English Quotations Complete Collection: Volume II E-Book

Daniel B. Smith

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

The main objective of this book series is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of English quotes, so as to enhance your general knowledge and maybe even your life. 
In this book you will find different quotes of renowned people, with regard to motivational, inspirational and even everyday life topics.
Reading the most relevant quotes will help you see the world in a new paradigm, according to author’s life experiences.
It is important to remember that life is a journey and we all learn from others’ experiences; thus we can discover new insights into what life might be all about.
I hope you find this book very useful and recommend it to your peers! Good luck! 

Leseprobe

English Quotations

Complete Collection:

Volume II

-6285 quotations-

From B. C. Forbes to Cyril Connolly

Daniel B. Smith

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Table of contents

Introduction

Quotations by B. C. Forbes (25)

Quotations by B. K. S. Iyengar (31)

Quotations by Babe Ruth (7)

Quotations by Baltasar Gracian (65)

Quotations by Ban Ki-moon (19)

Quotations by Bangambiki Habyarimana (42)

Quotations by Barack Obama (100)

Quotations by Barbara Bush (13)

Quotations by Barbara De Angelis (20)

Quotations by Barbara Johnson (18)

Quotations by Barbara Kingsolver (42)

Quotations by Barry Commoner (12)

Quotations by Baruch Spinoza (23)

Quotations by Bear Bryant (11)

Quotations by Becca Anderson (18)

Quotations by Bell Hooks (36)

Quotations by Ben Hecht (11)

Quotations by Ben Jonson (23)

Quotations by Ben Stein (18)

Quotations by Benedict Cumberbatch (12)

Quotations by Benjamin Disraeli (115)

Quotations by Benjamin Franklin (383)

Quotations by Benjamin Spock (7)

Quotations by Benjamin Whichcote (16)

Quotations by Bernard Baruch (21)

Quotations by Bernard Meltzer (7)

Quotations by Bernie Sanders (17)

Quotations by Bertolt Brecht (40)

Quotations by Bertrand Russell (169)

Quotations by Bette Davis (19)

Quotations by Betty Friedan (12)

Quotations by Beverly Engel (30)

Quotations by Bill Bradley (9)

Quotations by Bill Bryson (23)

Quotations by Bill Clinton (29)

Quotations by Bill Cosby (54)

Quotations by Bill Gates (92)

Quotations by Bill Maher (27)

Quotations by Bill Muray (18)

Quotations by Bill Nye (14)

Quotations by Bill Vaughan (30)

Quotations by Bill Watterson (45)

Quotations by Billie Jean King (13)

Quotations by Billy Corgan (18)

Quotations by Billy Graham (307)

Quotations by Billy Joel (23)

Quotations by Billy Sunday (20)

Quotations by Blaise Pascal (96)

Quotations by Bo Bennett (29)

Quotations by Bob Dylan (63)

Quotations by Bob Hope (19)

Quotations by Bob Marley (50)

Quotations by Bob Phillips (13)

Quotations by Bob Proctor (20)

Quotations by Bob Weinstein (16)

Quotations by Bodhidharma (16)

Quotations by Bono (17)

Quotations by Brad Henry (7)

Quotations by Brandon Sanderson (24)

Quotations by Brendan Behan (13)

Quotations by Brene Brown (49)

Quotations by Brian Eno (20)

Quotations by Brian Tracy (154)

Quotations by Brigham Young (12)

Quotations by Bruce Barton (15)

Quotations by Bruce Lee (97)

Quotations by Bruce Springsteen (24)

Quotations by Bryant McGill (144)

Quotations by Buddha (118)

Quotations by Buzz Aldrin (24)

Quotations by Byron Katie (26)

Quotations by Byron Pulsifer (55)

Quotations by C. Joybell C. (37)

Quotations by C. S. Lewis (120)

Quotations by Calvin Coolidge (41)

Quotations by Calvin Trillin (12)

Quotations by Camille Paglia (30)

Quotations by Carl Jung (96)

Quotations by Carl Sagan (77)

Quotations by Carl Sandburg (53)

Quotations by Carlos Castaneda (24)

Quotations by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (29)

Quotations by Carlos Santana (15)

Quotations by Caroline Myss (20)

Quotations by Casey Stengel (23)

Quotations by Cassandra Clare (50)

Quotations by Catherine Pulsifer (134)

Quotations by Catherynne Valente (19)

Quotations by Cecelia Ahern (19)

Quotations by Cesar Chavez (12)

Quotations by Cesare Pavese (17)

Quotations by Chanakya (27)

Quotations by Charles Baudelaire (46)

Quotations by Charles Bukowski (59)

Quotations by Charles Buxton (11)

Quotations by Charles Caleb Colton (77)

Quotations by Charles Darwin (39)

Quotations by Charles De Gaulle (28)

Quotations by Charles De Lint (17)

Quotations by Charles Dickens (113)

Quotations by Charles Dudley Warner (18)

Quotations by Charles F. Glassman (18)

Quotations by Charles F. Kettering (10)

Quotations by Charles H. Spurgeon (103)

Quotations by Charles Kingsley (24)

Quotations by Charles Kuralt (14)

Quotations by Charles Lamb (42)

Quotations by Charles Lindbergh (15)

Quotations by Charles M. Schulz (31)

Quotations by Charles R. Swindoll (29)

Quotations by Charles Simmons (15)

Quotations by Charles Stanley (24)

Quotations by Charlie Chaplin (39)

Quotations by Charlie Munger (25)

Quotations by Charlotte Bronte (40)

Quotations by Charlotte Eriksson (19)

Quotations by Cheryl Richardson (13)

Quotations by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (14)

Quotations by Chinua Achebe (18)

Quotations by Chogyam Trungpa (19)

Quotations by Chris Rock (16)

Quotations by Christian Dior (15)

Quotations by Christian Louboutin (17)

Quotations by Christian Nestell Bovee (48)

Quotations by Christina Aguilera (17)

Quotations by Christina Rossetti (40)

Quotations by Christopher Hitchens (36)

Quotations by Christopher Lasch (15)

Quotations by Christopher Morley (29)

Quotations by Christopher Paolini (21)

Quotations by Christopher Reeve (11)

Quotations by Chuck Palahniuk (114)

Quotations by Cicero (53)

Quotations by Clare Boothe Luce (14)

Quotations by Clarence Darrow (33)

Quotations by Clarence Michael James (18)

Quotations by Clifton Fadiman (14)

Quotations by Clint Eastwood (26)

Quotations by Coco Chanel (65)

Quotations by Cole Porter (18)

Quotations by Colin Powell (43)

Quotations by Confucius (204)

Quotations by Conrad Hilton (5)

Quotations by Cormac McCarthy (18)

Quotations by Cornel West (26)

Quotations by Corrie Ten Boom (24)

Quotations by Cory Booker (14)

Quotations by Craig Lounsbrough (87)

Quotations by Craig Ferguson (21)

Quotations by Craig Groeschel (22)

Quotations by Criss Jami (161)

Quotations by Cyril Connolly (39)

Conclusion

Introduction

The main objective of this book series is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of English quotes, so as to enhance your general knowledge and maybe even your life.

In this book you will find different quotes of renowned people, with regard to motivational, inspirational and even everyday life topics.

Reading the most relevant quotes will help you see the world in a new paradigm, according to author’s life experiences.

It is important to remember that life is a journey and we all learn from others’ experiences; thus we can discover new insights into what life might be all about.

I hope you find this book very useful and recommend it to your peers!

Good luck!

Quotations by B. C. Forbes (25)

Bertie Charles Forbes was a Scottish-American financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine. Here are some representative quotations by B. C. Forbes:

“A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.”

“A shady business never yields a sunny life.”

“A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.”

“Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.”

“Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.”

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”

“Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression.”

“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”

“Jealousy... is a mental cancer.”

“Let us enter the New Year cheerfully. Let us resolve to look onto the bright side, to make the best of whatever may befall, to maintain faith that doing the right thing will ultimately bring victory.”

“Let us resolve to look on the bright side, to make the best of whatever may befall, to maintain faith that doing the right thing will ultimately bring victory.”

“No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.”

“Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall season, with its new opportunities for effort, enterprise and achievement, is upon us.”

“Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.”

“The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.”

“The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.”

“The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.”

“The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.”

“The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.”

“There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.”

“Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing.”

“We are now at the New Year season. Isn't this a peculiarly appropriate time to look ahead, to indulge in solemn thinking, to formulate life plans, to lay down a definite course to follow?”

“When it comes to betting on yourself...you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.”

“Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.”

Quotations by B. K. S. Iyengar (31)

B. K. S. Iyengar was the founder of the style of yoga as exercise known as “Iyengar Yoga” and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the worlds. Here are some representative quotations by B. K. S. Iyengar:

“Alignment creates an intercommunicating structure that, like a cathedral, is an offering to God.”

“Alignment is a metaphysical word.”

“All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.”

“As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.”

“As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.”

“By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.”

“Correct alignment creates correct space, as in a well-constructed building.”

“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”

“Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.”

“Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.”

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”

“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.”

“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.”

“Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.”

“The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.”

“The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.”

“The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.”

“The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.”

“There must be relaxation in full extension.”

“We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.”

“When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.”

“When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.”

“Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.”

“Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.”

“Without the accurate spine movement, one can't exist dynamically.”

“Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.”

“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”

“Yoga is like music. The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.”

“Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.”

“Yoga releases the creative potential in life.”

“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”

Quotations by Babe Ruth (7)

Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball player. Here are some representative quotations by Babe Ruth:

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”

“Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.”

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.”

“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.”

“You just can't beat the person who just won't give up.”

Quotations by Baltasar Gracian (65)

Baltasar Gracian was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. Here are some representative quotations by Baltasar Gracian:

“A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.”

“A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.”

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”

“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”

“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”

“All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.”

“An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.”

“Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

“Begin with another's to end with your own.”

“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”

“Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.”

“Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one. Let your greatest cunning lie in covering up what looks like cunning.”

“Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.”

“Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.”

“Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.”

“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”

“Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.”

“Exaggeration is a branch of lying.”

“Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.”

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

“Good things, when short, are twice as good.”

“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.”

“Have friends. It is a second existence.”

“He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.”

“Hurry is the weakness of fools.”

“It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.”

“It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.”

“Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.”

“Liking someone's company need nt suggest true intimacy— it can simply mean enjoying their humor rsther than having any confidence in their actual abilities.”

“Look into the interior of things. Things are generally other than they seem, and ignorance that never looks beneath the rind is disillusioned when you show the kernel.”

“Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.”

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”

“Never exaggerate. It is a matter of great importance to forego superlatives, in part to avoid offending the truth, and in part to avoid cheapening your judgment. Exaggeration wastes distinction and testifies to the paucity of your understanding and taste.”

“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”

“Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”

“Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.”

“Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame.”

“One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground.”

“One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.”

“Politeness is the chief sign of culture.”

“Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.”

“Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.”

“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”

“Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can't be good, be careful.”

“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”

“Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.”

“Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.”

“Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.”

“Superiority is always detested.”

“The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.”

“The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.”

“The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.”

“The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.”

“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”

“The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.”

“The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.”

“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”

“The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.”

“There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.”

“There is no wilderness like a life without friends.”

“To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.”

“What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.”

“When desire dies, fear is born.”

Quotations by Ban Ki-moon (19)

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016. Here are some representative quotations by Ban Ki-moon:

“Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.”

“Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.”

“Climate change is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.”

“Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.”

“Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.”

“I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

“Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it.”

“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.”

“Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin.”

“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.”

“Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.”

“The danger posed by war to all of humanity - and to our planet - is at least matched by the climate crisis and global warming. I believe that t he world has reached a critical stage in its efforts to exercise responsible environmental stewardship.”

“The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process . Where the death penalty persists, conditions for those awaiting execution are often horrifying, leading to aggravated suffering.”

“The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.”

“The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.”

“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle. Any attack on you is an attack on the universal values the United Nations and I have sworn to defend and uphold. Today, I stand with you, and I call upon all countries and people to stand with you, too.”

“We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'”

“We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.”

“You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.”

Quotations by Bangambiki Habyarimana (42)

Bangambiki Habyarimana is a community worker. He works with young adults in the fight against HIV Aids through education and counseling. Here are some representative quotations by Bangambiki Habyarimana:

“A beautiful lady with an evil heart is like a hundred dollar note cut in two with one piece missing.”

“A coward is a man who'd rather live dead than die alive.”

“A coward: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition and believes he was destined to accept it that way.”

“A hangover is the wrath of grapes.”

“A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you.”

“A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence.”

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity.”

“A politician is a man in his natural state.”

“A real friend is someone who would feel loss if you jumped on a train, or in front of one.”

“A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything.”

“An apology is a good way to have the last word.”

“Even if everybody says it's impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.”

“Hell was invented to scare to death the unruly human mind and bring it to obedience.”

“I have great faith in fools. Self-confidence, my friends call it.”

“If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner.”

“It's the duty of every man to free himself. Never accept to live an underdog's life in god’s world.”

“Kill the darlings in your life. Laziness, wishful thinking, procrastination; kill them.”

“Never advise a man against his wife or a wife against his husband. When they come together again you will be the archenemy. When they separate, the fault will all be yours.”

“No one can claim perfection, that's why everyone needs a second chance ad infinitum.”

“Opportunity and risk come in pairs.”

“People suddenly know how to use money when there are none left.”

“Political correctness is euphemism for fear to speak truth to authority.”

“Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have.”

“Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job.”

“Sometimes the rope seems the only option when at the bottom of the pit. Climb it to safety.”

“Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move.”

“The air we breathe is still free, but for how much time. I believe someone is busy patenting it to start selling it for profit.”

“The atomic bomb was created with the destruction of men in mind.”

“The best way to earn paradise in the afterlife is to create it in your life and in the life of your neighbor.”

“The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live.”

“The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.”

“The power of the writer is to capture the thoughts live and present them as they appeared in his mind.”

“There is gravity in human affairs as in the heavenly bodies. It seems anyone who wants to go up is always pulled down.”

“There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive.”

“Three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.”

“To the bachelor, the language of women is mystery. In those matters, a married man is already a scholar.”

“Trouble is the place where you find yourself when your judgment malfunction.”

“Unknown silences make the real conversations between friends.”

“When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is.”

“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements.”

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”

“You don't need to work hard to earn an empire; there is an army of slaves to do it for you.”

Quotations by Barack Obama (100)

Barack Obama is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Here are some representative quotations by Barack Obama:

“A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.”

“A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, "Huh. It works. It makes sense.”

“A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.”

“A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.”

“A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.”

“Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.”

“Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.”

“All of us we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.”

“America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil war, depression and world war, a struggle for civil and social rights and the brink of nuclear crisis.”

“America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.”

“Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”

“Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.”

“Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.”

“Can we see in each other a common humanity and a shared dignity, and recognize how our different experiences have shaped us?”

“Canada is one of the most impressive countires in the world.”

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

“Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.”

“Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new.”

“Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.”

“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.”

“Empowering women isn't just the right thing to do - it's the smart thing to do.”

“For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.”

“From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. That's how we win the future.”

“Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.”

“Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.”

“Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least as passionate, at least as mobilized and well-funded as the NRA and the gun manufacturers are because the politics in Congress are such where even members of Congress who know better are fearful if they vote their conscience and support common sense measures like background checks. they're worried they're going to lose.”

“I don't think it's more dangerous than alcohol.”

“I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.”

“I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back.”

“I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.”

“If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.”

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

“In the end no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.”

“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”

“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.”

“In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.”

“Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy.”

“Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”

“Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.”

“Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.”

“It's not a nice-to-have - it's a must-have. It's time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women's issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us.”

“It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.”

“It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think some of their criticism is misguided.”

“Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.”

“Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.”

“Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.”

“Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.”

“My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage. We're the only undeveloped country on earth where this happens..And it happens once a week. And it's a one-day story. The country has to do some soul-searching on this.”

“Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.”

“Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”

“One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make sure that rule of law and the basic precepts of justice and liberty prevail.”

“Our individualism has always been bound by a set of communal values, the glue upon which every healthy society depends.”

“Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible.”

“Right now I would rank Norway as the largest country in the world, I have never seen anything like it.”

“That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don't wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

“The dollar is the reserve currency of the world.”

“The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.”

“The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what’s truly important.”

“The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.”

“The interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.”

“The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril.”

“The more we are using clean energy, renewable energy sources, the less environmentally problematic facilities end up being a problem for everybody, but particularly for folks who have to suffer the consequences of some of these facilities.”

“The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

“The only thing that's the end of the world is the end of the world.”

“The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose.”

“The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.”

“The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort of glorified accounting that serves to regulate the affairs of those who have power—and that all too often seeks to explain, to those who do not, the ultimate wisdom and justness of their condition. But that's not all the law is. The law is also memory; the law also records a long-running conversation, a nation arguing with its conscience.”

“The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.”

“The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws.”

“The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.”

“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America.”

“This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.”

“This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.”

“Three months is a lifetime in politics.”

“To anyone out there who's hurting—it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It's a sign of strength.”

“Today we continue a never ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.”

“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”

“We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.”

“We are God's partners in matters of life and death.”

“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.”

“We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.”

“We have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism, and hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe.”

“We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech -- because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.”

“We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”

“We seem to have trouble with critical thinking. And our political system doesn't help.”

“We should foster a culture in which people’s private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected.”

“We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than rising to the challenges of the age.”

“We've taken bold action at home by making historic investments in renewable energy, by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings, and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.”

“What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an idea— that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.”

“What matters is how well we have loved.”

“What people really want is fairness. They want people paying their fair share of taxes.”

“What we may think is funny or cute may end up being powerfully hurtful.”

“Whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it.”

“When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.”

“While we breathe, we will hope.”

“You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.”

“You have to exercise, or at some point you’ll just break down.”

“Young people recognize the big challenges that are coming up.”

“Your voice can change the world.”

Quotations by Barbara Bush (13)

Barbara Bush was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as the wife of George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States, and the founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Here are some representative quotations by Barbara Bush:

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent.”

“Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.”

“Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.”

“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.”

“I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.”

“I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.”

“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather than dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.”

“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat people, your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.”

“The American dream is about equal opportunity for everyone who works hard.”

“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”

“Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.”

“You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.”

“You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.”

Quotations by Barbara De Angelis (20)

Barbara De Angelis is an American relationship consultant, lecturer and author, TV personality, relationship, personal growth adviser and spiritual teacher. Here are some representative quotations by Barbara De Angelis:

“A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.”

“Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.”

“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”

“If you let your mind talk you out of things that aren't logical, you're going to have a very boring life. Because grace isn't logical. Love isn't logical. Miracles aren't logical.”

“If your day is full of little mean, dark thoughts, is it any wonder you feel crabby? Maybe it's because you let your mind run wild like a dog putting its nose into garbage everywhere.”

“In all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.”

“In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.”

“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.”

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”

“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.”

“Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.”

“Marriage is not a noun, it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.”

“No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.”

“Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.”

“The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.”

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”

“The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.”

“The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.”

“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.”

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”

Quotations by Barbara Johnson (18)

Barbara Johnson was an American literary critic and translator. Here are some representative quotations by Barbara Johnson:

“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”

“A sweater is a garment worn by a child when the mother feels chilly.”

“Always remember that better days are ahead if not in this life, in the next.”

“As you're rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people's eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!”

“Being codependent means that when you die, someone else's life passes before your eyes.”

“Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.”

“If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's loving kindness.”

“Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.”

“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”

“No one likes change but babies in diapers.”

“Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.”

“Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to the wall.”

“The most important things in your home are people.”

“To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.”

“We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need the umbrella of God's love.”

“Winners see an answer for every problem, losers see a problem in every answer.”

“You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn't know were there.”

“Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!”

Quotations by Barbara Kingsolver (42)

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. Here are some representative quotations by Barbara Kingsolver:

“A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill.”

“A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.”

“A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.”

“A dog can't think that much about what he's doing, he just does what feels right.”

“A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.”

“A meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.”

“A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.”

“As a dinner guest I gratefully eat just about anything that's set before me, because graciousness among friends is dearer to me than any other agenda.”

“Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging to drown out quiet desperation.”

“But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.”

“Corn syrup and added fats have been outed as major ingredients in fast food, but they hide out in packaged foods too, even presumed-innocent ones like crackers.”

“Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past.”

“Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you're good, bad things can still happen. And if you're bad, you can still be lucky.”

“Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.”

“Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.”

“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”

“Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger.”

“Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.”

“He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible.”

“Hope is a renewable option: if you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.”

“How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.”

“If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.”

“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.”

“It's frightening when things you love appear suddenly changed from what you have always known.”

“It's monstrous, what one person will do to another.”

“It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.”

“Let's all sing the redneck national anthem: Settle for what you can get.”

“Life proceeds, it enrages. The untouched ones spend their luck without a thought, believing they deserve it.”

“Marriage is one long fit of compromise, deep and wide.”

“No kind of bomb ever built will extinguish hatred.”

“People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.”

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”

“Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.”

“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.”

“The conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners.”

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”

“The truth needs so little rehearsal.”

“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.”

“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”

“This forest eats itself and lives forever.”

“To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.”

“When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke.”

Quotations by Barry Commoner (12)

Barry Commoner was an American cellular biologist, college professor and politician. Here are some representative quotations by Barry Commoner:

“After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.”

“Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.”

“Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.”

“Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline which prevented it from entering the environment.”

“If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.”

“If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.”

“Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to emphasize is the vast difference between recycling for the purpose of feeling good and recycling for the purpose of solving the trash problem.”

“The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.”

“The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe.”

“The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.”

“The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.”

“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.”

Quotations by Baruch Spinoza (23)

Baruch Spinoza was a great Dutch philosopher. Here are some representative quotations by Baruch Spinoza:

“A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.”

“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.”

“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”

“Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.”

“Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.”

“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.”

“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.”

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”

“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”

“In regard to intellect and true virtue, every nation is on a par with the rest, and God has not in these respects chosen one people rather than another.”

“In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.”

“Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.”

“Nature abhors a vacuum.”

“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.”

“None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.”

“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”

“Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.”

“Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.”

“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”

“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.”

“True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience.”

“We can always get along better ty reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse Harmful are these, and evil.”

“Will and intellect are one and the same.”

Quotations by Bear Bryant (11)

Bear Bryant was an American college football player and coach. Here are some representative quotations by Bear Bryant: