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All Quotes Collection

"Bad men are full of repentance."

"Bad men are full of repentance."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Men, Repentance

69

"Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

"Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Dream, Dreams, Character

14

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Faith, People, Meeting

66

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."

Robert Frost, American Poet

15

"The fool wonders, the wise man asks."

"The fool wonders, the wise man asks."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Fool, Man, Wonders

14

"Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them."

"Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

72

"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Politics, Business, Life, Ideas

16

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Summer, Winter

11

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Justice, People, Act, Laws, Will

13

"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."

"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Politics, Nothing, Workers, World

19

"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."

"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."

Mark Twain, American Author

26

"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man."

"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Preparation, Man

57

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."

Anais Nin, American Author

Love, Death, Blindness, Errors

20

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Freedom, Nothing, Right

57

"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."

"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Leadership, Men, Enemies, Fight, Now

22

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Motivational, Education, Motivation, Needs, Road

53

"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."

"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Happiness, Wealth, World

14

"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill."

"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Courage, Death, Cowardice, Suicide, Trouble

19

"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid."

"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Spiritual, Bible, Christ

85

"As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake."

"As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake."

Mark Twain, American Author

Humor, Care, Example, Moderation, Smoking

14

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Time, Life, Dance, Dew

24

"Buy land, they're not making it anymore."

"Buy land, they're not making it anymore."

Mark Twain, American Author

13

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Attitude, Ego, Egotism, Fish, Humility

16

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Freedom, Chance, Nothing

15

"It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist."

"It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Philosophy, God

99

"Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies."

"Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

13

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Self-Awareness, Words

55

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

John Wooden, American Coach

Mistake, Positive, Mistakes

86

$"Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions."$

"Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Persistence, Men, Business

12

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Friendship, Kings, World

39

"Faith never makes a confession."

"Faith never makes a confession."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Faith, Confession

16

"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new."

"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

51

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

John Wooden, American Coach

39

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Leadership, Act, Difficulty, Past, Present

22

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

71

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Clothes, Distrust

14

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Wisdom, Life, Man, World, Years

65

"Achievement brings its own anticlimax."

"Achievement brings its own anticlimax."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Success, Achievement

12

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Success, Work, Commonsense, Hardwork, Worth

75

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."

Helen Keller, American Author

Humility, Overcoming, Suffering, World

70

"No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness."

"No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Soul, Madness

66

"Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."

"Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Discipline, Affirmation, Beginning, Delusion

21

"The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed."

"The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Leadership, Time, Man, Public

63

"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."

"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Fame, Death, Charm

71

"In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color."

"In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Self-Awareness, Contempt, Europe, Nothing

29

"When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless."

"When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Conflict, Quarrel

16

"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven."

"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Spiritual, Beginning, Heaven

39

"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."

"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Inventor

War, Control, Nation, Will, World

42

"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."

"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Perseverance, Actions, Agreement

27

"Ability is nothing without opportunity."

"Ability is nothing without opportunity."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Opportunity, Ability, Nothing

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