A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
Alexander Smith
Scottish poet and essayist, 1830-1867
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.
Horace
Outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus, 65 BC-8 BC
In this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
'Wind, Sand, and Stars'. French aviator and writer, author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
Winston Churchill
British orator, author, and prime minister during World War II, 1874-1965
Laughter is higher than all pain.
Elbert Hubbard
American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
A man of courage is also full of faith
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, writer and orator 106-43 BC
The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
Pablo Casals
Spanish-born cellist and conductor, 1876-1973
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Washington Irving
EWriter called the first American man of letters, 1783-1859
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land;
It is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
G. K. Chesterton
English critic and author of verse, essays, novels
Choose only one master: Nature.
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and draftsman, a giant in the history of art, 1606-1669
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Ovid
Roman classical poet, author of 'Metamorphoses', 43 BC - 17
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
Mao Tse-Tung
Chinese stateman, the key figure in China in the 20th century, 1893-1976
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
Author of a collection of Greek fables
Books are a finer world within the world.
Alexander Smith
Scottish poet and essayist, 1830-1867
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory.
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of non-violent protest, 1869-1948
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
James Barrie, Sr
Scottish dramatist and novelist best known as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
Marquis de Vauvenargues
French moralist and essayist, 1715-1747
The foundation of justice is good faith.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, writer and orator 106-43 BC
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, 1853-1890
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone, 1847-1922
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
Henry Ford
American industrialist pioneer of the assembly-line production method, 1863-1947
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin
American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790
Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object.
Hermann Hesse
German novelist and poet, 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1877-1962
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German classical scholar, philosopher and critic of culture, 1844-1900
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life.
The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.
Mark Twain
American humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Zig Ziglar
American motivational speaker and best selling author
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Maya Angelou
African-American poet, 1928-
We think too much and feel too little.
Charlie Chaplin
British comedian regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen, 1889-1977
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius
China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC
Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last.
While we all hope for peace, it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
Corazon Aquino
Political leader and president (1986-92) of the Philippines, 1933-
The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, dramatist, novelist and critic, 1854-1900
There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.
William Blake
English poet, painter, engraver and visionary mystic, 1757-1827
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
Eugene Ionesco
Romanian-born French dramatist, elected to the French Academy in 1970; 1909-1994
I will act as if what I do makes a difference.
William James
American philosopher and psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
Robert Louis Stevenson
'An apology for Idlers, Virginibus Puerisque'. Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real.
It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.
Victor Hugo
French Romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802-1885
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
Anatole France
French writer, member of the French Academy and 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1844-1924
Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
German poet, novelist, playwright and philospoher, 1749-1832
Genius is eternal patience.
Michelangelo
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, considered the creator of the Renaissance, 1475-1564
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin
British comedian regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen, 1889-1977
Only the ideas that we really live have any value.
Hermann Hesse
German novelist and poet, 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1877-1962
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Coco Chanel
French fashion designer who ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades, 1883-1971
I just act the way I feel.
Elvis Presley
American popular singer widely known as the King of Rock and Roll, 1935-1977
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Anatole France
French writer, member of the French Academy and 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1844-1924
There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell
US Secretary of State, 1937-
Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus
Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.
Wilma Rudolph
The first American woman runner to win three gold medals at a single Olympics, 1940-1994
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Benjamin Franklin
American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790
Happiness seems made to be shared.
Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist, creator of French classical tragedy, 1606-1684
If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, writer and orator 106-43 BC
A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.
Marcel Proust
French novelist, author of "À la recherche du temps perdu", 1871-1922
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Benjamin Disraeli
British statesman and novelist who was twice prime minister, 1804-1881
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
Mark Twain
American humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet 1883-1931
The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.
Michael de Montaigne
French writer and philosopher 1533-1592
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help to train us in perseverance.
Mao Tse-Tung
Chinese statesman, the key figure in China in the 20th century, 1893-1976
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill
British orator, author, and prime minister during World War II, 1874-1965
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist, creator of French classical tragedy, 1606-1684
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
Janos Arany
The greatest Hungarian epic poet, 1817- 1882
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet 1883-1931
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
Richard Bach
American Writer, Author of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 1936
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Major Colombian novelist and short-story writer, 1982 Nobel Prize for literature, 1928-
The heart has reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher and master of prose, 1623-1662
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
George Santayana
Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist, 1863-1952
I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am ready to take them.
Ronaldo
Brazilian soccer player declared the best player in the world, 1976-
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
Pablo Casals
Spanish-born cellist, conductor and composer, 1876-1973
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French aviator and writer, author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
Liberal US Congregational minister, 1813-1887
The harder I work, the more I live.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish comic dramatist and literary critic. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature,1856-1950
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Aldous Huxley
English novelist and critic, 1894-1963
A great flame follows a little spark.
Dante Alighieri
Italian author considered one of the greatest poets in all literature, 1265-1321
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Joseph Joubert
French philosopher, 1754-1824
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place;
But far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin Franklin
American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894
Little things console us, because little things affect us.
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and master of prose, 1623-1662
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer, author of the masterwork 'El quijote', 1547-1616
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
Elbert Hubbard
American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
English lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, 1561-1626
We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller
American author and educator who was blind and deaf, 1880-1968
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
William Shakespeare
Dramatist and poet considered to be the greatest English playwright, 1564-1616
When we are not sure, we are alive.
Graham Greene
English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, 1904-1991
Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
William Blake
English poet, painter, engraver and visionary mystic, 1757-1827
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, 1879-1955
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.
Henry Ward Beecher
Liberal US Congregational minister, 1813-1887
He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
John Milton
One of the greatest poets of the English language, historian, scholar, pamphleteer...1608-1674
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.
D. H. Lawrence
British novelist, poet and essayist, 1885-1930
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894
Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live.
Arthur Miller
US playwright, 1915-
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
William Blake
English poet, painter, engraver and visionary mystic, 1757-1827
Love not what you are, but what you may become.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer, author of the masterwork 'El quijote', 1547-1616
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James Matthew Barrie, Sr.
Scottish dramatist and novelist best known as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, playwright, essayist...1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1861-1941
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
Washington Irving
Writer called the first American man of letters, 1783-1859
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American best selling writer, author of Life's Little Instruction Book
Love is like wild flowers. It's often found in the most unlikely places.
Anonymous
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
English lawyer, statesman, philosopher and master of the English tongue, 1561-1626
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. president, who brought about the emancipation of the slaves, 1809-1865
Love is the only gold.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry, 1809-1892
If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.
John Burroughs
American essayist and naturalist, 1837-1921
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Chinese Proverb
An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
Samuel Johnson
English critic, biographer, essayist, poet and lexicographer, 1709-1784
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes;
Because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Thomas Edison
US most famous inventor, best known for his invention of the incandescent electric light, 1847-1931
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, playwright, essayist...1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1861-1941
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Baptist minister who led the civil-rights movement in the US, 1929-1968
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Helen Keller
American author and educator who was blind and deaf, 1880-1968
It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.
Roger Babson
American statistician, business forecaster and author, 1875-1967
I quote others only the better to express myself.
Michael de Montaigne
French writer and philosopher 1533-1592
The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, novelist, playwright, and philosopher, 1749-1832
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.
Nelson Mandela
South African statesman, 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace. 1918-
Your work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
English monarch, wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, 1900-2002
You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
Billy Wilder
Austrian-born American motion-picture scenarist, director and producer, 1906-2002
I have come that you might have life, and have it to the fullest.
Jesus of Nazareth
John 10:10
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F. Kennedy
35th president of the United States, 1917-1963
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Founder of The Collegiate EmPowerment Company and creator of The Inspiration Book Series
To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher, 1788-1860
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.
François de la Rochefoucauld
French classical author, leading exponent of the Maxime, 1613-1680
May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
Irish Blessing
A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.
Anonymous
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity
In which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, 1879-1955
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Contemporary Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and writer
I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.
Marshall McLuhan
Canadian communications theorist and educator, 1911-1980
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
Pablo Casals
Spanish-born cellist and conductor, 1876-1973
No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.
Charles Dickens
British novelist, 1812-1870
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894
Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
English lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, 1561-1626
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks,
Breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Mary Lou Cook
American community activist, calligrapher and author
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Maya Angelou
African-American poet, 1928-
Life is without meaning.
You bring the meaning to it.
The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be.
Being alive is the meaning.
Joseph Campbell
Prolific American author, teacher, lecturer and editor, 1904-1987
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.
Albert Szent-Gyrgyi
Hungarian biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation
Where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Baptist minister who led the civil-rights movement in the US, 1929-1968
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, playwright, essayist...1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1861-1941
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne
US writer and billiards champion player, author of 'Standard Book of Pool and Billiards'
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing.
The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
American humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. president, who brought about the emancipation of the slaves, 1809-1865
Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
Alan Alexander Milne
English humorist, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1882-1956
Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet, diplomat and politician, 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1904-1973
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
Henri Matisse
Artist regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century, 1869-1954
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer, 1452-1519
Great floods have flown from simple sources.
William Shakespeare
Dramatist and poet considered to be the greatest English playwright, 1564-1616
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet and philosopher,1817-1862
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
Henri Bergson
French philosopher, 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1859-1941
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Elbert Hubbard
American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Amos Bronson Alcott
American philosopher, teacher and reformer, 1799-1888
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Appius Claudius
Roman statesman, 300 B.C
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Confucius
China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Aesop
Greek writer, author of a collection of Greek fables, 620?-560 B.C.
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
Richard Bach
American Writer, Author of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 1936
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl Sagan
American astronomer and science writer, 1934-1996
One must be frank to be relevant.
Corazon Aquino
Political leader and president (1986-92) of the Philippines, 1933-
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish-born English historian and essayist, leading figure in the Victorian era, 1795-1881
Lessons are not given, they are taken.
Cesare Pavese
Italian poet, critic, and novelist, 1908-1950
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German classical scholar, philosopher and critic of culture, 1844-1900
What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
Bette Greene
American writer, author of 'Summer of My German Soldier', 1934-
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Samuel Butler
English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer, 1452-1519
The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd US president, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, 1743-1826
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
Danish-born American pianist and comedian, 1909-2000
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
Thomas Tusser
English farmer and writer, 1524-1580
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.
Charles Dickens
British novelist, 1812-1870
The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd US president, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, 1743-1826
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
William Allen White
American journalist and author known as the Sage of Emporia", 1868-1944
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb
English essayist and critic, 1775-1834
We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.
John F. Kennedy
35th president of the United States, 1917-1963
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Carl Gustav Jung
Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytic psychology, 1875-1961
It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
John Paul Jones
Scottish-born American naval hero in the U.S. War of Independence, 1747-1792
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862
No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.
Benjamin Franklin
American printer, writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor, 1706-1790
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
French novelist, essayist and playwright, 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1913-1960
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Last Words. William James
American philosopher and psychologist, 1842-1910
The language of friendship is no words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
John Dryden
English poet, dramatist and literary critic, 1631-1700
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
G.K. Chesterton
English critic and author of verse, essays, novels and short stories, 1874-1936
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
Elbert Hubbard
American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.
St. Augustine
One of the most significant Christian thinkers, 354-430
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya Angelou
African-American poet, b.1928
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Henry D. Thoreau
American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. president, who brought about the emancipation of the slaves, 1809-1865
Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed; there’s so little competition.
Elbert Hubbard
American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect and writer, 1867-1959
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
Cesare Pavese
Italian poet, critic and novelist, 1908-1950
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin
English naturalist, author of the theory of evolution by natural selection, 1809-1882
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
Edward Teller
Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist, b.1908
A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. general, 1880-1964
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
Maya Angelou
African-American poet, b.1928
With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese peace activist, president of Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International, b.1928
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
Anne Sullivan
American teacher of Helen Keller, 1866-1936
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
French aviator and writer, author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and master of prose, 1623-1662
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.
Francis Bacon
English lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, 1561-1626
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Seneca
Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish comic dramatist and literary critic. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu
China taoist philosopher, BC 600
Friendship’s the wine of life.
Edward Young
English poet, dramatist, and literary critic, 1683-1765
The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.
Roger Babson
American statistician, business forecaster and author, 1875-1967
He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862
Adventure is worthwhile.
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings
American humorist, 1818-1885
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
St. Francis of Assisi
Founder of the Franciscan order, 1181-1226
A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese peace activist, president of Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International, b.1928
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
Chinese Proberb
Book of Odes.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president of the United States, 1890-1969
Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish comic dramatist and literary critic. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
Stendhal
One of the most original French writers of the 19th century, 1783-1842
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, novelist, playwright, and philospoher, 1749-1832
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
English writer of science fiction, b. 1917
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Dalai Lama
Head of the Dge-lugs-pa order of Tibetan Buddhists, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, b.1935
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
English critic, biographer, essayist, poet and lexicographer, 1709-1784
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.
William Shakespeare
Dramatist and poet considered to be the greatest English playwright, 1564-1616
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.
Willa Sibert Cather
American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1873-1947
The final mystery is oneself.
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, dramatist, novelist and critic, 1854-1900
When love is deep, much can be accomplished.
Shinichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and teacher who introduced millions of children to his Suzuki Method, 1898-1998
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.
Humphrey Davy, Sir
British chemist, 1778-1829
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
Samuel Butler
English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
Bruce Barton
American politician, 1886-1967
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
Mark Twain
American humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
Horace
Outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus, 65 BC-8 BC