Daily Quote Archives

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.”

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

“There’s no place like home.”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be ‘happy.’ I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.”

“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”

“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

“Ask yourself this question: ‘Will this matter a year from now?’”

“Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”

“Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.”

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.”

“See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.”

“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”

“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.”

“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”

“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.”

“Where there’s life, there’s hope.”

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

“The key to change...is to let go of fear.”

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”