Image of Annie Dillard
No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.
- Annie Dillard
Collection: Land
Image of Mark Twain
We are all ignorant; just about different things.
- Mark Twain
Collection: Ignorant
Image of Albert Einstein
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.
- Albert Einstein
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Gordon B. Hinckley
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
- Gordon B. Hinckley
Collection: Work
Image of Sean Covey
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
- Sean Covey
Collection: Motivational
Image of Christopher Hitchens
Demands that you believe the impossible do not lead to peaceful outcomes.
- Christopher Hitchens
Collection: Believe
Image of Mae West
Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
- Mae West
Collection: Positive Life
Image of Paul David Tripp
Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.
- Paul David Tripp
Collection: Leadership
Image of William James
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
- William James
Collection: Love
Image of Rhonda Byrne
You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose.
- Rhonda Byrne
Collection: Positive
Image of Thomas S. Monson
The Book of Mormon changes lives.
- Thomas S. Monson
Collection: Life Changing
Image of Jean Sibelius
For me, music begins where words end.
- Jean Sibelius
Collection: Ends
Image of Jiang Zemin
It takes two hands to clap.
- Jiang Zemin
Image of Haruki Murakami
Learning another language is like becoming another person.
- Haruki Murakami
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Walt Disney
I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.
- Walt Disney
Collection: Bad Day
Image of Tennessee Williams
America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
- Tennessee Williams
Collection: New York
Image of Laozi
Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
- Laozi
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Rabindranath Tagore
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Collection: Summer
Image of John W. Gardner
Life is an endless process of self-discovery.
- John W. Gardner
Collection: Discovery
Image of Watchman Nee
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
- Watchman Nee
Collection: People
Image of Al Ries
Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
- Al Ries
Collection: Focus
Image of Jonathan Safran Foer
Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Collection: Regret
Image of Oscar Wilde
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
- Oscar Wilde
Collection: Sarcasm
Image of Bruce Schneier
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.
- Bruce Schneier
Collection: Security Systems
Image of Tony Robbins
Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.
- Tony Robbins
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Mahatma Gandhi
A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Collection: Success
Image of Ralph Richardson
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
- Ralph Richardson
Image of Drake
Knowledge is pain that’s why it hurts to know.
- Drake
Collection: Hurt
Image of Brian Tracy
Lack of planning is the cause of most failures.
- Brian Tracy
Collection: Motivation
Image of Malala Yousafzai
A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.
- Malala Yousafzai
Collection: Book
Image of John C. Maxwell
Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.
- John C. Maxwell
Collection: Walks
Image of Denis Waitley
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
- Denis Waitley
Collection: Experience
Image of Jorge Luis Borges
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Arnold Schwarzenegger
I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Collection: Block
Image of Neil Gaiman
Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.
- Neil Gaiman
Collection: Love
Image of Vince Lombardi
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
- Vince Lombardi
Collection: Leadership
Image of William J. Clinton
Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.
- William J. Clinton
Collection: Lines
Image of Plato
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
- Plato
Collection: Injustice
Image of Rumi
Only the soul knows what love is.
- Rumi
Collection: Love Is
Image of Eckhart Tolle
Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.
- Eckhart Tolle
Collection: Love
Image of Hildegard of Bingen
Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
- Hildegard of Bingen
Collection: Courage
Image of Jack Nicholson
Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?
- Jack Nicholson
Collection: Devil
Image of Andy Grove
You need to plan the way a fire department plans: it cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.
- Andy Grove
Collection: Team
Image of Jonathan Edwards
There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
- Jonathan Edwards
Collection: Christian
Image of Dan Millman
Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
- Dan Millman
Collection: Courage
Image of Billy Graham
Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.
- Billy Graham
Collection: Integrity
Image of Tara Brach
Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
- Tara Brach
Collection: Wise
Image of John the Baptist
Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
- John the Baptist
Collection: Bible
Image of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and shall toil with all our strength to obtain them, since we may if we wish.
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Collection: Ambition