James M. Barrie

"It is not in doing what you like, but liking what you do that is the secret of happiness."
- James M. Barrie

Stephen Leacock

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
- Stephen Leacock

Garth Brooks

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
- Garth Brooks

Cato the Elder

After Im dead Id rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. - Cato the Elder

Winston Churchill

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Woody Allen

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
- Woody Allen

Edgar F. Magnin

Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,
- Edgar F. Magnin

A. A. Hodge

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
- A. A. Hodge

Ivy Baker Priest

I'm often wrong, but never in doubt.
- Ivy Baker Priest

Evelle J. Younger

"An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer."
- Evelle J. Younger

Sir Thomas Beecham

“I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.”
- Sir Thomas Beecham

Anton Chekhov

Any idiot can face a crisis, it's day to day living that wears you out.
- Anton Chekhov

Alfred North Whitehead

"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."
- Alfred North Whitehead

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Helen Keller

"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug."
- Helen Keller

Jewish Proverb

You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
- Jewish Proverb

Henry Ford

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
- Henry Ford

Harold Nicolson

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
- Harold Nicolson

Indira Gandhi

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
- Indira Gandhi

William Shakespeare

“One touch of nature make the whole world kin.”
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Frank Tibolt

"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action."
- Frank Tibolt

G.K. Chesterton

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion.
- G.K. Chesterton

Buddhist Quote

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life, foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
- Buddhist Quote

Andre Gide

The idea that so much suffering can be in vain is intolerable to me, it kept me awake all night: I'm awake now.
- Andre Gide

Ogden Nash

How confusing the beams from memory's lamp are; One day a bachelor, the next a grampa. What is the secret of the trick? How did I get so old so quick?
- Ogden Nash

Ambrose Bierce

Once: Enough
- Ambrose Bierce

John Lyly

After three days, fish and guests stink.
- John Lyly

Helen Hayes

"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success."
- Helen Hayes

Albert Einstein

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.
- Albert Einstein

H. L. Mencken

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
- H. L. Mencken

Mark Twain

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
- Mark Twain