Quotations
S to Z
“Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride,
the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute
power of logic.”
Alexis Carrell
French Biologist
“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights
and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations. .”
Washington Irving
American Writer
“In character, in manners, in style, in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writer
“The merit of originality is not novelty but sincerity.”
Thomas Carlyle
British Historian
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of a genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Composer
“Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it.
For the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest.
But to live your life, you must discipline it..”
Florence Nightingale
English; Founder of Modern Nursing
“Analysis kills spontaneity.
The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”
Henri Fredrick Amiel
Swiss Writer
“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all; only our characters are steadfast,
not our gold.”
Euripides
Playwright from Athens
“Be still and the earth will speak
to you.”
Navajo Proverb
“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength,
and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man
above his fellows for his own solitary glory.”
Henry Ward Beecher
American Author
“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.”
Socrates
Greek Philosopher
“To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety among her trees that there is not one plant to be found that is exactly like another.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
“It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance - in a word, all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend
at once both the ensemble
and the details.”
Henri Poincare
French Mathematician
“Health is the result of temperance alone.”
Alexander Pope
English Poet
“The most powerful symptom of love is tenderness which becomes
at times almost insupportable.”
Victor Hugo
French Novelist
“Gratitude is that inward feeling of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural impulsion to express that feeling.
Thanksgiving is the following that impulse.”
Henry Van Dyke
American Author and Educator
“I am of the firm believer of the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon
to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
Abraham Lincoln
16th
American President
“The greatest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
“In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it.
The ground upon which treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed.”
Marcel Proust
French Novelist
“It’s no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.”
Walt Disney
American Entrepreneur
“In unity there is victory.”
Publilius Syrus
Roman Writer
“The little reed bending before the force of the wind,
soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”
Aesop
Greek Story Teller
Victorious
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that their first victory was
in overcoming themselves…
self-discipline with all of them came first.”
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the North Polar star which keeps its place and all other stars turn toward it.”
Confucius
Philosopher
“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”
Orison Swett Marden
Author
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist and Sculptor
“By three methods we may learn wisdom. First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation , which is easiest, and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
Confucius
Ancient Philosopher
“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence and many things which cannot be overcome
when they are together, yield themselves up when taken
little by little.”
Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
“I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer
in the army of the
United States of America.
My zeal in their cause and my frankness have won their trust.”
Marquis de Lafayette
French General
