Dame Rebecca West Quote – It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time
“If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: ‘It seemed a good idea at the time.’ ” – Dame Rebecca West
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Eleanor Roosevelt Quote – If Life Were Predictable
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreCicero Quote – The beginnings of all things are small
“The beginnings of all things are small” – Cicero
Read moreAnne Sophie Swetchine Quote – For Every Illusion
“In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
Read moreHenry Miller Quote – The Great Heart Of The World
“I know what the cure is: it is to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, so that our little hearts may beat in unison with the great heart of the world.” – Henry Miller
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – Freedom Is Never Voluntarily Given
‘We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreChief Seattle Quote – We Do Not Inherit The Earth
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Chief Seattle
Read moreBenjamin Franklin Quote – They WIshed Again For Their Blackbirds
“In New England they once thought blackbirds useless, and mischievous to the corn. They made efforts to destroy them. The consequence was, the blackbirds were diminished; but a kind of worm, which devoured their grass, and which the blackbirds used to feed on, increased prodigiously; then, finding their loss in grass much greater than their saving in corn, they wished […]
Read moreCaptain Robert Lewis Quote – My God, What Have We Done
“As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words “My God, what have we done?”.” – Captain Robert Lewis
Read moreF. Scott Fitzgerald Quote – Our Convictions
“At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45 they are caves in which we hide.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
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