Favorite Quotations
Friday, April 04, 2008
Daily Famous Quotations
Ambrosius Macrobius
Good laws have their origins in bad morals.
Debbie Skelly
In a mirror, last place becomes first place... Just depends on how you wish to look at it.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5
Leave her to heaven
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Michael Parenti
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominate political mythology.
LaDawnna Burnett (1975 - ), Letters on Ethics
Shame is that intrinstic meter of our own heart to tell us that we have failed to follow our own moral compass.
Daniel J. Boorstin
A sign of a celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
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Ambrosius Macrobius
Good laws have their origins in bad morals.
Debbie Skelly
In a mirror, last place becomes first place... Just depends on how you wish to look at it.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5
Leave her to heaven
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Michael Parenti
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominate political mythology.
LaDawnna Burnett (1975 - ), Letters on Ethics
Shame is that intrinstic meter of our own heart to tell us that we have failed to follow our own moral compass.
Daniel J. Boorstin
A sign of a celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.
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Today's Quotes
Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.
William Blake
For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Eric Hoffer
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
Socrates
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
Allan K. Chalmers
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.
William Blake
For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Eric Hoffer
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
Socrates
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
Allan K. Chalmers
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Quotes for Today
Sam Walton
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
William Jennings Bryan
An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade
Tryon Edwards
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
George Santayana
Life is not a spectacle or a feast it is a predicament.
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Here are the Quotes ...
Sam Walton
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
William Jennings Bryan
An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade
Tryon Edwards
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
George Santayana
Life is not a spectacle or a feast it is a predicament.
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Great Famous Quotations
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Akhenaton
As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of the fool.
W. R. Inge
Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
Voltaire, (Attributed); originated in "The Friends of Voltaire", 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
James Allen
Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.
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Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Akhenaton
As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of the fool.
W. R. Inge
Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
Voltaire, (Attributed); originated in "The Friends of Voltaire", 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
James Allen
Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.
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Great Famous Quotes
Anonymous
Unity in things necessary, liberty in things doubtful, charity in everything.
Ambrose Bierce
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
William Hazlitt
The more we do, the more we can do.
John F. Kennedy
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be and not seem.
John Ruskin
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
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Famous Quotes:
Anonymous
Unity in things necessary, liberty in things doubtful, charity in everything.
Ambrose Bierce
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
William Hazlitt
The more we do, the more we can do.
John F. Kennedy
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be and not seem.
John Ruskin
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
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