Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 115
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 64
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. Lucille Ball American Comedian More Lucille Ball Quotes 22
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. Bruce Lee American Actor More Bruce Lee Quotes 7
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 6
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 6
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 5
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. Thomas Fuller English Clergyman More Thomas Fuller Quotes 5
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Abraham Joshua Heschel Polish Educator More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes 5
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 5
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 4
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. The Talmud More The Talmud Quotes 4
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. William Wordsworth English Poet More William Wordsworth Quotes 3
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 3
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller American Clergyman More Robert H. Schuller Quotes 3
I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward. Tupac Shakur American Artist More Tupac Shakur Quotes 3
I'd rather be hit by a gorgeous man than an ugly one. Zsa Zsa Gabor American Actress More Zsa Zsa Gabor Quotes 3
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 2
Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them. Benedict Arnold More Benedict Arnold Quotes 2
Friendships are discovered rather than made. Harriet Beecher Stowe American Author More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes 2
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard American Writer More Elbert Hubbard Quotes 2
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 2
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. Thomas Paine English Writer More Thomas Paine Quotes 2