A good photograph is knowing where to stand
—Ansel Adams (1902–84) American Photographer
In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author
Away with you, water, destruction of wine.
—Catullus (84–54 BCE) Roman Latin Poet
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Never argue; repeat your assertion.
—Robert Owen (1771–1858) British Social Reformer, Philosopher
He that can have patience can have what he will.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Life is work, and everything you do is so much more experience. Sometimes you work for wages, sometimes not, but what does anybody make but a living? And whatever you have you must either use or lose.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
Nothing intoxicates some people like a sip of authority
—L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86) American Scientologist Religious Leader, Novelist, Author
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
—Jacques Cousteau (1910–97) French Oceanographer, Documentary Director
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Life is not living, but living in health.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
The less government we have the better—the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
—Harrison Ford (b.1942) American Actor
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
—Antoine de Rivarol (1753–1801) French Writer, Epigrammatist
Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
He who has known how to love the land has loved eternity.
—Stefan Zeromski (1864–1925) Polish Novelist
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
People only see what they are prepared to see.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Your aspirations are your possibilities.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Life goes faster on protein
—Martin H. Fischer
Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–65) American Diplomat, Politician, Orator
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
—Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) Italian Writer, Poet
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
—Dwight Morrow (1873–1931) American Businessman, Diplomat
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.
—Edward R. Murrow (1908–65) American Journalist, Radio Personality
Instinct is untaught ability.
—Alexander Bain (1818–1903) Scottish Empirical Philosopher, Psychologist
I like trying to win. That’s what golf is all about.
—Jack Nicklaus (b.1940) American Sportsperson