Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Exceptional →

Published December 14, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 14  ·  , ,

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it’s also the first to be replaced.

~ Marilyn vos Savant

Elsewhere, this is 4a1346. — slipbox

Humor →

Published December 12, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 12  ·  ,

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

~ Bern Williams

Elsewhere, this is 4a1345. — slipbox

Learn something →

Published December 9, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 9  ·  ,

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.

~ David Eddings

Elsewhere, this is 4a1344. — slipbox

Attention →

Published December 7, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 7  ·  , ,

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.

~ Walter Anderson

Elsewhere, this is 4a1343. — slipbox

Play →

Published December 5, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 5  ·  ,

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

~ Fred Rogers

Elsewhere, this is 4a1342. — slipbox

Decline →

Published December 2, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 2  ·  ,

Just as I have my own role to play, so does time. And time does its job much more faithfully, much more accurately, than I ever do. Ever since time began (when was that, I wonder?), it’s been moving ever forward without a moment’s rest. And one of the privileges given to those who’ve avoided dying young is the blessed right to grow old. The honor of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.

~ Haruki Murakami

Elsewhere, this is 4a1341. — slipbox

Dogs →

Published November 30, 2023  ·  All posts on Nov 30  ·  ,

We give them the love we can spare, the time we can spare. In return, dogs have given us their absolute all. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.

~ Roger Caras

Elsewhere, this is 4a1340. — slipbox

Cultivate →

Published November 28, 2023  ·  All posts on Nov 28  ·  ,

Give fools their gold and knaves their power, let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall, who sows a field or trains a flower or plants a tree, is more than all.

~ John Greenleaf Whittier

Elsewhere, this is 4a1339. — slipbox

Courage →

Published November 25, 2023  ·  All posts on Nov 25  ·  ,

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

~ Harper Lee

Elsewhere, this is 4a1338. — slipbox

Character →

Published November 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Nov 23  ·  ,

Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.

~ Mark Manson

Elsewhere, this is 4a1337. — slipbox