Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant--the digitalis of failure.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.

Every life is its own excuse for being.

Men are punished by their sins, not for them.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.

The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.

If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.

To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.

Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?

God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Polygamy is an endeavor to get more out of life than there is in it.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life.

Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Live truth instead of professing it.

He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Laughter is higher than all pain.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

To stop sinning suddenly.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.