Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. —Michel de Montaigne More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. —Abigail Adams More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money. —William Lyon Phelps More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My favorite thing is to go where I've never been. —Diane Arbus More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. —André Gide More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. —Thomas J. Watson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time. —Dean Acheson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good. —Jimmy Wales More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all. —Sydney Smith More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes. —Jean de La Fontaine More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled, the more I gain. —Susan B. Anthony More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. —John Muir More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success. —Michael Jordan More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients. —Julia Child More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email