Insightful Quotes

430 Insightful quotes by 280 unique authors

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. — Benjamin Franklin
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. — Bill Gates
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. — J. Paul Getty
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. — J. Paul Getty
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last… — Elizabeth Gilbert
One must work and dare if one really wants to live. — Vincent Van Gogh
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. — Martha Graham
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. — Stephen Covey
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic. — Charles Darwin
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the… — Joe DiMaggio
We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing it… — Junot Diaz
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard
Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night. — Marian Wright Edelman
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. — Thomas A. Edison
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control. — Thomas A. Edison
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it.… — Thomas A. Edison
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him… — Thomas A. Edison
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. — Albert Einstein
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. — Epictetus
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens… — Richard P. Feynman

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