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All Quotes Collection

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Love, Comfort

2

"My witness is the empty sky."

"My witness is the empty sky."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

26

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Attitude, World

18

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Health, Body, Care

65

"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."

"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Strength, Beauty, Time, People

2

"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it."

"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Politics, People, Country, Income, Needs

23

"The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free."

"The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Justice, Men, Law, Man, Will

4

"Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired."

"Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired."

Mark Twain, American Author

Humor, Work, God, End, Man

3

"It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

"It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Business, Music

28

"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest."

"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Career, World

3

"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."

"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Philosophy, History, Poetry

4

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Leadership, Day, Leaders

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Positive, Life, Heart, Purpose, Man

29

"Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value."

"Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, People, Nothing, Today, Value

19

"Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more."

"Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more."

Louis L'Amour, American Author

Success, Victory, Now

20

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."

George Washington, American President

Positive, God, Rest

22

"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."

"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Wisdom, Ability

3

"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."

"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Freedom, Death, Brothers, Nothing, Sisters

4

"We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves."

"We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Philosophy, Contradiction, Disguise, Falsehood

3

"If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom."

"If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Freedom, Society

4

"Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside."

"Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Books, Service

5

"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it."

"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Life, Experience

2

"Affluence means influence."

"Affluence means influence."

Jack London, American Novelist

12

"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."

"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Life, Death, Guilt

20

"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."

"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Freedom, Power, People, Duty, Right

4

"Justice is truth in action."

"Justice is truth in action."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Justice, Truth, Action

36

"Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake."

"Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Humor, Mistake, College

4

"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Positive, Day, Night, President

7

"I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people."

"I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Wisdom, Thought, People, Insult

3

"I know of only one duty, and that is to love."

"I know of only one duty, and that is to love."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

2

"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."

"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, Christ, Sin

13

"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

3

"Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

"Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Politics, Ability, Tomorrow

4

"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."

"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Politics, Opinion

3

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Education, Life, Existence, Harmony

13

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."

Anais Nin, American Author

Wisdom, Religion, Literary

4

"Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be."

"Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be."

Stephen Chbosky, American Author

Running, Motion, Freedom, Persistence, Journey

8

"I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."

"I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Identity, Will, President

9

"With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."

"With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Leadership, Nothing, Public, Sentiment, Succeed

5

"What you get by achieving your goals is as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

"What you get by achieving your goals is as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

24

"I had a dream about you last night. You were at my door. We had forgotten what we used to fight about. So, I let you in and we made coconut pancakes like it was the very first time."

"I had a dream about you last night. You were at my door. We had forgotten what we used to fight about. So, I let you in and we made coconut pancakes like it was the very first time."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Love, Reconciliation, Dream, Nostalgia

3

"Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them."

"Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Philosophy, Art, Thoughts, Chance

5

"The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule."

"The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Self-Control, First, Forget

28

"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."

"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Politics, First

16

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

War, Truth, Lies

30

"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail."

"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, People, Detail, Painting

18

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Wisdom, People, Dignity

23

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Freedom, Ideas, Man

1

"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."

"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Courage, Cowards

13

"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."

"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Motivational, Success, Failure, Effort, May

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