Quotes of the Day

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. -Atkinson, John
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. -Atkinson, John
2010-03-02 04:00:03

The best training any parent can give a child is to train the child to train himself. -Gouthey, A. P.
The best training any parent can give a child is to train the child to train himself. -Gouthey, A. P.
2010-03-02 02:00:02

Oh what lies lurk in kisses! -Heine, Heinrich
Oh what lies lurk in kisses! -Heine, Heinrich
2010-03-01 16:00:02

"Never answer a critic, unless he's right."

"You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves."

"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future."
Adolf Hitler quotes
Adolf Hitler
2010-03-01 12:00:04

It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. -Southey, Robert
It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. -Southey, Robert
2010-03-01 10:00:02

Those who can command themselves command others. -Hazlitt, William
Those who can command themselves command others. -Hazlitt, William
2010-03-01 06:00:03

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. -Socrates
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. -Socrates
2010-03-01 04:00:02

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. -Diller, Phyllis
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. -Diller, Phyllis
2010-03-01 02:00:02

The soup is never hot enough if the waiter can keep his thumb in it. -Collier, William
The soup is never hot enough if the waiter can keep his thumb in it. -Collier, William
2010-02-28 16:00:02

A majority is always better than the best repartee. -Disraeli, Benjamin
A majority is always better than the best repartee. -Disraeli, Benjamin
2010-02-28 12:00:06

"Wal-Mart, what's that? Do they, like, make walls there?"
Paris Hilton quotes
Paris Hilton
2010-02-28 12:00:05

"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward."
Soren Kierkegaard quotes
Soren Kierkegaard
2010-02-28 10:00:09

"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward."
Soren Kierkegaard quotes
Soren Kierkegaard
2010-02-28 10:00:08

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. -Gracian, Baltasar
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. -Gracian, Baltasar
2010-02-28 10:00:03

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass.

I believe if we introduced the Lord's Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it.

The eye is easily frightened.

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [Julius Caesar]

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Never ask a surgeon whether you need an operation.

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. -Hemingway, Ernest
All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. -Hemingway, Ernest
2010-02-28 04:00:03

He has not a single redeeming defect. -Disraeli, Benjamin
He has not a single redeeming defect. -Disraeli, Benjamin
2010-02-28 02:00:03

You are not in business to be popular. -Alley, Kirstie
You are not in business to be popular. -Alley, Kirstie
2010-02-27 16:00:02

"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. -Barnes, Djuna
The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. -Barnes, Djuna
2010-02-27 12:00:02

"Success is not in what you have, but who you are."
Bo Bennett quotes
Bo Bennett
2010-02-27 10:00:09

"The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2010-02-27 10:00:08

"Success is not in what you have, but who you are."
Bo Bennett quotes
Bo Bennett
2010-02-27 10:00:07

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God. -Illich, Ivan
There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God. -Illich, Ivan
2010-02-27 10:00:04

Patience in the present, faith in the future, and joy in the doing -Perera, George
Patience in the present, faith in the future, and joy in the doing -Perera, George
2010-02-27 06:00:03

Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it. -Proverb, Spanish
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it. -Proverb, Spanish
2010-02-27 04:00:03

Keep not your roses for my dead, cold brow the way is lonely, let me feel them now. -Smith, Arabella
Keep not your roses for my dead, cold brow the way is lonely, let me feel them now. -Smith, Arabella
2010-02-27 02:00:02

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven. -Caussin, Nicolas
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven. -Caussin, Nicolas
2010-02-26 16:00:13

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. -Shaw, George Bernard
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. -Shaw, George Bernard
2010-02-26 12:00:03

"There are two kinds of people in this world: Michael Jackson fans and losers."
Seth Green quotes
Seth Green
2010-02-26 12:00:02

Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die. -Louis, Joe
Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die. -Louis, Joe
2010-02-26 10:00:03

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. -Wharton, Edith
A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. -Wharton, Edith
2010-02-26 06:00:04

You are only worth has much as you have.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Prayer is a groan.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.

The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study. -Hegel, Georg
The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study. -Hegel, Georg
2010-02-26 04:00:02

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. -Cioran, E. M.
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. -Cioran, E. M.
2010-02-26 02:00:03

The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius
2010-02-25 16:00:02

"Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression."

"Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger."

"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket."

"Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands."

"Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides."

My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
2010-02-25 12:00:04

Biography is history seen through the prism of a person. -Fischer, Louis
Biography is history seen through the prism of a person. -Fischer, Louis
2010-02-25 10:00:02

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. -Peacock, Thomas Love
The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. -Peacock, Thomas Love
2010-02-25 06:00:03

Only poetry inspires poetry.

In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

The heavens and the earth and all that is between them, do you think they were created in jest?

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas -- that's what my grandma taught me.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. -Burke, Edmund
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. -Burke, Edmund
2010-02-25 04:00:02

Character matters; leadership descends from character. -Limbaugh, Rush
Character matters; leadership descends from character. -Limbaugh, Rush
2010-02-25 02:00:06

We can not do great things. We can only do little things with great love. -Mother Teresa
We can not do great things. We can only do little things with great love. -Mother Teresa
2010-02-24 16:00:02

"Convinced myself, I seek not to convince."

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. -Stirner, Max
The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. -Stirner, Max
2010-02-24 12:00:03

If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again. -Marx, Groucho
If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again. -Marx, Groucho
2010-02-24 10:00:03

Any manager who can't get along with a .400 hitter is crazy. -Mccarthy, Joe
Any manager who can't get along with a .400 hitter is crazy. -Mccarthy, Joe
2010-02-24 06:00:02

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.