Category Archives: Notable Quotables

“In all things it is better to hope than to despair.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, playwright, & novelist

“The next time you’re in a meeting, look around and identify the yes-butters and the why-notters. The why-notters move the world.” — Louise Randall Pierson (1890 – 1969) American author

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian lawyer, spiritual & political leader, and nonviolent resistance advocate

  “I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.” — Christopher Hitchens (1949 – 2011) British-American author

Jefferson’s “Commonplace Book” 1774-1776: “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms.. Disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve to encourage … Continue reading →

    “It takes a long time to become young.” — Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) Spanish painter & sculptor

“Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust.” — James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (1913 – 1980) American athlete and Olympic track and field multi-gold medalist

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929 – 1968) American Baptist minister & civil rights activist Hmmmm… Perhaps only the wisdom … Continue reading →

  “A friend is someone who accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English playwright

  “Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.” — John G. Riefenbaker (1895 – 1979) 13th Prime Minister of Canada (1957 – 1963)

“Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.” — Epictetus (55 AD – 135 AD) Greek Stoic Philosopher

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember… the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar (1926 – 2012) American author

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” — Chinese proverb

  “True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings.” — From “Richard III” by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English playwright

  “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.”  — Joyce Meyer  (1943 – ) American author & speaker

  “From the withered tree, a flower blooms.” — Zen saying

  Courage is contagious.  When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. — Billy Graham (1918 – 2018) American evangelist

  “Great hopes make great people.” — Thomas Fuller (1710 – 1790) African slave and renowned mathematician

    “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) American poet & civil rights activist

  “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” — Neal A. Maxwell (1926 – 2004) American scholar & educator

  “The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” — Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) American poet

  “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” — M. Scott Peck (1936 – 2005) American psychiatrist & author

For National Tax Day, here’s a look at some quotes regarding the income tax. “They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” — Al Capone aka “Scarface” (1899 – 1947) American gangster & businessman   “A fine is a tax … Continue reading →

  “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.”  — William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 – 1891) Union … Continue reading →

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

  “If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I’m happy.” — KT Tunstall (1975 – ) Scottish singer-songwriter

  “Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living.” B.C. Forbes (1880-1954) Scottish-American journalist and author

    “Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda in “Star Wars”

  “The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” — Arnold H. Glasow (1905 – 1998) American businessman & humorist

“There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation’s braggart lords.” — John Muir (1838 – 1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author from his book “A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf,” published … Continue reading →

  “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 – 1973) English author & philosopher

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” — Unknown

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.” — Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) Japanese poet of the Edo period

  “Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach (1947 – ) American author

“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.” — Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972) 33rd President of the United States

  “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.”  — Irish proverb

“How incredible it is that in this fragile existence we should hate and destroy one another.  There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature.  There is world enough for all to … Continue reading →

  “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) French novelist & literary critic