Quotes

Barbara Bloom Quote – Filling The Cracks With Gold

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”  - Barbara Bloom ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote – Privileges Above Principles

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”                               ― Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

Plutarch Quote – Character is simply habit long continued

"Character is simply habit long continued." - Plutarch ...

Pope Francis Quote – Discover The True Meaning of Your Lives

"Let no one mislead you or prevent you from seeing what really matters. Turn to Jesus, listen to him, and discover the true meaning and direction of your lives." - Pope Francis ...

William James Quote – Afraid To Be Poor

"We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the moneymaking street, we ...

Joan Didion Quote – Was It Only By Dreaming

"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?" - Joan Didion ...

Benjamin 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 ...

Henry David Thoreau Quote – Live The Life You Have Imagined

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."                     - Henry David Thoreau ...

Abraham Flexner Quote – War and Civilization

"Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both." - Abraham Flexner ...

Alice Walker Quote – Expect Nothing

“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.” - Alice Walker ...