Quotes worth sharing

"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death." -Leonardo Da Vinci

"90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world." -Colin Powell

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -Heraclitus Of Ephesus

"Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself." -Anthony Trollope

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." -Ariel Durant

"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy." -Helen Hayes

"Each bird must sing with his own throat." -Henrik Ibsen

"Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable." -Ovid

"Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power." -Benjamin Franklin

"Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are." -Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny'." -Isaac Asimov

"Politics: 'Poli' a Latin word meaning 'many'; and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'." -Robin Williams

"Don't find fault, find a remedy." -Henry Ford

"Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.'." -Richard Bach

"I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill." -Sir Edward Appleton

"A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him." -H. S. M. Burns

"They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed." -Ani Difranco

"Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger." -Richard Bach

"You compare the tortoise to the hare." -Proverb

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." -Dr. Carl Sagan


"Value your words. Each one may be the last." -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown

"Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do." -William Henry Channing

"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had." -Unknown

"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow." -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did." -Sarah Caldwell Quotes

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them." -Orison Swett Marden

"The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt." -Max Lerner

"We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way." -Unknown

"The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away." -Unknown

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." -Unknown

"Never take someone for granted, hold every person close to your heart, cause you might wake up one day and realize that you've lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones." -Unknown

"Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly." -Unknown

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." -Ray Goforth

"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs…. One step at a time." -Unknown

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?." -Sydney J. Harris

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." -Paul Valery

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile." -Unknown

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." -Henry Ford

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Mahatma Gandhi

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." -Oscar Wilde


"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one." -C.S. Lewis