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All Quotes Collection

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Art, Life, Purpose

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"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, First, Profession

17

"The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise."

"The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Freedom, Society, People, Want

16

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Courage, Men, Pain, Patience, Will

14

"Earth laughs in flowers."

"Earth laughs in flowers."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Nature, Earth, Flowers

2

"Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on."

"Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Life, Art, Care

4

"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce."

"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

19

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Politics, People

32

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress."

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, Congress

11

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Politics, Life, Love, Peace, America

24

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

Courage, Adversity, Og Mandino

24

"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense."

"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Humor, Nonsense, Talk

13

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

Mark Twain, American Author

Freedom, God, Conscience, Country

4

"Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."

"Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Behavior, Desire, Emotion

5

"Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat."

"Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Pity, Race

3

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Men, People, Virtue, Ambition

5

"Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."

"Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Nature, Earth, Effort, Heaven, Listening

12

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed."

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Philosophy, Nature, Man, Thinking

4

"A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties."

"A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, First, Obvious, Sight

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"Life loves the liver of it."

"Life loves the liver of it."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

5

"Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts."

"Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Writing, Thoughts, Eloquence, Painting

9

"Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth."

"Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Empathy, People, Children, Earth

14

"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."

"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

16

"It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read."

"It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Spiritual, Religion, Words

6

"In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice."

"In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Humor, Advice, Now

22

"Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong."

"Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Creativity, Exercise, Fantasy, Mind, Wrong

45

"Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war."

"Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

11

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Faith, Love, Truth, Evil, Reality

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"Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer."

"Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Technology, Wealth, Production

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"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."

"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Spiritual, Creation, Difference

11

"Hope is a waking dream."

"Hope is a waking dream."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Hope, Dream, Waking

8

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Nature, Feet, Heaven

2

"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit."

"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit."

Napolean Hill, American Author

Strength, Failure, Adversity

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"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information."

"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Life, Successful, Information, Man

8

"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."

"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Inspirational, Order, Will, Motivational

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"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

3

"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."

"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

22

"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."

"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Life, Death, Absence, Suffering

29

"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely."

"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Justice, Act, Order

3

"Being is the great explainer."

"Being is the great explainer."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Philosophy, Being

22

"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."

"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Relationship, Children, Fathers, Mothers

2

"The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit."

"The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Nature, Habit

4

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Courage, Philosophy, Will

4

"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."

"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."

Martin Luther, German Leader

23

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Courage, Home, Fear, Want

23

"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Leadership, Hell, Rules, Trying

16

"Accept loss forever."

"Accept loss forever."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

10

"I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching."

"I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Spiritual, Church, Preaching, Service

2

"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."

"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Strength, Nonviolence, Violence

80

"The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain."

"The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Value, Will

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