Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
There's always time. . .to own up to things you're ashamed of, to change them. There's always time to start. And I… — Peter Danielson Copy Share Image
Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
My dream is to be Endora in Bewitched. That's the part I want to do. I want to do a fabulous old… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
This, then, is the truth of the discourse of universal human rights: the Wall separating those covered by the umbrella of Human… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
We are to take no counsel with flesh and blood; give ear to no vain cavils, vain sorrows and wishes; to know… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I've been realizing lately how horribly vain I am. I do believe that if I'm successful, it's because of my talent and… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still the master's… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
My first book published in France was translated and titled Exercices d'Attente in 1972. It was a collection of short works written… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When you shoot a scene, you remember every moment. You remember when your head went down, your head went up. You don't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy lives in realms above; And life is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
