The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who
cannot read them.
Mark Twain 1835-1910
October 26, 2007 at 5:53 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Entertainment, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Funny Life Quotes, Funny Quotes, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Quotations, Quotes ·Tagged Books, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who
cannot read them.
Mark Twain 1835-1910
October 25, 2007 at 5:29 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Coping, Courage, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Live and Learn, Quotations, Quotes ·Tagged Advice, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes, Sidney J. Harris
Never take the advice of someone who has not
had your kind of trouble.
Sidney J. Harris
October 24, 2007 at 5:27 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes ·Tagged Conscience, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes, Voltaire
..the safest course is to do nothing against
one’s conscience. With this secret, we can
enjoy life and have no fear from death.
Voltaire
October 23, 2007 at 5:25 am · Filed under Life Quotes ·Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
Alexandre Dumas
October 22, 2007 at 5:22 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes ·Tagged Epictetus, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
First say to yourself what you would be; and
then do what you have to do.
Epictetus
October 21, 2007 at 5:18 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Entertainment, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes, Sayings ·Tagged example, Life Quotes, Lord Clarendon, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt.
Lord Clarendon
October 20, 2007 at 5:09 am · Filed under Best Quotes, Entertainment, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes ·Tagged abuse, Joe Louis, Life Quotes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
“Why should I? When somebody insulted
Caruso, did he sing an aria for them?”
- Explaining why he did not hit a motorist after
the latter abused him following an accident.
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
American Heavyweight Boxer
October 19, 2007 at 5:05 am · Filed under Best, Best Quotes, Entertainment, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Good Quotes, Learning, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes ·Tagged Chance, Failure, Life Quotes, Mistakes, Quote, Quote of the Day, Quotes
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have
a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the
falling down, but the staying down.
Mary Pickford (1893-1979) American Actress
October 18, 2007 at 5:04 am · Filed under Best, Best Quotes, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Good Quotes, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
October 17, 2007 at 5:02 am · Filed under Best, Best Quotes, Entertainment, Famous, Famous Life Quotes, Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings, Life, Life Quotations, Life Quotes, Life Sayings, Quotations, Quotes
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits
who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray
twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
Teddy Roosevelt
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