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These effective expressions function as directing beacons, promoting both thought and feeling. They serve to encourage us throughout life's obstacles and to celebrate its triumphes. Drawing from a varied range of voices - from philosophers to poets, leaders to innovators - these quotes catch the human experience in all its complexity. Whether you're looking for inspiration, motivation, or a fresh point of view, let these words assist you navigate life's journey and discover delight in every minute.

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Small: Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"
Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author
Small: Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible
Marion C. Garretty
"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"
Marion C. Garretty, Poet
Small: Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop
H. L. Mencken
"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Small: A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: w
Lao Tzu
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"
Lao Tzu, Author
Small: Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress
Epictetus
"Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress"
Epictetus, Philosopher
Small: As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom
Pythagoras
"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to
Peter Knights
"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"
Peter Knights, Activist
Small: The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water
Sophocles
"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"
Sophocles, Author
Small: Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth"
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author
Small: Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of
Stephen King
"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"
Stephen King, Author
Small: If you cannot be a poet, be the poem
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem"
David Carradine, Actor
Small: Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
Small: The time to relax is when you dont have time for it
Sydney J. Harris
"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
Small: Dont taunt the alligator until after youve crossed the creek
Dan Rather
"Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek"
Dan Rather, Journalist
Small: The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next
Henry Ward Beecher
"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: Music is my religion
Jimi Hendrix
"Music is my religion"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards
Aldous Huxley
"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
Small: It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are
Clive James
"It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are"
Clive James, Author
Small: Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity but strong and deep ones have two high tides
David Hare
"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"
David Hare, Playwright
Small: The biggest coward is a man who awakens a womans love with no intention of loving her
Bob Marley
"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"
Bob Marley, Musician
Small: Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing
"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
Small: Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are
Oscar Wilde
"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Buildings should serve people, not the other way around
John Portman
"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"
John Portman, Architect
Small: A fools paradise is a wise mans hell!
Thomas Fuller
"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: If you understood everything I say, youd be me!
Miles Davis
"If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"
Miles Davis, Musician
Small: The trust of the innocent is the liars most useful tool
Stephen King
"The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool"
Stephen King, Author
Small: Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime
Victor Hugo
"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature
Marilyn Monroe
"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature"
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
Small: Im not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog
"I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog"
Whitey Herzog, Athlete
Small: Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills...
"Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing"
Gail Sheehy, Writer
Small: Prestige is the shadow of money and power
C. Wright Mills
"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
Small: Im very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch
Woody Allen
"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch"
Woody Allen, Director
Small: Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it
Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"
Mark Twain, Author
Small: Measure your minds height by the shade it casts
"Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
Small: Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
Theodore Roosevelt
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care"
Theodore Roosevelt, President
Small: Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on Gods side, for God is always
Abraham Lincoln
"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark
Rabindranath Tagore
"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark"
Rabindranath Tagore, Poet
Small: A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Cats and monkeys monkeys and cats all human life is there
Henry James
"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"
Henry James, Writer
Small: Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing
Euripides
"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing"
Euripides, Poet
Small: Each age, it is found, must write its own books or rather, each generation for the next succeeding
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie
Desiderius Erasmus
"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people
Thor Heyerdahl
"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
Small: How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened
Thomas Jefferson
"How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened"
Thomas Jefferson, President
Small: I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their charact
Martin Luther King Jr.
"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister