Collection Of Famous Inspirational Quotes From The Most Famous And Greatest Person In The World.
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Our mind is always full of thoughts. They give rise to all kinds of feelings like jealousy, hatred, anger, doubt and fear. Such negative thoughts will affect us. The subconscious mind should feel it can achieve everything that we want. It should be filled with positive thoughts which will encourage us to perform to the best of our capabilities. To change our way of thinking we need something to boost our mind. Here we serve you the booster of mind, the inspirational quotes from the greatest people in the world. Pick some and remember always. Hope you can achieve your dream. Thanks.
Mendel "Milton Berle" Berlinger (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an Emmy-winning American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948-55), he was the first major star of television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.
Milton Berle show
Famous quotations by Milton Berle:
A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours. Milton Berle
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. ~Milton Berle
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. ~Milton Berle
It opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
My doctor recently told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already. ~Milton Berle
Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient. ~Milton Berle
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. ~Milton Berle
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes! ~Milton Berle
I live to laugh, and I laugh to live. ~Milton Berle
It's amazing how fast later comes when you buy now! ~Milton Berle
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film.
Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th Century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular in the 1940s and '50s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy.
Jack Benny- September Song
Famous quotations by Jack Benny
No matter how often I tell people I'm thirty-nine some of them refuse to believe I'm that old. ~Jack Benny
Gags die, humor doesn't. ~Jack Benny
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. ~Jack Benny
I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too. ~Jack Benny
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was a prominent, Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th century.
An 1875 adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most famous American trials of the 19th century.
Inspirational, famous quotations by Henry Ward Beecher
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. ~Henry Ward Beecher
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. ~Henry Ward Beecher
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. ~Henry Ward Beecher
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. ~Henry Ward Beecher
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~Henry Ward Beecher
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable. ~Henry Ward Beecher
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. ~Henry Ward Beecher
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. ~Henry Ward Beecher
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The unthankful heart - discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". ~Henry Ward Beecher
A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track, - but one inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Adversity, if for no, other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. Men see clearer at such time. Storms purify the atmosphere. ~Henry Ward Beecher
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. ~Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not men and yet they stay alive. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. ~Henry Ward Beecher
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. ~Henry Ward Beecher
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher
Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; it is exceedingly long, - it is exceedingly short. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Bernard M. Baruch 1870 - 1965 Businessman, Politician
Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 18, 1870–June 20, 1965) was a Jewish-American financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential advisor. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters.
A collection of famous inspirational quotations by Bernard Baruch:
To me old age is 15 years older than I am. Bernard M. Baruch
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. Bernard M. Baruch
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Bernard M. Baruch
Never follow the crowd. Bernard M. Baruch
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. Bernard M. Baruch
Always do one thing less than you think you can do. Bernard M. Baruch
Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people. Bernard M. Baruch
Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil. Bernard M. Baruch
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. Bernard M. Baruch
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation. Bernard M. Baruch
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. Bernard M. Baruch
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. Bernard M. Baruch
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. Bernard M. Baruch
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. Bernard M. Baruch
Richard David Bach (June 23, 1936, Oak Park, Illinois) is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. He claims to be a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is noted for his love of flying and for his books related to air flight and flying in a metaphorical context. He has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17.
Be inspired by these quotes and sayings by the famous author, Richard Bach. Inspirational quotes containing food for thought for you to enjoy.
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ~Richard Bach
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. ~Richard Bach
Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we’ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end. ~Richard Bach
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. ~Richard Bach
Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true. ~Richard Bach
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. ~Richard Bach
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? ~Richard Bach
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were. ~Richard Bach (in our Best Love Sayings collection)
An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. ~Richard Bach
In order to win, you must expect to win. ~Richard Bach
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. ~Richard Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. ~Richard Bach
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. ~Richard Bach
Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. ~Richard Bach
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. ~Richard Bach
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ~Richard Bach
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. ~Richard Bach
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. ~Richard Bach
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? ~Richard Bach
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. ~Richard Bach
Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.” ~Richard Bach
Real love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach
Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers. ~Richard Bach
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. ~Richard Bach
Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. ~Richard Bach
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. 'Nothing' is the worst thing that can happen to us! ~Richard Bach
Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. (born July 1, 1936) is an American actor and writer from Tallahassee, Florida. He is the founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand. He later co-founded Uncle Wally's muffins. He is currently married to his wife of 30 years, Christine, and resides in Kailua, Hawaii and also Long Island, New York where he runs the Chip & Cookie gourmet cookie brand and store.
Enjoy these Wally Amos quotes. A collection of famous quotes from the man famous for his cookies. Let his words inspire you to accomplish whatever your goals are.
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. ~Wally Amos ( a great graduation saying)
For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace. ~Wally Amos
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you're certainly responsible for getting back up. ~Wally Amos
Frequently we live our lives on automatic pilot, taking each experience for granted. ~Wally Amos
I think we just have to be more sensitive to the fact that we are all individuals, and that maybe we are not all going to go to college. ~Wally Amos
Opportunities come into my life and I respond to those that appeal to me. ~Wally Amos
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it. ~Wally Amos
Sometimes you have to do a lot of things to determine what it is you don't want to do. Along the way you pick up a lot of experience. ~Wally Amos
If you don't like where you are, go someplace else; if you don't like who you work with, go work with somebody else. ~Wally Amos
Because to create the opportunity if your not prepared, I mean if you want to be a bus mechanic, and all of a sudden this job comes along, well that is an opportunity, but if you never learned how to repair the engine on a bus, there is nothing you can do with the opportunity. ~Wally Amos
I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it. ~Wally Amos
We are so focused on the material aspects of life that we lose sight of everything else. Wally Amos In 1975 I decided I would like to do something for satisfaction instead of for the money. ~Wally Amos
Everybody learns at different levels. ~Wally Amos
There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear. ~Wally Amos
And everything is possible, you've just got to find a way to make it work. ~Wally Amos
I also like the fact that it is up to me to create the results I desire. ~Wally Amos
My number one goal is peace of mind. ~Wally Amos
Life doesn't kick you around. You kick yourself around. ~Wally Amos
Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience. ~Wally Amos
I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you. ~Wally Amos
The thing is not to leave unfinished business; make every day count. ~Wally Amos
The best way to change another person is to change yourself. ~Wally Amos
You see we are not all good at the same thing and we won't all do the same thing. ~Wally Amos
It's in every area of life, we are responsible for our successes, for our failures. ~Wally Amos
Remember that everything starts with a thought and thoughts produce in kind. ~Wally Amos
Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.
Enjoy our collection of inspirational quotes by the famous author, Louisa May Alcott. May you find inspiration in her words.
~Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood. Louisa May Alcott
~Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. Louisa May Alcott
~Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning. Louisa May Alcott
~It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Louisa May Alcott
~You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. ~Louisa May Alcott
A faithful friend is a strong defense; and he that hath found him hath found a treasure. ~Louisa May Alcott
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ~Louisa May Alcott
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ~Louisa May Alcott
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes. ~Louisa May Alcott
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. ~Louisa May Alcott
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! ~Louisa May Alcott
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ~Louisa May Alcott
It takes two flints to make a fire. ~Louisa May Alcott
Love is a great beautifier. ~Louisa May Alcott
Never use a long word when a short one will do. ~Louisa May Alcott
Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. ~Louisa May Alcott
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ~Louisa May Alcott
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. ~Louisa May Alcott
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know. ~Louisa May Alcott
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. ~Louisa May Alcott
John Wooden Born October 14, 1910 American Basketball Coach
John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910) is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. His 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years while at UCLA are unmatched by any other college basketball coach.
A collection of famous quotes by John Wooden that are inspirational. Enjoy the quotes and wisdom of Mr. Wooden.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. ~John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John Wooden
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. ~John Wooden
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. ~John Wooden
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. ~John Wooden
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ~John Wooden
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. ~John Wooden
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. ~John Wooden
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. ~John Wooden
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. ~John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ~John Wooden
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. ~John Wooden
Ability is a poor man's wealth. ~John Wooden
Be prepared and be honest. ~John Wooden
It isn't what you do, but how you do it. ~John Wooden
Never mistake activity for achievement. ~John Wooden
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~John Wooden
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. ~John Wooden
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. ~John Wooden
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. ~John Wooden
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? ~John Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. ~John Wooden
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. ~John Wooden
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. ~John Wooden
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~John Wooden
George Washington 1732 - 1799 First President of the United States
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789–1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies at Saratoga and Yorktown. Negotiating with Congress, the colonial states, and French allies, he held together a tenuous army and a fragile nation amid the threats of disintegration and failure. Following the end of the war in 1783, Washington retired to his plantation at Mount Vernon, prompting an incredulous King George III to state, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
Dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation, he presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. Washington became President of the United States in 1789 and established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department. He sought to create a great nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by war between Britain and France. His unilateral Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 provided a basis for avoiding any involvement in foreign conflicts. He supported plans to build a strong central government by funding the national debt, implementing an effective tax system, and creating a national bank. Washington avoided the temptation of war and began a decade of peace with Britain via the Jay Treaty in 1795; he used his prestige to get it ratified over intense opposition from the Jeffersonians. Although never officially joining the Federalist Party, he supported its programs and was its inspirational leader. Washington's farewell address was a primer on republican virtue and a stern warning against partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.
Washington is seen as a symbol of the United States and republicanism in practice. His devotion to civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians. Washington died in 1799, and in his funeral oration, Henry Lee said that of all Americans, he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.
An inspirational collection of famous quotes by George Washington:
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ~George Washington
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. ~George Washington
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. ~George Washington
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. ~George Washington
It is better to be alone than in bad company. ~George Washington
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. ~George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ~George Washington
All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. ~George Washington
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. ~George Washington
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. ~George Washington
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ~George Washington
If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst. ~George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. ~George Washington
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ~George Washington
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ~George Washington
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ~George Washington
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. ~George Washington
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~George Washington
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. ~George Washington
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ~George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ~George Washington
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. ~George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ~George Washington
Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time. ~George Washington
If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. ~George Washington
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible. ~George Washington
To err is natural; to rectify error is glory. ~George Washington
There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily. ~George Washington
It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. ~George Washington
About Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty.
Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."
An inspirational collection of quotes and sayings by the famous author, Mark Twain. You will find quotes and sayings to make you smile, you will find quotes to inspire you, and quotes for you to reflect upon.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ~Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. ~Mark Twain
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it. ~Mark Twain
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races. ~Mark Twain
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. ~Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. ~Mark Twain
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. ~Mark Twain
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ~Mark Twain
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles - by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ~Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. ~Mark Twain
Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously. ~Mark Twain
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. ~Mark Twain
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ~Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ~Mark Twain
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. ~Mark Twain
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ~Mark Twain
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. ~Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ~Mark Twain
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. ~Mark Twain
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. ~Mark Twain
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~Mark Twain
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. ~Mark Twain
Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself. ~Mark Twain
I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~Mark Twain
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain
Necessity is the mother of taking chances. ~Mark Twain
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. ~Mark Twain
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. ~Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. ~Mark Twain
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ~Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ~Mark Twain
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. ~Mark Twain
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~Mark Twain
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. ~Mark Twain
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~Mark Twain
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. ~Mark Twain
Theodore Roosevelt 1858 - 1919 26th President of the United States
About Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York and a professional historian, naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier. He is most famous for his personality: his energy, his vast range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" personality. Originating from a story from one of Roosevelt's hunting expeditions, Teddy bears are named after him.
As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt prepared for and advocated war with Spain in 1898. He organized and helped command the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment – the Rough Riders – during the Spanish-American War. Returning to New York as a war hero, he was elected governor. An avid writer, his 35 books include works on outdoor life, natural history, the American frontier, political history, naval history, and his autobiography.
In 1901, as Vice President, the 42-year-old Roosevelt succeeded President William McKinley after McKinley's assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He is the youngest person to become President. He was a Progressive reformer who sought to move the dominant Republican Party into the Progressive camp. He distrusted wealthy businessmen and dissolved forty monopolistic corporations as a "trust buster". He was clear, however, to show he did not disagree with trusts and capitalism in principle but was only against corrupt, illegal practices. His "Square Deal" promised a fair shake for both the average citizen (through regulation of railroad rates and pure food and drugs) and the businessmen. He was the first U.S. president to call for universal health care and national health insurance. As an outdoorsman, he promoted the conservation movement, emphasizing efficient use of natural resources. After 1906 he attacked big business and suggested the courts were biased against labor unions. In 1910, he broke with his friend and anointed successor William Howard Taft, but lost the Republican nomination to Taft and ran in the 1912 election on his own one-time Bull Moose ticket. He beat Taft in the popular vote and pulled so many Progressives out of the Republican Party that Democrat Woodrow Wilson won in 1912, and the conservative faction took control of the Republican Party for the next two decades.
Roosevelt negotiated for the U.S. to take control of the Panama Canal and its construction in 1904; he felt the Canal's completion was his most important and historically significant international achievement. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize, winning its Peace Prize in 1906, for negotiating the peace in the Russo-Japanese War.
Historian Thomas Bailey, who disagreed with Roosevelt's policies, nevertheless concluded, "Roosevelt was a great personality, a great activist, a great preacher of the moralities, a great controversialist, a great showman. He dominated his era as he dominated conversations....the masses loved him; he proved to be a great popular idol and a great vote getter. "His image stands alongside Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln on Mount Rushmore. Roosevelt has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.
The famous Theodore Roosevelt has inspired many. Enjoy this collection of inspirational quotes from Mr Roosevelt.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt
In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. ~Theodore Roosevelt
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man. ~Theodore Roosevelt
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. ~Theodore Roosevelt
I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. ~Theodore Roosevelt
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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. ~Theodore Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort. ~Theodore Roosevelt
I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. ~Theodore Roosevelt
With self-discipline most anything is possible. ~Theodore Roosevelt
A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. ~Theodore Roosevelt
In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard. ~Theodore Roosevelt
I am a part of everything that I have read. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. ~Theodore Roosevelt
I have only a second rate brain, but I think I have a capacity for action. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 - 1962 American Human Rights Activist, Diplomat About Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and assumed a role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an internationally prominent author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition. She worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women.
In the 1940s, Roosevelt was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952, a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Senate. During her time at the United Nations she chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
Active in politics for the rest of her life, Roosevelt chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's ground-breaking committee which helped start second-wave feminism, the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. She was one of the most admired people of the 20th century, according to Gallup's List of Widely Admired People.
Enjoy these inspirational quotes filled with common sense from Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along". ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I could never say in the morning, "I have a headache and cannot do thus and so". Headache or no headache, thus and so had to be done. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Understanding is a two-way street. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
You must do the things you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
About Plato Plato (427/428 BC – 347/348 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his teacher's unjust death.
Plato's sophistication as a writer can be witnessed by reading his Socratic dialogues. Some of the dialogues, letters, and other works that are ascribed to him are considered spurious. Although there is little question that Plato lectured at the Academy that he founded, the pedagogical function of his dialogues, if any, is not known with certainty. The dialogues since Plato's time have been used to teach a range of subjects, mostly including philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and other subjects about which he wrote.
Old, but famous inspirational quotes and sayings from Plato. While these sayings and quotes were said many years ago, the wisdom of Platos words still apply today.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. ~Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. ~Plato
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. ~Plato
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. ~Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~Plato
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. ~Plato
Never discourage anyone.....who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. ~Plato
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ~Plato
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ~Plato
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. ~Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. ~Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ~Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. ~Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. ~Plato
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. ~Plato Courage is knowing what not to fear. ~Plato
Friends have all things in common. ~Plato
Necessity, who is the mother of invention. ~Plato
Courage is a kind of salvation. ~Plato
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ~Plato
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. ~Plato
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. ~Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work. ~Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. ~Plato Life must be lived as play. ~Plato
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. ~Plato
Nelson Mandela Born July 18, 1918 South African Statesman
About Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 18 July 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully representative democratic elections, serving from 1994–1999. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was convicted for crimes that occurred while he was spearheading the struggle against apartheid. He spent 27 years in prison for this, with many of those years being spent on Robben Island.
In South Africa and internationally, Mandela became a symbol of freedom and equality for his opposition to apartheid, while the apartheid government and nations sympathetic to it condemned him and the ANC as communists and terrorists.
Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, his support for reconciliation and negotiation helped lead the transition to multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he has been widely praised, even by former opponents.
Mandela has received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.
Wisdom of the famous Nelson Mandela in the form of inspirational quotes. We hope you enjoy these famous inspirational quotes.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ~Nelson Mandela
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ~Nelson Mandela
I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. ~Nelson Mandela
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~Nelson Mandela
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ~Nelson Mandela
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ~Nelson Mandela
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ~Nelson Mandela
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. ~Nelson Mandela
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ~Nelson Mandela
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~Nelson Mandela
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. ~Nelson Mandela
It always seems impossible until its done. ~Nelson Mandela
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. ~Nelson Mandela
There is no such thing as part freedom. ~Nelson Mandela
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~Nelson Mandela
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ~Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. ~Nelson Mandela
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~Nelson Mandela
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. ~Nelson Mandela
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ~Nelson Mandela
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. ~Nelson Mandela
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