Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Joseph Addison

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
- Joseph Addison

Sophocles

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
- Sophocles

J.B. Priestly

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
- J.B. Priestly

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Henry Ward Beecher

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Lilian Eichler Watson

Happiness is not in having being; it is in doing.
- Lilian Eichler Watson

Muhammad Ali

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
- Muhammad Ali

Paul Theroux

“Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.”
- Paul Theroux

Henry Ford

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford

Dalai Lama

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
- Dalai Lama

Bill Watterson

“So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?”
- Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) (1958 - )

Amy Lowell

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.
- Amy Lowell

Stephen Hawking

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
- Stephen Hawking

Niccolo Machiavelli

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

Virginia Woolf

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.
- Virginia Woolf

James Hansen

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
- James Hansen

J. Martin Kohe

Let us choose to believe something good can happen.
- J. Martin Kohe

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Diane Glancy

I try. I am trying. I was trying. I will try. I shall in the meantime try. I sometimes have tried. I shall still by that time be trying.
- Diane Glancy

John Burroughs

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
- John Burroughs

Clive Barnes

“Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. ”
- Clive Barnes (1927 - 2007)

Cher

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you’re obsolete.
- Cher

Honore de Balzac

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
- Honore de Balzac

Mickey Friedman

"Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there."
- Mickey Friedman

J. W. Eagan

"Never judge a book by its movie."
- J. W. Eagan

Samuel Butler

"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
- Samuel Butler

Nicholas Boileau

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
- Nicholas Boileau

Lily Tomlin

"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world."
- Lily Tomlin

Oscar Wilde

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde

Mark Twain

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