Archive for the 'Life Quotes' Category

25 Jul

“Never look down on…” Jesse Jackson

“Never look down on a person unless you are helping him up.” Jesse Jackson
Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

18 Nov

“No one who cannot rejoice…” Donald Foster

“No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” Donald Foster
Popularity: 72% [?]

Popularity: 72% [?]

19 Apr

“Nobody gets to live life…” Ann Landers

“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.” Ann Landers
Popularity: 42% [?]

Popularity: 42% [?]

08 Oct

“Nothing is so fatiguing…” William James

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” William James
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

23 Apr

“Once, when my feet were bare…” Sadi, The Gulistan

“Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes I came to the chief of Kufah in a state of much dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience.” [...]

Popularity: 35% [?]

29 Jul

“One reason I don’t drink…” Nancy Astor

“One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.” Nancy Astor
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

26 Oct

“Only two things are infinite…” Albert Einstein

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

03 Oct

“Open your arms to change…” Dalai Lama

“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” Dalai Lama
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

25 Aug

“Overlook what tomorrow may…” Horace

“Overlook what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows.”   - Horace
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

17 May

“People of mediocre ability…” George Allen

“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to.” George Allen
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

21 Oct

“Reading is to the mind…” Sir Richard Steele

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Sir Richard Steele
Popularity: 42% [?]

Popularity: 42% [?]

04 Nov

“Real knowledge is to know…” Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Confucius
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

19 Apr

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss…” Les Brown

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Les Brown
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

18 Nov

“Sometimes the heart sees what…” H. Jackson Browne Jr.

“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” H. Jackson Browne Jr.
Popularity: 91% [?]

Popularity: 91% [?]

18 Nov

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting…” Carl Sagan

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 77% [?]

Popularity: 77% [?]

30 Jul

“Speak when you are angry…” Laurence J. Peter

“Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” Laurence J. Peter
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

19 Apr

“Success is the ability…” Winston Churchill

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
Popularity: 37% [?]

Popularity: 37% [?]

19 Apr

“Success isn’t a result of…” Arnold H Glasow

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” Arnold H Glasow
Popularity: 34% [?]

Popularity: 34% [?]

26 Oct

“The best ideas come as…” David M. Ogilvy

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” David M. Ogilvy
Popularity: 54% [?]

Popularity: 54% [?]

26 Sep

“The best way to predict…” Alan Kay

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

21 Oct

“The desire to take medicine…” Sir William Osler

“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.” Sir William Osler
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

19 Apr

“The fireworks begin today…” Edward Koch

“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.” Edward Koch
Popularity: 35% [?]

Popularity: 35% [?]

19 Apr

“The future belongs to those…” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Popularity: 38% [?]

Popularity: 38% [?]

19 Jun

“The future belongs to…” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

10 Jul

“The future depends on…” Mahatma Gandhi

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 28% [?]

Popularity: 28% [?]

25 Aug

“The life of the folly…” Epicurus

“The life of the folly is empty of gratitude, full of anxiety, all of it focused in the ghosts of the future.”   - Epicurus
Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]

07 Nov

“The main things which seem…” Bertrand Russell

“The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.” Bertrand Russell
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

17 May

“The man who views…” Muhammad Ali

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” Muhammad Ali
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

21 Oct

“The mind of a bigot…” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Popularity: 43% [?]

Popularity: 43% [?]

08 Oct

“The more I want to…” Richard Bach

“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” Richard Bach
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

02 Jun

“The more sand that…” Jean Paul

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the more clearly we should see through it.” Jean Paul
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

02 Jun

“The only way to have…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

19 Apr

“The person who gets the farthest…” Dale Carnegie

“The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” Dale Carnegie
Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

26 Oct

“The real test of friendship…” Eugene Kennedy

“The real test of friendship is: can you do literally nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.” Eugene Kennedy
Popularity: 46% [?]

Popularity: 46% [?]

30 Oct

“The significance of man is…” Carl Becker

“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.” Carl Becker
Popularity: 73% [?]

Popularity: 73% [?]

26 Sep

“The smaller the mind…” Aesop

“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.” Aesop
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

26 Sep

“The truth does not change…” Flannery O’Connor

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

05 Oct

“The weak can never…” Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

13 Oct

“The whole world steps aside…” Anonymous

“The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” Anonymous
Popularity: 22% [?]

Popularity: 22% [?]

21 Oct

“The world is governed more…” Daniel Webster

“The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.” Daniel Webster
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

24 Apr

“The world is so fast…” Anonymous

“The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can’t be done is interrupted by the person doing it.” Anonymous
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

03 Oct

“There are always flowers…” Henri Matisse

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse
Popularity: 24% [?]

Popularity: 24% [?]

24 Apr

“There are many ways…” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
Popularity: 15% [?]

Popularity: 15% [?]

30 Jul

“There are many who…” Cyril Connolly

“There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.” Cyril Connolly
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

13 Oct

“There are no passengers on…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

19 Jun

“There are no passengers…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

25 Jul

“There are two types of people…” Frederick L. Collins

“There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are.’” Frederick L. Collins
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

10 Jul

“There is a boundary…” Edmund Burke

“There is a boundary to people’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

13 Oct

“There’s no point in being…” Doctor Who

“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” Doctor Who
Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]

09 Oct

“They do not love…” William Shakespeare

“They do not love that do not show their love.” William Shakespeare
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]