C. S. Lewis

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.
- C. S. Lewis

David Frost

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
- David Frost

Plato

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
- Plato

Bo Bennett

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
- Bo Bennett

Pat Riley

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing.
- Pat Riley

Jean Cocteau

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
- Jean Cocteau

Confucius

Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
- Confucius (551-479 BC), The Analects

Napoleon Bonaparte

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

Helen Keller

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller

Bart Simpson

Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
- Bart Simpson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Earth laughs in flowers.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

Oscar Wilde

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
- Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde)

Wendy Liebman

I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because the water is cold in there. And I'm like, how did my mother know that?
- Wendy Liebman

Scott Cameron

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
- Scott Cameron

Yahia Lababidi

If Love, as they say, is blind then, Lust must be deaf, dumb and blind.
- Yahia Lababidi

Bill Watterson

“Oops, I always forget that the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers.” - Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) (1958 - )

Martin Luther King Jr.

“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Walt Whitman

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self contained,I stand and look at them long and long.
- Walt Whitman

Thomas Edison

Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
- Thomas Edison

John Milton

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
- John Milton

William Shakespeare

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
- William Shakespeare

Tris Speaker

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.
- Tris Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

“A traveller. I love his title. A traveller is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from — toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter.”
- Henry David Thoreau

Margaret Mead

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.
- Margaret Mead

English Proverb

When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
- English Proverb

Leslie Wexner

Buyers are graded not only on their successes, but also on their failures. Too many hits means the buyer isn't taking enough chances.
- Leslie Wexner

Solomon Short

"The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky."
- Solomon Short

Tom Stoppard

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."
- Tom Stoppard

Voltaire

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

Mark Twain

It is better to read the weather forcast before we pray for rain.
- Mark Twain