Who Quotes

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

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?

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.