famous quotes
“If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.”
Aug 8 2012
– Anon.
“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
Aug 5 2012
– Abraham Maslow. An American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a “bag of symptoms”.
“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”
Aug 1 2012
– George S. Patton. George was a well known and successful American General during the second World War.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ”
Jul 26 2012
– Nelson Mandela.
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them”
Jul 12 2012
– John C. Maxwell; is a pastor, a public speaker and an author that sold over 19 million copies of his books. One of the most popular books he has written is The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
“Sometimes you will encounter walls... you can choose to see them either as obstacles, or challenges”
Jul 11 2012
– Linda Poindexter.
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us”
Jul 10 2012
– Alexander Graham Bell; Alexander was a British born engineer, inventor and scientist that is credited with creating with inventing the first practical telephone.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
Jul 7 2012
– Unknown.
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero”
Jul 3 2012
- Narrator, Fight Club (1999).
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”
Jun 18 2012
– Will Rogers; Will was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.
“Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching”
Jun 7 2012
– Unknown.
“An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.”
Jun 5 2012
– Charles F. Kettering, an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t”
Jun 4 2012
– Erica Jong, the author of the highly controversial novel about feminine sexuality – Fear of Flying (1973).
“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it”
May 31 2012
– Cullen Hightower (a well known quotation and quip writer from the United States who is often associated with the American conservative political movement).
