Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Quotation Search

To search for quotations, enter a phrase to search for in the quotation, a whole or partial author name, or both. Also specify the collections to search in below. See the Search Instructions for details.

Results of search for Quote: the - Page 283 of 1382 Showing results 2821 to 2830 of 13818 total quotations found.
<- Previous Page	Pages: ... 280 281 282 283 284 285 286...	Next Page ->

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Theatetus
- More quotations on: [Opinions]
Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.: Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.: Bulgarian Proverb
- More quotations on: [Proverbs] [Opportunity]
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.: John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
- More quotations on: [Opportunity]
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
- More quotations on: [Language] [Speech]
Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.: Maxims of Ptahhotep, 3400 B.C.
- More quotations on: [Speech]
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- More quotations on: [Progress]
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.: Norman Douglas
- More quotations on: [Children] [Giving]

<- Previous Page	Pages: ... 280 281 282 283 284 285 286...	Next Page ->
Results of search for Quote: the - Page 283 of 1382 Showing results 2821 to 2830 of 13818 total quotations found.