Quotes of the Week


Well, since my quote collection has gotten so large, I have decided to break it up a bit. So, this page will have the new additions on it, and the older quotes, including the archive page, will house the other quotes. I apologize if there are any duplicates, I have not had a chance to comb through every page, and weed out the duplicates! Enjoy
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Quotes of the Week for February 19th, 2002


What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty. -- Edmund Spenser, 'The Fate of the Butterfly,' 1591
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. -- James Joyce
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. -- Baltasar Gracian
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Quotes of the Week for January 18th, 2002


To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. -- Irving Wallace
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence. -- Tom Blair

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. -- Agnes Repplier

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. -- John Churton Collins

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten. -- Andre Malraux

Quotes of the Week for December 28, 2001

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. -- Japanese Proverb

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. -- Lord Chesterfield

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. -- Joseph Addison, 'The Spectator'

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. -- Thomas a Kempis, 1420

Quotes of the Week for December 17, 2001

Walking is man's best medicine. -- Hippocrates

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little. -- Rachel Carson

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. -- Pearl Buck

Learn as much by writing as by reading. -- Lord Acton

Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. -- Thomas A. Edison

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. -- Joaquin Setanti

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph. -- Pierre Corneille

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable. -- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. -- Thomas H. Huxley

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. -- Michael J. Fox, quoted by Lorne A. Adrain in 'The Most Important Thing I Know'

Quotes of the Week for December 10th, 2001

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. -- Benjamin Disraeli

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. -- Evan Esar

Quotes of the Week for December 7th, 2001

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. -- Cullen Hightower

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it. -- L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island, 1915

We go where our vision is. -- Joseph Murphy

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