Image of William Golding
I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.
- William Golding
Collection: Men
Image of Zaha Hadid
I am eccentric, I admit it, but I am not a nutcase.
- Zaha Hadid
Collection: Eccentric
Image of Socrates
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
- Socrates
Collection: Relationship
Image of Ken Salazar
Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do.
- Ken Salazar
Image of Corrie Ten Boom
Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.
- Corrie Ten Boom
Collection: Jesus
Image of Swami Vivekananda
May blessings and happiness attend every step of your progress in this world.
- Swami Vivekananda
Collection: Blessing
Image of Kevin Stirtz
Providing great customer service is the most natural activity in the world. It’s fun to help others because it feels good.
- Kevin Stirtz
Collection: Fun
Image of Jeremiah Burroughs
Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.
- Jeremiah Burroughs
Collection: Spiritual
Image of Leo Buscaglia
The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.
- Leo Buscaglia
Collection: Witty
Image of Linus Pauling
There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
- Linus Pauling
Collection: Nuclear
Image of Oscar Wilde
A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
- Oscar Wilde
Collection: Book
Image of Mahatma Gandhi
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Collection: Wise
Image of Alan Watts
If you can’t meditate in a boiler room, you can’t meditate.
- Alan Watts
Collection: Practice
Image of Desmond Tutu
Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.
- Desmond Tutu
Collection: Voice
Image of Barbara Johnson
Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
- Barbara Johnson
Collection: Faith
Image of Henry Ford
Two percent of the people think; three percent think they think, and 95 percent would rather die than think.
- Henry Ford
Collection: Thinking
Image of Rhonda Byrne
Your power is in your thoughts, so stay awake. In other words, remember to remember.
- Rhonda Byrne
Collection: Positive
Image of Myles Munroe
Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.
- Myles Munroe
Collection: Leadership
Image of Napoleon Hill
The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
- Napoleon Hill
Collection: Success
Image of James Allen
There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.
- James Allen
Collection: Courage
Image of Fred Rogers
Anything mentionable is manageable.
- Fred Rogers
Collection: Manageable
Image of Henry Miller
Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.
- Henry Miller
Collection: Dedication
Image of Paramahansa Yogananda
Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Collection: Relax
Image of Isabel Allende
Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.
- Isabel Allende
Collection: Fear
Image of Steve Jobs
The real art is knowing what to leave out, not what to put in.
- Steve Jobs
Collection: Art
Image of Steven Wright
I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Steven Wright
Collection: Funny
Image of Franz Kafka
First impressions are always unreliable.
- Franz Kafka
Collection: First Impression
Image of Deepak Chopra
Give up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.
- Deepak Chopra
Collection: Spiritual
Image of Jonathan Edwards
God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
- Jonathan Edwards
Collection: Passion
Image of Joe Namath
When you win, nothing hurts.
- Joe Namath
Collection: Success
Image of Baruch Spinoza
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
- Baruch Spinoza
Collection: Peace
Image of Bruce Lee
When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.
- Bruce Lee
Collection: Impossible
Image of Steve Prefontaine
What I want is to be number one.
- Steve Prefontaine
Image of Frantz Fanon
O my body, make of me always a man who questions!
- Frantz Fanon
Collection: Men
Image of Frank Ocean
I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
- Frank Ocean
Collection: Believe
Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Collection: Death
Image of Robert Jordan
He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
- Robert Jordan
Collection: Son
Image of Marcus Aurelius
Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
- Marcus Aurelius
Collection: Integrity
Image of James Goldsmith
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
- James Goldsmith
Image of Swami Vivekananda
Whatever you think, that you will be.
- Swami Vivekananda
Collection: Thinking
Image of Pope John Paul II
The Gospel must not be kept hidden because of fear or indifference. It was never meant to be hidden away in private. It has to be put on a stand so that people may see its light and give praise to our Heavenly Father.
- Pope John Paul II
Collection: Father
Image of Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
- Aristotle
Collection: Nature
Image of Keith Richards
Some things get better with age. Like me.
- Keith Richards
Collection: Get Better
Image of Harry S Truman
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S Truman
Collection: Amazing
Image of Gabrielle Roth
Your soul is a seeker, lover and artist; shape-shifting through archetypal energy, between your darkness and fields of light, your body and spirit, your heaven and hell, until you land in the moment of sweet surrender; when you, as a dancer, disappear into the dance.
- Gabrielle Roth
Collection: Sweet
Image of Barack Obama
The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
- Barack Obama
Collection: Class
Image of Miyamoto Musashi
You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you.
- Miyamoto Musashi
Collection: Should Have
Image of Kobe Bryant
I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.
- Kobe Bryant
Collection: Letting Go
Image of Bill Gates
Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption.
- Bill Gates
Collection: Income