Daily Quote Archives

“If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.”

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”

“Charity resembleth fire, which inflameth all things it toucheth.”

“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

“Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.”

“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.”

“Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”

“Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.”

“In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.”

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”

“If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.”

“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”

“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.”

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”

“Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.”

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

“Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.”