Daily Quote Archives

“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive -- the risk to be alive and express what we really are.”

“Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”

“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.”

“Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.”

“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”

“Son, always tell the truth. Then you’ll never have to remember what you said the last time.”

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”

“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”

“There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“We are never so helplessly unhappy as when we lose love.”

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.”

“When one has a great deal to put into it, a day has a hundred pockets.”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

“Obstacles don‘t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it or work around it.”

“Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take- choose the bolder.”

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

“It’s always too early to quit.”

“Well, it’s a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.”

“Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too long in your closed worlds... Poetry should transport the public/to higher places/than other wheels can carry it.”

“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.”

“In this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”

“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny”

“But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.”