Daily Quote Archives

“Small deeds done are greater than great deeds planned.”

“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.”

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”

“We learn wisdom from failure, much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do.”

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

“There is little success where there is little laughter.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”

“To become a spectator of one’s own life is to escape the suffering of life.”

“All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of yesterday.”

“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”

“Failure is an event, never a person.”

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”

“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”

“Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.”

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”

“Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.”

“A feeling of aversion or attachment towards something is your clue that there’s work to be done.”

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

“How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do.”