Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Penn

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Thomas Mann

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

John Stuart Mill

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

E. M. Forster

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Albert Einstein

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

H. G. Wells

Our true nationality is mankind.

Khalil Gibran

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Nelson Mandela

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

Jean de La Fontaine

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Saint Augustine

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Napoleon Hill

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

James Bryce

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Albert Einstein

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

George Best

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

Jessica Simpson

People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.

Snoop Dogg

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin' on gin an juice Lay back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.

Dean Karnazes

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Mark Twain

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Jane McGonigal

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

Bo Jackson

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Jim Morrison

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

John Barrymore

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Vince Lombardi

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Fran Drescher

Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Maya Angelou

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Robert A. Heinlein

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.

Mother Teresa

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Michelle Obama

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

Dale Carnegie

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Lucille Ball

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

E. M. Forster

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Michael J. Fox

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Dorothea Lange

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

Simone de Beauvoir

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Temple Grandin

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.

Bill Cosby

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Eleanor Roosevelt

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Dale Carnegie

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

George Orwell

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Nhat Hanh

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Thomas Fuller

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

James Russell Lowell

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Courtney Love

Only dumb people are happy.

Milton Friedman

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

T. S. Eliot

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Dan Lipinski

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.