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All Quotes Collection

"Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you."

"Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Humor, Life, Will

49

"Full effort is full victory."

"Full effort is full victory."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Success, Effort, Victory

12

"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor."

"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Change, Life, Being

16

"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."

"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Perception, Saying

20

"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand."

"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Truth, Lie

36

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

17

"Finality is not the language of politics."

"Finality is not the language of politics."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Politics, Language

13

"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs."

"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Love, Art, Beauty, Instinct

40

"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours."

"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Goodness, Praise, Shadow, Sun

80

"I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them."

"I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Humility, People, Man

66

"A majority is always better than the best repartee."

"A majority is always better than the best repartee."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Leadership, Majority

14

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

John Wooden, American Coach

Generosity, Mistake, Achievement

211

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Courage, Time, Comfort

9

"The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine."

"The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Spiritual, Soul, Vision, Eyes

18

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

70

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Justice, Cause, Circumstances, Injustice, Philanthropy

16

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Change, Chance, Day, Will

18

"Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success."

"Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

Creativity, Life, Power, Success, Character

55

"Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other."

"Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

22

"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."

"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Wisdom, Maturity, Youth

41

"From wonder into wonder existence opens."

"From wonder into wonder existence opens."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wonder, Existence

44

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Persistence, Evil

19

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Compassion, Honesty, Goodness

63

"Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding."

"Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Education, Age, Books

12

"A politician needs 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."

"A politician needs 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, Needs, Tomorrow

23

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

Mark Twain, American Author

15

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Innovation, Attention, End, Inventions, Pretty

14

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Responsibility, Today, Tomorrow

13

"Is there no way out of the mind?"

"Is there no way out of the mind?"

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Philosophy, Mind

15

"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"

"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Empathy, Understanding

60

"The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye."

"The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Perception, Men, Eye, Reason

17

"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."

"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Leadership, Order, Question, Theory

25

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Self-Awareness, Ideas, Enemies

79

"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."

"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Humility, Knowledge, Learning

53

"In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."

"In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Identity, Country

21

"My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias."

"My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Perception, Age, Imagination, Optimism

195

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Self-Control, Victory, Enemies, Self

18

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Self-Awareness, Strategy, Results

16

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Humor, Man, Nothing

40

"Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us."

"Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

20

"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."

"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Relationship, Men, Truth, Melancholy, Poor

75

"Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen."

"Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen."

Louis L'Amour, American Author

Travel, Men, Day

37

"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."

"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

87

"After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion."

"After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Justice, Nothing, Promotion, Risk

11

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Self-Awareness, Life, Living

16

"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."

"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Courage, People, Fear, Word

16

"We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor."

"We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Humor, May, Will

58

"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Generosity, Change, Thinking, Wit, World

62

"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence."

"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Loyalty, Persistence, Thinking, Writing

52

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked."

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Reflection, Desire

30

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