It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Thomas Jefferson

There is nothing more unequal, than the equal treatment of unequal people.

Thomas Jefferson

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Thomas Jefferson

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

John F. Kennedy

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Thomas Jefferson

...probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

John F. Kennedy

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Thomas Jefferson

I think we're here for each other.

Carol Burnett

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

With foxes we must play the fox.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.

Thomas Jefferson

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Thomas Jefferson

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Calvin Coolidge

He that fears your presence will hate you absence.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Thomas Jefferson

Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Enquire not what boils in another's pot.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.

Thomas Jefferson

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

A good garden may have some weeds.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

I live for books.

Thomas Jefferson

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

Charles M. Schulz

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

Thomas Jefferson

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Booker T. Washington

What worries you, masters you.

John Locke

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

Thomas Jefferson

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

Thomas Jefferson

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know.

Thomas Jefferson

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.

Thomas Jefferson

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

Thomas Jefferson

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Soren Kierkegaard

Once you label me, you negate me.

Soren Kierkegaard

Delay is preferable to error.

Thomas Jefferson

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Soren Kierkegaard

Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

The most painful state of living is remembering the future.

Soren Kierkegaard

Praise the young and they will flourish.

Irish Proverb

And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Soren Kierkegaard

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love.

Soren Kierkegaard

Firelight will not let you read fine stories but its warm and you won't see the dust on the floor.

Irish Proverb

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson

Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

If you marry you will regret it. If you do not marry you will regret it. If you marry or do not marry, you will regret it.

Soren Kierkegaard

The believer is happy, the doubter is wise.

Irish Proverb

A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: 'Sing for us soon again;' that is as much as to say. 'May new sufferings torment your soul.'

Soren Kierkegaard

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.

Carol Burnett

He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.

Irish Proverb

A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.

Irish Proverb

By degrees the castles are built.

Irish Proverb

Even the longest day has its end.

Irish Proverb

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Alexander Graham Bell

Don't break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.

Irish Proverb

A lie travels farther than the truth.

Irish Proverb

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

Alexander Graham Bell

A poor person is often worthy.

Irish Proverb

What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.

Irish Proverb

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

English Proverb

Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper.

Irish Proverb

A silent mouth is sweet to hear.

Irish Proverb

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Douglas Adams

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.

Irish Proverb

It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.

Irish Proverb

A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.

Irish Proverb

If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.

Irish Proverb

Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.

Scott Adams

A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.

Irish Proverb

If you ever have trouble sounding condescending, ask a UNIX user to show you how it's done.

Scott Adams

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

Les Brown

I feel sorry for those who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

Frank Sinatra

The Dilbert Principle: People are idiots.

Scott Adams

Just turn left at Greenland...

John Lennon

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

John Locke

Apathy isn't it. We can do something. So flower power didn't work. So what. We start again.

John Lennon

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.

John Lennon

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

Les Brown

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Scott Adams

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

Deepak Chopra

Dogbert: 'Well you know what they say, when life gives you lemon, make lemonade.' Dilbert: 'But i'm allergic to citrus.' Dogbert: 'Well you know what they say, when life gives you lemons, swell up and die.'

Scott Adams

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first; rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

John Lennon

Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.

Frank Sinatra

One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead.

Scott Adams

Lots of people who complained about us recieving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war--for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. Wouldn't you?

John Lennon

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do; nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace.

John Lennon

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.

John Lennon

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.

Scott Adams

There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as 'nutty methods.' Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as 'a complete waste of time.'

Scott Adams

I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day.

Frank Sinatra

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

John Lennon

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

Les Brown

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Frank Sinatra

One "oh shit" can erase a thousand attaboys.

Scott Adams

There's a great woman behind every idiot.

John Lennon

Technology: No Place for Wimps!

Scott Adams

Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

John Lennon

I pitty people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's the best they're going to feel all day.

Frank Sinatra

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one.

John Lennon

The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.

John Lennon

Before Elvis, there was nothing.

John Lennon

You haven't achieved equality until you're a legitimate target for humor.

Scott Adams

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Tom Peters

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Robert Frost

I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.

Frank Sinatra

Dance like it hurts, Love like you need money, Work when people are watching.

Scott Adams

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

John Lennon

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

Scott Adams

I feel bad for people who don't drink because when they wake up in the morning and get out of bed...Thats the best they are gonna feel.

Frank Sinatra

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

John Lennon

Men want sex. If men ruled the world, they could get sex anywhere, anytime. Restaurants would give you sex instead of breath mints on the way out. Gas stations would give sex with every fill-up. Banks would give sex to anyone who opened a checking account.

Scott Adams

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

Robert Frost

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

Scott Adams

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Tom Peters

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.

Robert Frost

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Dale Carnegie

An idea is a feat of association.

Robert Frost

I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise.

Robert Frost

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Robert Frost

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

Robert Frost

And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost

As it is more blessed to give than receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.

Robert Frost

If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven't figured it out yet.

Tom Peters

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

Babe Ruth

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Robert Frost

A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.

Robert Frost

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

Robert Frost

Depression occurs when one looks back with no pride, and looks forward with no hope.

Robert Frost

There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.

Robert Frost

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Robert Frost

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

Parker J. Palmer

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Babe Ruth

The winters will drive you crazy until you learn to get out into them.

Parker J. Palmer

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

Babe Ruth

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Aesop

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

James A. Garfield

Ideas control the world.

James A. Garfield

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

Douglas Adams

War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The gods help them that help themselves.

Aesop

We are most alive when we're in love.

John Updike

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Lao tzu

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Lao tzu

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King Jr.

One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves.

Niccolo Machiavelli

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Martin Luther King Jr.

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

But I know somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Will Durant

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

John Updike

Who loves not wine, women and song, Remains a fool his whole life long.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Here stand I. I can do no other.

Martin Luther King Jr.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Martin Luther King Jr.

...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Desiderius Erasmus

If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

Martin Luther King Jr.

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

Epicurus

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

Rudyard Kipling

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Wayne Dyer

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Jacopo Sannazaro

Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy

Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.

Sri Chinmoy

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

Victor Cousin

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

Deepak Chopra

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Wayne Dyer

There is no evil in the world without a remedy.

Jacopo Sannazaro

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.

Oprah Winfrey

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

Victor Cousin

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Oprah Winfrey

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

Sri Chinmoy

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Rudyard Kipling

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

Oprah Winfrey

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Oprah Winfrey

Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.

Oprah Winfrey

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.

Oprah Winfrey

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

Oprah Winfrey

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oprah Winfrey

Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.

Oprah Winfrey

All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

Oprah Winfrey

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Oprah Winfrey