Famous Quotes
Famous Quotes
Of the
Famous, and the not so Famous.
(General)
Time Violence Industry Life Happiness Tribulations Sophocles Mother Teresa
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
(Locke)
Heaven never helps the man whom will not act.
(Sophocles)
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate for eternity.
(Chapin)
Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
(Shirley)
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
(G. Chesterton)
Never judge a work of art by its defects.
(W. Allston)
When all's said and done, more is said than done.
(Unknown)
Trust not him that hath once broken faith ; he who betrayed thee once, will betray thee again.
(W. Shakespeare)
Let us not say, Every man is the architect of his own fortune ; but let us say, Every man is the architect of his own character.
(G. Boardman)
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak ; they are but the instruments of the wise.
(S. Lover)
Dirt is not dirt, but only something in the wrong place.
(L. Palmerston)
Discretion in speech, is more than eloquence.
(Bacon)
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life ; the one preserves, the other sweetens it. (Bovee)
The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.
(J. Senn)
True eloquence consists in saying all that is proper, and nothing more.
(Rochefoucauld)
The best reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
(R. Emerson)
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body ; the two are ever united.
(Humboldt)
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you have imagined.
(Thoreau)
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage, every day, sends to there graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
(Smith)
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
(Beecher)
One rarely likes the virtues they have not.
(Shakespeare)