Inspirational Quotes · Page 2,059

If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.

— Francis Schaeffer

There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

— George W. Bush

How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say?

— Stephen Fry

When I hear a writer say that they ‘put in a call,’ I want to pull my hair out.

— Janet Flanner

Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives

— Abba Eban

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

— Moliere

A sign of intelligence is to see the One in many and find the many in One.

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Priapism is what happens when someone gets strangulated to the point of hypoxia.

— Mark Twain

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware.

— Robert Browning

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather,…

— Franz Kafka

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Let's stop fracking. Who knows about hydraulic fracking? I'm like, whodie, get that oil out the ocean!

— Lil B

Whoever makes himself freer and more human in his own existence is doing his part towards peace.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.

— John Ousterhout

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us.

— Joan D. Chittister

Belief is the uncritical acceptance of something you can't prove.

— Hans Holzer

If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it.

— David Puttnam

He who created you without you will not justify you without you.

— Anonymous

Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider.

— Pauline Kael

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

— Isaac Asimov

The question is: until reinforced, can we learn the ways of church mice.

— Al Swearengen

“The Holy Scriptures are words taught by the Spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I am what I am and not what others make of me.”

— Santosh Kalwar

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

— Sam Elliott

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

— Mark Hart

Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics.

— Edward Kasner

The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.

— K. Pattabhi Jois

Money must exist before it can be turned into capital.

— David Harvey

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst end of the bargain.

— Helen Rowland

If you can't control your reproduction, you can't control your life.

— Joycelyn Elders

Suffering is nothing. It's all a matter of preventing those you love from suffering.

— Alphonse Daudet

Court... a place where they dispense with justice.

— Arthur Cheney Train

“Never ask questions you don't want the answer to.”

— Pantea Konn

I hold the record for signing the most boobs in my band.

— Taylor Momsen

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

— Malcolm X

Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness

— Anne Lamott

Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.

— Pierre Boulez

Success action is cumulative in its results.

— Wallace D. Wattles