There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Samuel JohnsonI’m sure I’ve changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up – as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I’ve changed my mind about some food that I didn’t like when I was young.
Ruth Bader GinsburgBy three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
ConfuciusHe is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
SocratesPurity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
David HareSomeone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘
Marilyn MonroeThere has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
Theodore RooseveltIn those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
Winston ChurchillWhat one fool can understand, another can.
Richard P. FeynmanWhere the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
Niccolo MachiavelliHey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.
Bob UeckerI think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert EinsteinSome old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
Alexander PopeThe person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
Jean-Jacques RousseauWherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.
Jim MattisThe robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William ShakespeareHe who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!
Anne FrankThe ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
William JamesFaithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
J. R. R. TolkienOne word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.
Charles SpurgeonThe wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
Mark TwainI wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.
Maya AngelouSolitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Winston ChurchillI don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.
Stephen HawkingI nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.
Richard BransonIt is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
EpictetusOur inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God’s eternal plan, families can be together forever.
Russell M. NelsonIt took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.
Paulo CoelhoEradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.
Bill GatesPlay not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.
George EliotI wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.
Conor McGregorThe higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
John RuskinMy faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.
Mr. TThe greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
Joel OsteenSometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.
LeBron JamesVitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott FitzgeraldThree things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
BuddhaAs a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.
Bob MarleyKitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.
Gordon RamsayTwo qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
Carl von ClausewitzRacing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.
Ayrton SennaWisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
PlatoExperience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
Immanuel KantA little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Khalil GibranI’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Dr. SeussIt doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinThere is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.
Friedrich NietzscheI was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
Colin PowellWhen the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.
Joel OsteenThere are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon BonaparteEvery man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert HubbardPeople do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
Alice WalkerTruth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Mahatma GandhiCourage is knowing what not to fear.
PlatoIn spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
Vincent Van GoghNon-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Mahatma GandhiBuild a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
Terry PratchettI’ve written some great things. That’s a gift, but there’s consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.
Frank OceanWhen things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.
Jocko WillinkEvery book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
Stephen King