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Abraham Lincoln: Anew
“As our case is new, we must think and act anew.” —Abraham Lincoln
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G. K. Chesterton: Action
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.” —G. K. Chesterton Related articles Reading G. K. Chesterton (writingsistersblog.wordpress.com) “Orthodoxy” by G.K. Chesterton (traditionalchristianity.wordpress.com) Hitchens, Chesterton, and “The Fall into Mysticism” (thecatholicthing.org) Afternoon Bites: Hitchens…
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Charles A Jaffe: Investors face risk
“Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do. ” —Charles A. Jaffe.
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William Shakespeare: Faces
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. —William Shakespeare Related articles William Shakespeare: 18th century drainpipe stolen in Stratford (dailymail.co.uk) The Lost Secret of William Shakespeare (seeker401.wordpress.com) Theater: William Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ (literarychronicles.wordpress.com)
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Oscar Wilde: Ideas
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ” —Oscar Wilde Related articles Oscar Wilde Quote (bipolarmuse.com)
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William Shakespeare: To Thine Own Self Be True
” This above all to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” —Shakespeare: Hamlet I.iii.
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Neil Tennant: Ghettoes
“I think there’s an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough. ” —Neil Tennant.
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Maya Angelou: Singing along
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” -Maya Angelou. Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Mann: On writing
“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” —Thomas Mann.
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God and goodness
To suppose that God Almighty has confined his goodness to this world, to the exclusion of all others, is much similar to the idle fancies of some individuals in this world, that they, and those of their communion or faith, are the favorites of heaven exclusively; but these are narrow and bigoted conceptions, which are…
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William Ralph Inge: Christianity
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ” —William Ralph Inge.
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Lou Holtz: Something worthwhile
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity. – Lou Holtz Related articles Who is Lou Holtz? (govigseniorcare.wordpress.com)
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Bertrand Russell: Hang a question mark
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. – Bertrand Russell. Related articles The Value of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) On Intuitive Knowledge by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) A Few Minutes with Bertrand Russell (laf.ee) Three Passions of Bertrand…
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Tina Ingegneri: Running
“I just go out there and feel like, ‘This is hard, but this is great.’ I just feel so incredibly alive. And I feel healthy and inspired when I run a race, even if it’s not my best day.” —Tina Ingegneri, Runner’s World Challenger of the Week.
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Quintilian: Write, to not be misunderstood
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us. -Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), rhetorician (c. 35-100)
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Practise
“For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. ” —Pablo de Sarasate
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Unknown: Thinking by the inch
“He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.” —Unknown
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Happiness
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ” —Maria Mitchell
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Maori Proverb: Shadows
Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you. —Maori Proverb
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C S Lewis: Peers
“We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men ‘after our own heart.’ Only they really know our mind and only they judge it by standards we fully acknowledge. Theirs is the praise we really covet and the blame we really dread. The little pockets of early Chrstians survived because they cared…
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Antagonistic influence?
“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. ” —John Knox
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Live now
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Plato: Wisdom's mimic
“Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom. ” —Plato.
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Ugo Betti: Thought
“Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.”—Ugo Betti
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Chilo: Difficult trio
“The three things most difficult are to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure.” —Chilo.
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Oscar Wilde: Mistakes
“Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.” —Oscar Wilde.
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Joseph Addison: Happiness
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ” Joseph Addison Related articles Some Quotations That Started Me Thinking About Happiness. (happiness-project.com) “I Can Never Get To Bed On Time.” (happiness-project.com) More Inspirational Quotes (redefininggood.wordpress.com) Curiosity (artistoftheeveryday.wordpress.com)
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Anthony Robbins: Crossroads
“You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it.” —Anthony Robbins.
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Albert Einstein: Limits
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” —Albert Einstein.
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J R R Tolkien: Not all those who wander are lost
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. ” —J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Albert Einstein: Common sense
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein Quotes (timehuman.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein can make you better at SEO (skyrocketseo.co.uk) Was Einstein right after all? (rt.com) Alan Turing’s reading list (with readable links) (jgc.org) Albert Einstein: a short biography (telegraph.co.uk) Quote Transmission 001: Einstein and Imagination…
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Dante Alighieri: Notes
“He listens well who takes notes. ” —Dante Alighieri.
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Robert Morgan: Distance
“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. ” —Robert Morgan Related articles Keep Your Dis___________tance (amberyesha.wordpress.com) The distance I see (nenskeifacestheworld.wordpress.com) Looking From a Distance (liveadayandalife.wordpress.com) Are you willing to heal your wounds? (namasteconsultinginc.com) Why maintaining a distance is necessary for doctors (kevinmd.com)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Love
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Michael J Fox: None of my business
“What other people think about me is not my business. ” —Michael J Fox.
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Herman Hesse: Love of God and good
“Love of God is not always the same as love of good. ” —Herman Hesse.
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Benjamin Disraeli: Success
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”—Benjamin Disraeli.
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Eckhart Tolle: Being good
“You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.” —Eckhart Tolle.
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John Leonard: Moral consciousness
“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” —John Leonard, critic (1939-2008).
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Kahlil Gibran: Knowledge
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. —Kahlil Gibran
