Human “DrHuzzTv” > Human's Quotes

“Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword”
― Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
― Albert Einstein

“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Our hurts become our fears. Our fears become our limits. For many of us, this can be a heavy inheritance, carried by generations. It’s a lot to try to push back against, to try to unlearn.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

“Passionate—that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for sake of experience. Passion, that is self-forgetfulness. But what you all want is self-enrichment.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them.”
― Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

“The law is whatever is successfully argued and plausibly maintained,”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“Hamilton, the human word machine,”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“Learning was of two kinds: the one being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and
will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“As for time, all men have it in abundance.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“The reason why we have never found measure of wealth. We never sought it.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“Where the determination is, the way can be found.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“A part of all I earn is mine to keep.' Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night. Say it each hour of every day. Say it to yourself until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon