| 349 |
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you a |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 348 |
A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner; I |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 347 |
I’m an atheist and I thank God for it. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 346 |
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same o |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 345 |
I'm sorry this letter is so long, I didn't have time to make it shorter. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 344 |
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes abo |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 343 |
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indiff |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 342 |
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 341 |
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 340 |
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 338 |
I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 337 |
The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 336 |
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other i |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 335 |
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, h |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 334 |
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 333 |
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 332 |
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 331 |
You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'W |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 330 |
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 329 |
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 328 |
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 327 |
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. |
George Bernard Shaw |
| 325 |
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. |
Babe Ruth |
| 324 |
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. |
Babe Ruth |
| 322 |
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. |
Lance Armstrong |
| 321 |
great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great. |
Mark Twain |
| 320 |
Distance lends enchantment to the view. |
Mark Twain |
| 319 |
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist. |
Mark Twain |
| 318 |
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it. |
Mark Twain |
| 317 |
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I |
Mark Twain |
| 316 |
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay. |
Mark Twain |
| 315 |
If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian. |
Mark Twain |
| 314 |
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it |
Mark Twain |
| 313 |
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than |
Mark Twain |
| 312 |
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He cou |
Mark Twain |
| 311 |
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral c |
Mark Twain |
| 310 |
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have t |
Mark Twain |
| 309 |
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. |
Mark Twain |
| 308 |
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple |
Mark Twain |
| 307 |
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. |
Mark Twain |
| 306 |
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself. |
Mark Twain |
| 305 |
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explain |
Mark Twain |
| 304 |
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. |
Mark Twain |
| 303 |
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. |
Mark Twain |
| 302 |
When angry, count four. When very angry, swear. |
Mark Twain |
| 301 |
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead. |
Mark Twain |
| 300 |
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. |
Mark Twain |
| 299 |
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are puttin |
Mark Twain |
| 298 |
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wan |
Mark Twain |
| 297 |
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. |
Mark Twain |
| 296 |
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. |
Mark Twain |
| 295 |
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog |
Mark Twain |
| 294 |
I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happe |
Mark Twain |
| 293 |
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. |
Mark Twain |
| 292 |
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This |
Mark Twain |
| 291 |
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, y |
Mark Twain |
| 290 |
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their opti |
Mark Twain |
| 289 |
The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying fo |
Mark Twain |
| 288 |
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you |
Mark Twain |
| 286 |
God created war so that Americans would learn geography. |
Mark Twain |
| 285 |
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to |
Mark Twain |
| 284 |
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the differenc |
Mark Twain |
| 283 |
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. |
Mark Twain |
| 282 |
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been. |
Mark Twain |
| 281 |
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wi |
Mark Twain |
| 280 |
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. Bu |
Mark Twain |
| 278 |
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepar |
Mark Twain |
| 277 |
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do |
Mark Twain |
| 276 |
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. |
Mark Twain |
| 275 |
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. |
Mark Twain |
| 274 |
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its sho |
Mark Twain |
| 273 |
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. |
Mark Twain |
| 272 |
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. |
Mark Twain |
| 271 |
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life. |
Mark Twain |
| 270 |
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and |
Mark Twain |
| 269 |
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. |
Mark Twain |
| 268 |
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. |
Mark Twain |
| 266 |
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn' |
Mark Twain |
| 263 |
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. |
Voltaire |
| 262 |
I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way. |
Voltaire |
| 261 |
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads pr |
Voltaire |
| 260 |
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. |
Voltaire |
| 259 |
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enem |
Voltaire |
| 258 |
Common sense is not so common. |
Voltaire |
| 257 |
Love truth, but pardon error. |
Voltaire |
| 256 |
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to th |
Voltaire |
| 255 |
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in ha |
Voltaire |
| 253 |
My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared |
Ronaldo |
| 251 |
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the proble |
Nelson Rockefeller |
| 249 |
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. |
Aristotle |
| 247 |
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusi |
Winston Churchill |
| 246 |
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 245 |
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth re |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 244 |
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what h |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 243 |
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a univ |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 242 |
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 241 |
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then ge |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 240 |
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit sof |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 239 |
No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 238 |
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |