Witty Quotes - part 3

I certainly believe and associate to ideas expressed by some talented people, and I feel that sometimes a whole book gives you less than a dozen great quotes that hit the right spot :-)! So over the month I spontaneously put together a few quotes which I've come accross, and so here they are:

There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world; an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo

Everybody wants to right the world. Nobody wants to help their neighbour. Henry Miller

The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does! William James

No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publius Syrus

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

Action is the antidote to despair. Joan Baez

Beware of half-truths. You may have got hold of the wrong half! Unknown (Anonymous)

One understands people through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. Mark Twain

Victory belongs to the most persevering! Napoleon Bonaparte

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubt of my own. Wolfgang Goethe

God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, he can make something out of us. Martin Luther

A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner. Unknown (Anonymous)

Some people see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why not?' George Shaw

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Chineese proverb

Learn to obey before you command! Greek proverb

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

The further backward you can look, the further forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill

I quote others only the better to express myself. Michel de Montaigne

Witty Quotes - part 2

This is the second installement, in my little series on witty and clever insights. These were mainly chosen from a book published by Ebury Press ("Keep calm and carry on"). I picked them on the basis of being representative of my beliefs and convictions I often live by or try to live by.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Shaw

Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith. Clay Shirky

A greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one. Elbert Hubbard

The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness. William Wordsworth

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance the wise man grows it underneath his feet. James Oppenheim

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Guillaume Apollinaire

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. Paul White

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. Dale Carnegie

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Stevenson

If you can't sleep, get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. Dale Carnegie

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles, than growing with them. Bernard Baruch

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. Herbert Wells

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Mark Twain

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful & committed people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever hasMargaret Mead

Some witty quotes

I decided to run a little series on witty and clever quotes, I prefer to call them insights, since that more closely reflects the collection of quotes presented here. These insights were mainly chosen from a book published by Ebury Press ("Keep calm and carry on"). I picked them on the basis of being representative of my beliefs and convictions I often live by or try to live by. Here they are, in 2 parts - part 1 of 2.

I am an optimist it doesn't seem to much use to be anything else. Winston Churchill

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish Proverb

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Galbraith

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin

A Bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope

Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Plato

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle

We will never return to the old boom and bust. Gordon Brown (2007 Budget Stat.)

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. Frank Hubbard

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Laurence Peter

Better bread with water than cake with trouble! Russian Proverb

For a greedy man even his tomb is too small. Tajikistani Proverb

It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. Malcolm Forbes

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates