If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
—Victor Hugo (French Novelist)
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
—Socrates (Anceient Greek Philosopher)
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.
—Bertrand A. Russell (British Philosopher)
I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them.
—Pablo Picasso (Spanish Painter)
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
—Charles Caleb Colton (English Angelic Priest)
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
—William James (American Philosopher)
Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual good-will and affection.
—Cicero (Roman Philosopher)
England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible.
—Victor Hugo (French Novelist)
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (Swiss Philosopher)
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. We must find each other.
—Mother Teresa (Albanian Catholic Humanitarian)
Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.
—Malcolm Forbes (American Publisher)
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
—William Arthur Ward (American Author)
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
—Orison Swett Marden (American New Thought Writer)