Category Archives: Notable Quotables

  “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” — Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German-born theoretical physicist & Nobel laureate

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” — Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading →

  “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” — Margaret Fuller (1810 – 1850) American journalist, critic, & women’s rights advocate

  “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Catherine Aird (pen name of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh) (1930 – 2024) English  novelist

  “If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” George D. Aiken (1892 – 1984) US Senator 1941 – … Continue reading →

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) American naturalist, philosopher, and writer As … Continue reading →

    “If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow.” — Arabian proverb    

“Earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American writer & philosopher  

    “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek proverb

“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.” Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English statesman, poet

September 21st is the annual International Day of Peace. May peace grow in everyone’s hearts.   “The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.” — Arthur Powell Davies (1902 – 1957) English American Unitarian minister

    “A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the rose.” — Chinese proverb

  “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” — Will Smith (1968 – ) American actor, rapper & film producer (Photo by Alexander Mils)

“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”  — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American social activist & stateswoman U.S. First Lady: 1933-45; Ambassador to UN

“It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” Gina Barreca (1957 – ) American humorist I am most grateful to have enjoyed decades of life surrounded by precious, sparkling gems!!!

  “What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.” — B. C. Forbes (Bertie Charles Forbes) (1880 – 1954) Scottish-born American journalist & author Founder of Forbes magazine

  “Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.” — Alexander Levine (1955 – ) Russian-born British composer

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.” — Abigail Van Buren (pseudonym for Pauline Esther Phillips) (1918 – 2013) American advice columnist & radio show host

  “There is nothing permanent except change.” — Heraclitus (c. 6th century BC – c. 5th century BC) Persian (Ancient Greek) philosopher from Ephesus

  “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” — Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) German French polymath, philosopher, physician & Nobel laureate

  “Our nation is a rainbow—red, yellow, brown, black, and white—and we’re all precious in God’s sight.” — Jesse Jackson (1941 – ) American civil rights activist, politician, & Baptist minister

    “The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian lawyer & political ethicist

  “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. President

“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” — Michael Jordan (1963 – ) American businessman & NBA superstar

    “Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” — Frank William Leahy (1908 – 1973) American college football player & coach  

  “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American pioneer of the animation industry, filmmaker, voice actor    

  “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) American poet, memoirist & activist

  “He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) German polymath & writer

  “Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) French diplomat, philosopher & historian

  “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir (1838-1914) Wilderness explorer, naturalist & conservationist; First president of the Sierra Club

  “A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.” — Naval Raikant (1974 – ) Indian-born American entrepreneur & investor

  “We should not expect something for nothing, but we all do, and we call it hope.” — E. W. Howe (1853 – 1937) American novelist & editor

  “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” — Ashley Montagu (1905 – 1999) British American anthropologist

    “If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.” — Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661) English writer & historian

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”   — Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British philosopher, logician, author, & Nobel laureate