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All Quotes Collection

"We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility."

"We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

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"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door."

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

17

"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."

"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."

Helen Keller, American Author

Inspirational, Life

6

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Innovation, Imagination

13

"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

Stephen King, American Author

Friendship, Truth, Lie, Duty, Enemies

31

"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men."

"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Men, Difference, Intellect, Originality

18

"Nothing is impossible for pure love."

"Nothing is impossible for pure love."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

3

"Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder."

"Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Humor, Hollywood, Man

2

"There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person."

"There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person."

Anais Nin, American Author

4

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Friendship, Friend

11

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

Mark Twain, American Author

Attitude, First, Living, Nothing, Saying

3

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Philosophy, Art, Innovation, Sheep, Tradition

14

"Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character."

"Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Strength, Character, Difficulty

16

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Inspirational, Man, Nonviolence

5

"Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools."

"Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Fools, Reason

19

"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it."

"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it."

David Brinkley, American Journalist

Humor, Age, First, Moon, Promise

16

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Attitude, Opportunity, Difficulty

31

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

3

"You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do."

"You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Attitude, People, Hope, Will

25

"What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

"What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone."

"You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Strength, Children, Community

7

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."

Mark Twain, American Author

Woman, Men, Women

10

"France has more need of me than I have need of France."

"France has more need of me than I have need of France."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Leadership, France

4

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."

Anais Nin, American Author

4

"All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land."

"All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

Wisdom, Men, Land

7

"It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape."

"It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."

"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Happiness, Being, Body, Mind

4

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Positive, Money, Thought, Worth

3

"I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden."

"I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden."

Ruth Rendell, British Writer

Empathy, Burden, Want

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"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Friendship, Work, Friend, Word

3

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Intelligence, Action, Measure

24

"There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy."

"There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy."

Mark Twain, American Author

Empathy, Happiness, People

4

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."

Mark Twain, American Author

Humor, Giving, Smoking, World

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"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?""

"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?""

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Empathy, First, Help, Man, Question

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"There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be."

"There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Philosophy, Nation

2

"I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting."

"I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting."

Mark Twain, American Author

Humor, Exercise

2

"Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science."

"Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Science, Time, Morality, Knowledge

5

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Motivational, Action, Man

6

"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have."

"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Attitude, Habit, Energy, Feeling, Present

20

"The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none."

"The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Attitude, Money, Will

5

"The thing we fear we bring to pass."

"The thing we fear we bring to pass."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Philosophy, Fear

10

"War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow."

"War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

War, Poor, Tomorrow

7

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

21

"Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land."

"Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Patriotism, America, Children, Excellence, First

12

"What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?"

"What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?"

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Leadership, People, Forget, Will, World

6

"Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat."

"Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Humor, Children, Fun, Opponents

14

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, God, Heart, Will

26

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Wisdom, Honesty, First

23

"The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next."

"The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next."

Helen Keller, American Author

Philosophy, Age, Heresy

10

"Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state."

"Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Philosophy, Men, Ideas, State

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