Some Quotations to Inspire and Amuse
Quotations demonstrate the great power of words. The most memorable quotes can make you laugh or make you think. They have the ability to strike a special cord within the reader. Here are some of our favorites.
"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation" - Rainer Maria Rilke
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
- William Butler Yeats"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"Aim for the stars and you might reach the sky." - Unknown
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
"He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help." - Abraham Lincoln
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." - Will Rogers (1879-1935)
"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces." - Maureen Murphy
"Politicians are weather vanes in a world that needs more compasses."
- Unknown"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did.....only backwards and in high heels!" - Unknown
"Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in." - Evan Davis
"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." - W.C. Fields
"If you don't know where you're going, you might end up someplace else."
- Casey Stengel"Catch a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity." - Karl Marx
"I like pigs. A dog will look up to you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will look at you eye to eye and know it has found an equal."
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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