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Curated Wisdom: Handpicked Quotes

Welcome to Handpicked Quotes, a unique collection where inspiration meets wisdom. From a vast gallery of over 200,000 quotations, we've carefully selected the ones that inspire, provoke thought, and resonate with the human experience.
Small: Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things
Robert Brault
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"
Robert Brault, Philosopher
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Small: Problems are the price of progress. Dont bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me
Charles F. Kettering
"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: I dont understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if Im interested in someone, and I dont wan
Britney Spears
"I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person"
Britney Spears, Musician
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Small: In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active
Bridget Riley
"In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time
Harriet Tubman
"Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
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Small: I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up
Harriet Tubman
"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
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Small: In necessary things, unity in doubtful things, liberty in all things, charity
Anne Baxter
"In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity"
Anne Baxter, Actress
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Small: I work with nature, although in completely new terms
Bridget Riley
"I work with nature, although in completely new terms"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always
Robert Indiana
"I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always had crayons and pencils and still have work going right back to when I was five or six years old"
Robert Indiana, Artist
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Small: Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what coun
Margaret Lee Runbeck
"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts"
Margaret Lee Runbeck, Author
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Small: It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to
Chris Hadfield
"It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride"
Chris Hadfield, Astronaut
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Small: A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether its starting up a busine
Ann Bancroft
"A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker"
Ann Bancroft, Explorer
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Small: I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves
Harriet Tubman
"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
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Small: Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
Judith Viorst
"Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?"
Judith Viorst, Author
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Small: Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax
Charles F. Kettering
"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: Everything has been figured out, except how to live
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past
Hugh Leonard
"My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past"
Hugh Leonard, Dramatist
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Small: The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution
Charles F. Kettering
"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts
Twyla Tharp
"The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
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Small: When love is deep, much can be accomplished
Shinichi Suzuki
"When love is deep, much can be accomplished"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
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Small: How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete
C. S. Lewis
"How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete"
C. S. Lewis, Author
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Small: Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives"
C. S. Lewis, Author
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Small: My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didnt want him to
Rita Rudner
"My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
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Small: I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster
Jerry B. Jenkins
"I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
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Small: The shoe that fits one person pinches another there is no recipe for living that suits all cases
Carl Jung
"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
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Small: As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and a
Bridget Riley
"As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: The only time you mustnt fail is the last time you try
Charles F. Kettering
"The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God
Saadi
"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God"
Saadi, Poet
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Small: The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and
Saadi
"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich"
Saadi, Poet
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Small: Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will dis
Saadi
"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance"
Saadi, Poet
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