Daily Quote Archives

“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ’Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”

“Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world’s phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again.”

“No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.”

“A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.”

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”

“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.”

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”

“Feeling appreciated is one of the most important needs that people have. When you share with someone your appreciation and gratitude, they will not forget you. Appreciation will return to you many times.”

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”

“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.”

“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.”

“Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it.”

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

“I don’t want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally.”

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”

“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”

“It‘s the job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.”

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”

“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”