Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Collection: Madness
Image of Isaac Newton
The wonderful arrangement and harmony of the cosmos would only originate in the plan of an almighty omniscient being. This is and remains my greatest comprehension.
- Isaac Newton
Collection: Cosmos
Image of Coco Chanel
The worse a woman feels, the better should she look.
- Coco Chanel
Collection: Looks
Image of Pierre-Simon Laplace
Napoleon: You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe. Laplace: Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis. Later when told by Napoleon about the incident, Lagrange commented: Ah, but that is a fine hypothesis. It explains so many things.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
Collection: Book
Image of Ayn Rand
I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions.
- Ayn Rand
Collection: Conviction
Image of Mike Farrell
If you try to do your best there is no failure.
- Mike Farrell
Collection: Failure
Image of Corrie Ten Boom
Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.
- Corrie Ten Boom
Collection: Want
Image of Ali ibn Abi Talib
I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Patient
Image of Elon Musk
Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach of first principles. Which is, rather than reasoning by analogy, you boil things down to the most fundamental truths you can imagine and you reason up from there.
- Elon Musk
Collection: Thinking
Image of Albert Einstein
Never memorize something that you can look up.
- Albert Einstein
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Oscar Wilde
The aim of love is to love. No more, no less.
- Oscar Wilde
Collection: Love Is
Image of Lauren Oliver
Live free or die.
- Lauren Oliver
Collection: Live Free
Image of Steve Jobs
There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.
- Steve Jobs
Collection: Running
Image of Barack Obama
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
- Barack Obama
Collection: Change
Image of Francis Kingdon Ward
Questions are creative acts of intelligence.
- Francis Kingdon Ward
Collection: Love
Image of Joseph Campbell
The best we can do is lean towards the light.
- Joseph Campbell
Collection: Light
Image of Pope Francis
A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.
- Pope Francis
Collection: Moving
Image of Stephen Hawking
Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.
- Stephen Hawking
Collection: Needs
Image of Chris Pine
Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.
- Chris Pine
Collection: Success
Image of Byron Katie
What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
- Byron Katie
Collection: Letting Go
Image of Radhanath Swami
Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.
- Radhanath Swami
Collection: Heart
Image of Louis Aragon
I have no friends, there are only people I love.
- Louis Aragon
Collection: Friends
Image of Agatha Christie
Fear is incomplete knowledge.
- Agatha Christie
Collection: Incomplete Knowledge
Image of Louis Tomlinson
Woah! Calm down, Curly!
- Louis Tomlinson
Collection: Calm
Image of Petrarch
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
- Petrarch
Collection: Overcoming
Image of Bob Seger
Up with the sun. Gone with the wind.
- Bob Seger
Collection: Wind
Image of Ivy Baker Priest
I’m often wrong, but never in doubt.
- Ivy Baker Priest
Collection: Doubt
Image of Marcus Aurelius
From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason.
- Marcus Aurelius
Collection: Atheism
Image of Bob Costas
The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.
- Bob Costas
Collection: Success
Image of Dale Carnegie
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
- Dale Carnegie
Image of Oprah Winfrey
Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.
- Oprah Winfrey
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great man is always willing to be little.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Collection: Great
Image of Ernest Hemingway
Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.
- Ernest Hemingway
Collection: Reader
Image of Ayn Rand
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty.
- Ayn Rand
Collection: Beautiful
Image of Emily Dickinson
You can stay young as long as you learn.
- Emily Dickinson
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Zig Ziglar
Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.
- Zig Ziglar
Collection: Motivational
Image of Kerry Washington
Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.
- Kerry Washington
Collection: Adventure
Image of Usain Bolt
Repeating is harder than anything else.
- Usain Bolt
Image of Bruce Lee
As you think, so shall you become.
- Bruce Lee
Image of Billy Joel
Only the good die young.
- Billy Joel
Collection: Dense
Image of Niccolo Machiavelli
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
Collection: Great
Image of David Jeremiah
When I put God first, God takes care of me and energizes me to do what really needs to be done.
- David Jeremiah
Collection: Needs
Image of Gary Hamel
Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.
- Gary Hamel
Collection: Attitude
Image of Daisaku Ikeda
Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.
- Daisaku Ikeda
Collection: Life
Image of Robert E. Quinn
One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.
- Robert E. Quinn
Collection: Change
Image of Sharon Begley
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
- Sharon Begley
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Charlie Munger
Warren is one of the best learning machines on this earth. The turtles who outrun the hares are learning machines. If you stop learning in this world, the world rushes right by you.
- Charlie Munger
Collection: Turtles
Image of Rumi
If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart.
- Rumi
Collection: Ocean
Image of Charles Dickens
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
- Charles Dickens
Collection: Book