Daily Quote Archives

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

“Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective; it has to be shattered before being ascertained.”

“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.”

“It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. ”

“One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.”

“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge; that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts; that hope always triumphs over experience; that laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.”

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. The fault-finder will find fault even in paradise. Love your life.”

“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles — by the ear, by the heels or any other way you can manage it. It's the healthiest thing a body can do.”

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

“It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make
heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.”

“It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.”

“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”

“When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”

“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”

“A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.”

“Fortune and love befriend the bold.”

“You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.”

“If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

“An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims makes it impossible to be great at all. ”

“There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving. ”