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Robertson Davies: Authors like cats...

Robertson Davies: Authors like cats...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same...

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Charles Buxton: The first duty...

Charles Buxton: The first duty...

The first duty to children is to make them happy, If you have not made them so, you have wronged them, No other good...

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James B Conant: Behold the turtle....

James B Conant: Behold the turtle....

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Source: In...

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Omar Bradley: We are given...

Omar Bradley: We are given...

We are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind or whether to...

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George S Patton: If everyone is...

George S Patton: If everyone is...

If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Stonewall Jackson: If officers desire...

Stonewall Jackson: If officers desire...

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to...

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Oliver Cromwell: Subtlety may deceive...

Oliver Cromwell: Subtlety may deceive...

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Chiang Kai-Shek: We shall not...

Chiang Kai-Shek: We shall not...

We shall not lightly talk about sacrifice until we are driven to the last extremity which makes sacrifice...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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Philip Guedalla: I had always...

Philip Guedalla: I had always...

I had always imagined that Clich? was a suburb of Paris, until I discovered it to be a street in...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her...

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Orison Swett Marden: It is the...

Orison Swett Marden: It is the...

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation,...

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Clarence Darrow: The pursuit of...

Clarence Darrow: The pursuit of...

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Source:...

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Clarence Darrow: You can protect...

Clarence Darrow: You can protect...

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own...

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Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand...

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Franz Kafka: One must not...

Franz Kafka: One must not...

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

Source: In The...

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Nora Ephron: I am continually...

Nora Ephron: I am continually...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from...

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Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Source: Practising...

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