What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 59
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci Italian Artist More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes 7
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 6
There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age. Helen Rowland American Writer More Helen Rowland Quotes 4
That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 3
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. Louisa May Alcott American Novelist More Louisa May Alcott Quotes 2
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. Oswald Chambers Scottish Theologian More Oswald Chambers Quotes 1
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison American President More James Madison Quotes 1
You're not going to find a man whose socks don't get dirty or who doesn't snore. Helen Reddy Australian Actress More Helen Reddy Quotes 1
As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? Hjalmar Branting Swedish Statesman More Hjalmar Branting Quotes 1
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. Aldous Huxley English Novelist More Aldous Huxley Quotes 1
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley English Scientist More Thomas Huxley Quotes 1
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation. Charles Ruff More Charles Ruff Quotes 1
I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. Andrew Vachss American Author More Andrew Vachss Quotes 1
Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians. Marcel Proust French Author More Marcel Proust Quotes 1
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton American Author More Thomas Merton Quotes 1
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. Mark Twain American Author More Mark Twain Quotes 1
The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to. Dodie Smith English Dramatist More Dodie Smith Quotes 1
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works. Frederick Wiseman American Director More Frederick Wiseman Quotes 0
There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced. Markus Wolf German Public Servant More Markus Wolf Quotes 0
In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason. Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes 0
Slavery to monarchs and ministers, which the world will be long freeing itself from, and whose deadly grasp stops the progress of the human mind, is not yet abolished. Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes 0
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. Sydney Smith English Clergyman More Sydney Smith Quotes 0
Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance. Susan Sontag American Author More Susan Sontag Quotes 0
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. Sophocles Greek Poet More Sophocles Quotes 0