Category Archives: Notable Quotables

  “A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you become who you should be.” — Unknown

“For the veterans, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do.” — Unknown Freedom is never free.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne Dyer (1940-2015) American author

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” — Rumi (1207-1273) Persian poet

  “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” — Unknown

“Fear has been infectious in this country, but courage can be contagious, too! That, too, is what it means to be an American.” — Vivek Ramaswamy (1985 – ) American entrepreneur

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American social activist & stateswoman (First Lady: 1933-45) Ambassador to UN

“Train people well enough so they can leave.  Treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”   — Richard Branson (1950 – ) English business magnate

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) German author

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” — Jack Penn (1909 – 1996) South African sculptor

  “If you lose hope, you’re just not looking far enough ahead.” — Joe Tye American author

  “Liberty has never come from the government.  Liberty has always come from the subjects of it.  The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”  — Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) 28th US President

  “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968) American Baptist minister & civil rights activist

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) American author, political activist, and disability rights advocate

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.  Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.  Why … Continue reading →

  “The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” — Presad Mahes Canadian marketer

  “Progress is not possible without change.” — George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & critic

  “Hope is being able to see there is light despite the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021) South African Anglican bishop & theologian

  “If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape.” — Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) American actor & politician; 40th President of the United States

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992) Russian-American writer & biochemistry professor

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1943) Indian lawyer & political ethicist

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” — John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) 35th US President

“Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.” — Lao Tzu (6th century BC – 5th century BC) Chinese writer & philosopher  

“Understanding that failure is not the opposite of success is part of success.” — Arianna Huffington (1950 – ) Greek-American author

  “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) Former First Lady of the United States

  “We must accept finite disappointment, but not lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.  (1929 – 1968) American minister & activist   To find hope in times of despair dwell on positive thoughts.

  “If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.” — Geena Davis (1956 – ) American actress

  “The greatest healing therapy is friendship & love.” — Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 – 1978) 38th vice-president of the US

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“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.” — Mark Black Canadian author

Success. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” — Estée Lauder (1908 – 2004) American businesswoman

“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” — Tori Amos (1963 – ) American singer & songwriter

“All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer, entrepreneur, and animation pioneer

“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” — John Maxwell (1947 – 1969) American author

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011) American businessman & inventor