ragscorner's Quote Board, page 1
Boasting 23 quotes!
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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Speaker: ALBERT EINSTEINPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Speaker: JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.Speaker: RABINDRANATH TAGOREPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Speaker: JOHANN VON SCHILLERPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:10 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Speaker: NICOLAS BOLLEAU-DESPREAUXPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
Speaker: FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
Speaker: MAHATMA GANDHIPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One learns to itch where one can scratch.
Speaker: ERNEST BRAMAHPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Speaker: JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:57 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Speaker: ANATOLE FRANCEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:55 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Speaker: RALPH WALDO ENERSONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
Speaker: HENRI BERGSONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:51 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Speaker: ELBERT HUBBARDPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
Speaker: RALPH WALDO EMERSONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
Speaker: JAMES MATTHEW BARRIEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:44 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.
Speaker: STEWART E. WHITEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:42 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Speaker: BENJAMIN FRANKLINPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:36 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Speaker: EDWARD GIBBONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:34 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Speaker: FRANCIS BACONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:33 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Speaker: NAPOLEON BONAPARTEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:30 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!