Daily Quote Archives

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”

“Procrastination is the thief of time.”

“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.”

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

“Everything comes in time to those who can wait.”

“The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life’s major mysteries.”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.”

“All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get”

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

“And as I‘ve gotten older, I’ve had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.”

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”

“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?”

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

“Common sense is the genius of humanity.”

“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly - that is the first law of nature.”

“And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I’ll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.”

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”