Who Quotes

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who is brave is free.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

A working woman could save a few shillings a week, and then every five weeks she'd come in and we'd cut her hair. She could shampoo it under the shower, swing it and dry it off or just let it dry by itself. It changed the lives of many young girls who'd never had the opportunity to be styled like that before.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

Forgive those who have hurt you.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?