Famous Quotes & Sayings

Demosthenes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Denholm Elliott

Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.

Democritus

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

Democritus

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

Democritus

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Democritus

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Denis Diderot

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

Denis Diderot

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Denis Diderot

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

Denis Diderot

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

Denis Diderot

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Deborah Smith

There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you’re free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.

Madeleine Albright

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.

Madeleine Albright

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

Peter Drucker

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Peter Drucker

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

William Shakespeare

There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings.

Voltaire

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Will Rogers

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Will Rogers

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

To motivate man is to move a mountain!

Princess Anne

You have to decide at the end of the day if you can live with yourself.

Bob Seger

To a brighter light, to a promised land, you can feel the power, of the master's hand.

Bob Geldof

Find inner peace? I looked; it wasn't there.

Chaz Bono

I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.

Charlotte Whitton

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Charlton Heston

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

Charley Lau

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.

Charlie Bewley

I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspiration.

Charles William Eliot

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

Charles Kuralt

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Aisha Tyler

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.