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
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint. —Ward Jenkins More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. —Eric Hoffer More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. —Jane Austen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. —Mary Catherine Bateson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email