: 21% [?]

26 Oct

“Any fool can criticize, condemn…” Dale Carnegie

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.” Dale Carnegie
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

21 Jul

“As an adolescent I aspired…” M. Cartmill

“As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.” M. Cartmill
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

21 Nov

“As long as you are…” Donald Trump

“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.” Donald Trump
Popularity: 100% [?]

Popularity: 100% [?]

09 Oct

“Be a friend to thyself…” Thomas Fuller

“Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.” Thomas Fuller
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

19 Apr

“Be who you are and…” Dr. Seuss

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss
Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

25 Aug

“Because we all share an…” Dalai Lama

“Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.”   - Dalai Lama
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

29 Jun

“Champions aren’t made in…” Muhammad Ali

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” Muhammad [...]

Popularity: 29% [?]

18 Nov

“Courage is resistance to fear…” Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

15 Jul

“Courage is resistance to…” Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

21 Oct

“Derive happiness in oneself from…” Henri Matisse

“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.” Henri Matisse
Popularity: 50% [?]

Popularity: 50% [?]

19 Apr

“Do not follow where the…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Popularity: 44% [?]

Popularity: 44% [?]

08 Oct

“Don’t let life discourage…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to start where he was.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Popularity: 38% [?]

Popularity: 38% [?]

02 Jun

“Don’t let life discourage…” Lao-Tzu

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to start where he was.” Lao-Tzu
Popularity: 31% [?]

Popularity: 31% [?]

19 Apr

“Education is a companion which…” Joseph Addison

“Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what [...]

Popularity: 34% [?]

21 Nov

“Education is what survives when…” B. F. Skinner

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” B. F. Skinner
Popularity: 83% [?]

Popularity: 83% [?]

30 Jul

“Egotism is the anesthetic…” Frank Leahy

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” Frank Leahy
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

08 Nov

“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of…” Anonymous

“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.” Anonymous
Popularity: 84% [?]

Popularity: 84% [?]

29 Jun

“Even if you are…” Will Rogers

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

21 Jul

“Even if you’re on the…” Will Rogers

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
Popularity: 28% [?]

Popularity: 28% [?]

26 Sep

“Every exit is…” Tom Stoppard

“Every exit is an entry somewhere.” Tom Stoppard
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

10 Jul

“Everything is either an…” Wayne Dyer

“Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

26 Sep

“Everything you can imagine…” Pablo Picasso

“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso
Popularity: 33% [?]

Popularity: 33% [?]

08 Oct

“Failure is the only…” Henry Ford

“Failure is the only opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” Henry Ford
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

30 Jul

“First there is a time when…” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

21 Oct

“Friendship is the hardest thing…” Muhammad Ali

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” Muhammad Ali
Popularity: 51% [?]

Popularity: 51% [?]

26 Sep

“Given a choice between…” Blore’s Razor

“Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.” Blore’s Razor
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

19 Apr

“Go for it now…” Wayne Dyer

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 40% [?]

Popularity: 40% [?]

18 Oct

“God didn’t call us to be…” Mother Teresa

“God didn’t call us to be successful, just faithful.” Mother Teresa
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

29 Sep

“Good judgment comes from…” Barry LePatner

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” Barry LePatner
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

21 Jul

“Happiness is not achieved…” Aldous Huxley

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” Aldous Huxley
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

30 Jul

“He had discovered a great…” Mark Twain

“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.” Mark Twain, in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

21 Nov

“He who asks is a…” Chinese Proverb

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb
Popularity: 88% [?]

Popularity: 88% [?]

18 Oct

“Health is something we do…” Elliott Dacher

“Health is something we do for ourselves, not something that is done to us; a journey rather than a destination; a dynamic, holistic, and purposeful way of living.” Elliott Dacher
Popularity: 46% [?]

Popularity: 46% [?]

30 Oct

“Honesty is the first chapter…” Thomas Jefferson

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

08 Oct

“How do you get world peace…” Wayne Dyer

“How do you get world peace. You get world peace through inner peace. If you’ve got a world full of people who have inner peace, then you have a peaceful world.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

18 Oct

“I am an old man…” Mark Twain

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

26 Sep

“I don’t know the key…” Bill Cosby

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

18 Nov

“I have often depended on…” Adrienne E. Gusoff

“I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.” Adrienne E. Gusoff
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

19 Apr

“I hope your dreams…” Anonymous

“I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.” Anonymous
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]