Daily Quote Archives

“I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.”

“Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”

“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.”

“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. ”

“I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others.”

“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”

“If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”

“Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.”

“Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.”

“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

“Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.”

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; for they become character. Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny.”

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”

“Our envy of others devours us most of all.”

“Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.”

“I believe... that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”

“Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a
suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the
vision of self and the future have been the only
means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom.”

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

“You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women in it merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”