Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
All the survivors of the war had reached their homes and so put the perils of battle and the sea behind them.
I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket and flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?
All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?
If you had to say in one sentence what being Jewish means, it is being able to make fun of yourself Jewishly.
Meditation is the single most powerful tool to aid recovery from disease and lead to a life of maximum health
Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.
Never forget that every living thing has a particular and needed job to do in the universal Plan and Purpose.
Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.
Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what
If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.
It is those very things that we are most afraid to do that provide the greatest liberation and growth for us.
The Chicken Soup for the Soul books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches.
There are a million ways to make money in the markets. The irony is that they are all very difficult to find.
The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
We as human beings have the amazing capacity to be reborn at breakfast everyday and say, “This is a new day.”
I'll have you know I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assitance I'll call you." Capt. Wolf Larsen
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.
I like libraries. It's a comfort that knowledge can be save for so long. That what we learn can be passed on.
Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.
...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.
I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
I don't give a crap if you're a Tangent or a really smart llama. You're my friend and that's all that matters
Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.
I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.
It is in recognizing the actual presence of God that we find prayer no longer a chore, but a supreme delight.
We are all meaning-seeking, meaning creating creatures and when we experience the loss of meaning, we suffer.
Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies.
I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.
In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.
The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth.
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.
I do know that I have always been one of life's observers, always standing slightly on the outside, watching.
I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.
Tempus wanders eternally, bringing death to whomever loves him and being spurned by whomsoever he shall love.
If by how you dress, you are saying to guys, "Hey, look at my body," why would a guy want to get to know you?
A mature artist is at the same time aware of the futility of his achievement and the validity of the pursuit.
The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the verbs.
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.
There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work.
Animals love and suffer, cry and laugh; their hearts rise up in anticipation and fall in despair...they feel.
I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.
Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer.