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. 
  
- And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. 
 - Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
 
- Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. 
 - W. B. Yeats
 
- Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful. 
 - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
 
- The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. 
 - Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
 
- That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. 
 - Unknown
 
- An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind. 
 - Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
 
- Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven. 
 - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
 
- Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther. 
 - Isaac Watts
 
- Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. 
 - Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
 
- Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable. 
 - Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
 
 
Can't find what you're looking for? Try browsing our list of quotations by subject.. 
  |