Earhart, Amelia: It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. (Amelia Earhart: U.S. aviation pioneer [the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean] and author, 1897-1937) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, SUSTAINABILITY, COMPLETION

Earhart, Amelia: The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. (Amelia Earhart: U.S. aviation pioneer [the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean] and author, 1897-1937) Categories: TENACITY

Eastman, Charles [Ohiyesa]: The Indian sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God’s. (Charles [Ohiyesa] Eastman: U.S. physician and the first Native American to be certified in western medicine, who was also He a writer, national lecturer, and reformer, 1858-1919) Categories: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

Eastman, Max: It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. (Max Eastman: U.S. journalist and poet, 1883-19691) Categories: HUMOR

Eastman, Max: People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. (Max Eastman: U.S. journalist and poet, 1883-19691) Categories: BIAS, NEUTRALITY

Eban, Aba: History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. (Aba Eban: Israeli politician and diplomat, 1915-2002) Categories: POLITICS

Ebeling, Mick: Jump and the net will appear. (Mick Ebeling: U.S. film, television producer, author, and entrepreneur, Born 1973) Categories: INITIATIVE, RISK

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: In youth we learn; in age we understand. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Austrian writer and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1830-1916) Categories: AGING, YOUTH

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: It takes less courage to be the only one to find fault than to be the only one to find favor. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Austrian writer and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1830-1916) Categories: COURAGE, INSIGHT, POSITIVISM

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Austrian writer and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1830-1916) Categories: DISDAIN, LOVE, PITY, CONTEMPT

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: To have and not to give is often worse than to steal. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Austrian writer and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1830-1916) Categories: PHILANTHROPY, GIVING

Eckhart, Meister: Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. (Meister Eckhart: German theologian, philosopher, and mystic, 1260-1327) Categories: TRUTH, RECTIFYING

Eco, Umberto: Art is a form of perceptual gymnastics. (Umberto Eco: Italian novelist, literary critic, and semiotician, 1932-2016) Categories: ART, PERCEPTION

Eco, Umberto: Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for . . . they make many others die with them, often before them, and, at times instead of them. (Umberto Eco: Italian novelist, literary critic, and semiotician, 1932-2016) Categories: POLITICIANS, PROPHETS, ORATORS

Eddy, Mary B.: Error is mortal. (Mary B. Eddy: U.S. writer and leader who established the Church of Christ Scientist, founded 'The Christian Science Monitor,' a global newspaper that has won seven Pulitzer Prizes, and was an inductee to the Women's National Hall of Fame, 1821-1910) Categories: ERRORS

Eddy, Mary B.: Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind. (Mary B. Eddy: U.S. writer and leader who established the Church of Christ Scientist, founded 'The Christian Science Monitor,' a global newspaper that has won seven Pulitzer Prizes, and was an inductee to the Women's National Hall of Fame, 1821-1910) Categories: HEALTH, SELF-AWARENESS, SPIRITUALITY

Eddy, Mary B.: Sorrow has its rewards. It never leaves us where it found us. (Mary B. Eddy: U.S. writer and leader who established the Church of Christ Scientist, founded 'The Christian Science Monitor,' a global newspaper that has won seven Pulitzer Prizes, and was an inductee to the Women's National Hall of Fame, 1821-1910) Categories: CHANGE, GRIEF

Edelman, Marian W.: Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. (Marian W. Edelman: U.S. activist for civil rights and children's rights, Born 1939) Categories: FAILURE, LESSONS

Edgeworth, Maria: If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. (Maria Edgeworth: Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature, as well as a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe, 1768-1849) Categories: LIFE, MOMENTS

Edison, Thomas A.: Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: PATIENCE, ACTION

Edison, Thomas A.: Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: GENIUS

Edison, Thomas A.: I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: DISCOVERY, PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE

Edison, Thomas A.: I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, FAILURE

Edison, Thomas A.: I failed my way to success. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: FAILURE, SUCCESS

Edison, Thomas A.: I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: INNOVATION, INVENTIONS

Edison, Thomas A.: I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings world. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: CHOICES, FRIENDS

Edison, Thomas A.: Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: FAILURE

Edison, Thomas A.: Nature has inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind, and tide. I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, NATURE

Edison, Thomas A.: Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, NON-VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE

Edison, Thomas A.: Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS, CAPITULATION

Edison, Thomas A.: Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: DISCONTENT, PROGRESS, RESTLESSNESS

Edison, Thomas A.: Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: CHARACTER, INVENTION

Edison, Thomas A.: When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: EXPERIMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, SEARCHES

Edison, Thomas A.: Your worth consists in what you are, and not in what you have. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931) Categories: BEHAVIOR, POSSESSIONS, SELF-WORTH

Edwards, Tyron: He that never changes his opinions, and never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. (Tyron Edwards: U.S. theologian and Congregational minister, 1809-1894) Categories: ONE-SIDEDNESS, STUBBORNNESS

Ehrenreich, Barbara: Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. (Barbara Ehrenreich: U.S. journalist, activist, and author, Born 1941) Categories: DISSENT, PATRIOTISM (U.S.A.), PROTEST

Ehrlich, Gretel: Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, "I'm all right so far"? (Gretel Ehrlich: U.S. travel writer, poet, novelist, and essayist, Born 1946) Categories: POSITIVISM

Ehrlich, Gretel: Walking is also an ambulation of mind. (Gretel Ehrlich: U.S. travel writer, poet, novelist, and essayist, Born 1946) Categories: WALKING, EXERCISE

Einstein, Albert: A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: GRATITUDE, HUMILITY

Einstein, Albert: Adversity introduces a man to himself. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: ADVERSITY, SELF-AWARENESS

Einstein, Albert: As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: MATHEMATICS

Einstein, Albert: As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: POWER, WAR

Einstein, Albert: Buddhism is not a religion; it is rather a science of the mind. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: BUDDHISM

Einstein, Albert: Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: COINCIDENCE

Einstein, Albert: Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: ADOLESCENCE, BIAS, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Einstein, Albert: Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: COMMON SENSE, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Einstein, Albert: Creativity is the residue of wasted time. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CREATIVITY

Einstein, Albert: Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: AWARENESS, JUDGMENT

Einstein, Albert: Everything has changed, except our way of thinking. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: AWARENESS, CHANGE

Einstein, Albert: Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from that of their social environment. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CONFORMITY, OPINIONS

Einstein, Albert: Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CRITICISM, OPPOSITION, RESISTANCE

Einstein, Albert: How do I work? I grope. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: RESEARCH, SEARCHING

Einstein, Albert: How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: LOVE

Einstein, Albert: I believe in one thing — that only a life lived for others is a life worth living. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: LIFE, WORTHINESS

Einstein, Albert: I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CURIOSITY, PASSION

Einstein, Albert: I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: WAR, WEAPONRY

Einstein, Albert: I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: TEACHING

Einstein, Albert: If I were to remain silent, I would be guilty of complicity (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: COMPLICITY, SILENCE

Einstein, Albert: If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: RESEARCH

Einstein, Albert: If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: SIMPLICITY, TRUTH

Einstein, Albert: If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CLARITY, COMMUNICATION, EXPLANATIONS

Einstein, Albert: If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS

Einstein, Albert: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the world. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: IMAGINATION

Einstein, Albert: In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITY

Einstein, Albert: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: INSANITY, SEARCHING

Einstein, Albert: Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: INTELLECTUALS, GENIUSES

Einstein, Albert: It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: TECHNOLOGY

Einstein, Albert: It takes an intellectual to solve a problem but a genius to prevent one. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: GENIUS, PROBLEMS

Einstein, Albert: Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY, NATURE

Einstein, Albert: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: LIFE, PERSONHOOD

Einstein, Albert: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: IMAGINATION

Einstein, Albert: Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: VALUES, PRIORITIES

Einstein, Albert: My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

Einstein, Albert: Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Never do anything against conscience—even if the state demands it. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: NATIONALISM, CONSCIENCE

Einstein, Albert: Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery in which we were born. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CURIOSITY

Einstein, Albert: No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS

Einstein, Albert: One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: WAR

Einstein, Albert: Only a life lived in the service of others is worth living. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: LIFE, SERVICE, UNSELFISHNESS

Einstein, Albert: Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY

Einstein, Albert: Strive not to be a success, but rather to be a value. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS, SUCCESS

Einstein, Albert: The environment is everything that isn't me. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: ENVIRONMENT

Einstein, Albert: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: MYSTERY

Einstein, Albert: The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: RESEARCH, UNIVERSE

Einstein, Albert: The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: INNOVATION

Einstein, Albert: The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: BEAUTY, TRUTH

Einstein, Albert: The question that sometimes drives me hazy: "Am I, or the others crazy?" (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CRAZINESS, CONFUSION

Einstein, Albert: The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: PROBLEMS, CHANGE

Einstein, Albert: The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: IMAGINATION, KNOWLEDGE

Einstein, Albert: The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: SCIENCE

Einstein, Albert: The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: EVIL, TOLERANCE

Einstein, Albert: The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: INDIFFERENCE, SILENCE

Einstein, Albert: There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CHALLENGES, SUCCESS, HARDSHIPS

Einstein, Albert: Try not to become a man of success, rather a man of value. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: INTEGRITY, SUCCESS

Einstein, Albert: Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: AUTHORITY, IGNORANCE

Einstein, Albert: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: PROBLEM-SOLVING, SUSTAINABILITY

Einstein, Albert: Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: JUDGMENT, KNOWLEDGE, TRUTH

Einstein, Albert: Wisdom is not a product of schooling but pf the lifelong attempt to acquire it. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: WISDOM

Einstein, Albert: You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: LOVE, GRAVITY

Einstein, Albert: You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: CLARITY, COMMUNICATION, COMPREHENSION

Einstein, Albert: You have not failed until you quit trying. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955) Categories: FAILURE, PERSEVERANCE

Eisenberg, Leon: The university is the last remaining platform for national dissent. (Leon Eisenberg: U.S. child psychiatrist, social psychiatrist, and medical educator, 1922-2009) Categories: DISSENT (U.S.A.), UNIVERSITIES (U.S.A.)

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: PRINCIIPLES, SOCIETY, PRIVILEGES

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Beware of the military-industrial complex; It may destroy within what it's protecting from without. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: WAR

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking . . . is freedom. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: FREEDOM, SECURITY

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Just as war begins in the minds of men, so does peace. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: PEACE

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: WAR, MORALE

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Pessimism never won any battle. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: PESSIMISM, WAR

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it's the size of the fight in the dog. (Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. politician and five-star Army general who served as the 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969) Categories: COMPETITION, DETERMINATION, PASSION

Eklund, Vilhelm: To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry. (Vilhelm Eklund: Swedish poet, 1880-1949) Categories: READING

ElBaradei, Mohamed: The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. (Mohamed ElBaradei: Egyptian diplomat and Nobel laureate, Born 1942) Categories: HUMANKIND

Eliot, Charles W.: Books are the quietest and most constant of friends. (Charles W. Eliot: U.S. academic who was the longest serving [50 years] president of Harvard University, 1834-1926) Categories: FRIENDS, BOOKS

Eliot, George : 'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hands: he could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: ABILITIES, SKILLS

Eliot, George : Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, pass no criticisms. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: ANIMALS, PETS

Eliot, George : Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Eliot, George : He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: CONCEIT

Eliot, George : It's never too late to be what you might have been. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: GOALS, INITIATIVE, VOLITION

Eliot, George : It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crops. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: PAST, REPETITION, FUTILITY

Eliot, George : I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish; God Almighty made ‘em to match the men. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: GENDER

Eliot, George : My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: COMPASSION

Eliot, George : Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: EXPERIENCE, SELF-IDENTITY

Eliot, George : Our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: MORALITY, SOCIETY

Eliot, George : Our words have wings, but fly not where we would. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: WORDS

Eliot, George : Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: FRIENDSHIPS, OPINIONS

Eliot, George : Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: FUTILITY, PROPHECY

Eliot, George : The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: CONSCIENCE, SCRUPLES

Eliot, George : The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: CONVICTIONS, FAILURE

Eliot, George : The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: CHOICES, DECISIONS

Eliot, George : What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: GIVINGNESS, SUPPORT

Eliot, George : What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880) Categories: DISTRUST, LONELINESS

Eliot, T. S.: All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: IGNORANCE, KNOWLEDGE

Eliot, T. S.: Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the shadow. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: SHADOWS, UNKNOWABILITY

Eliot, T. S.: Every moment is a fresh beginning. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: LIFE, POSSIBILITIES

Eliot, T. S.: Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: COMMUNICATION, POETRY

Eliot, T. S.: One starts an action simply because one must do something. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: MOTIVATION

Eliot, T. S.: Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: RISK, POSSIBILITY

Eliot, T. S.: We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION

Eliot, T. S.: Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965) Categories: INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM

Ellington, Duke: I don't need time. What I need is a deadline. (Duke Ellington: U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and conductor, 1899-1974) Categories: DEADLINES

Elliott, Ebenezer: What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings / For equal division of unequal earnings. (Ebenezer Elliott: English poet and leader to repeal laws which were causing hardship among the poor, 1781-1849) Categories: COMMUNISM, EQUITY

Ellis, Havelock: It is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way. (Havelock Ellis: English physician, writer, and progressivesocial reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939) Categories: DISCOVERY, EXPERIENCE, GOALS

Ellis, Havelock: Life is livable because we know that wherever we go most of the people we meet will be restrained in their actions toward us by an almost instinctive network of taboos. (Havelock Ellis: English physician, writer, and progressivesocial reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939) Categories: CONFORMITY, CULTURE, CUSTOMS, RELATIONSHIPS, TABOOS

Ellis, Havelock: The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. (Havelock Ellis: English physician, writer, and progressivesocial reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939) Categories: BEAUTY, FLAWS

Ellis, Havelock: What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. (Havelock Ellis: English physician, writer, and progressivesocial reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939) Categories: PROGRESS

Ellis, Jerry: We're all only fragile threads, but what a tapestry we make. (Jerry Ellis: U.S. author of fiction and non-fiction works best known for the book 'Walking the Trail' written after he walked the 900 mile route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, Born 1947) Categories: HUMANKIND

Ellison, Harlan: The minute people fall in love, they become liars. (Harlan Ellison: U.S. writer of speculative fiction, including short stories, screenplays, and literary criticism, Born 1934) Categories: ROMANCE

Ellison, Larry: When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts. (Larry Ellison: U.S. business magnate and investor who co-founded and served as the C.E.O. of the Oracle Corporation, Born 1944) Categories: INNOVATION, INVENTIONS, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Emanuel, Rahm: One does not have to stand again the gale. One yields and becomes part of the wind. (Rahm Emanuel: U.S. politician who served as the 55th mayor of Chicago and as the 23rd Chief of Staff of the U.S. White House, Born 1959) Categories:

Emanuel, Rahm: You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. (Rahm Emanuel: U.S. politician who served as the 55th mayor of Chicago and as the 23rd Chief of Staff of the U.S. White House, Born 1959) Categories: POLITICS

Emerson, Ralph W.: A friend is a masterpiece of nature. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDS, TRUST

Emerson, Ralph W.: A great man is always willing to be little. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories:

Emerson, Ralph W.: A woman's strength is the irresistible might of weakness. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SUBMISSIVENESS, WOMEN, ACCOMMODATION

Emerson, Ralph W.: Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: NATURE, PATIENCE

Emerson, Ralph W.: All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LIFE

Emerson, Ralph W.: An institution is the lengthening shadow of one man. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: INSTITUTIONS

Emerson, Ralph W.: As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CHOICES, DECISIONS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: IMAGINATION, MOTIVATION

Emerson, Ralph W.: Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive; they walk and run. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LANGUAGE, WORDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Difficulties exist to be surmounted. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CHALLENGES

Emerson, Ralph W.: Do not follow where the path leads. Rather, go where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CHOICES, EXPLORATION

Emerson, Ralph W.: Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FEAR

Emerson, Ralph W.: Earth laughs in flowers. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FLOWERS, NATURE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Every burned book enlightens the world. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CENSORSHIP

Emerson, Ralph W.: Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: MOTIVATION, CALAMITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FAITH, HOPE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: DOUBLE-SIDEDNESS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Every wall has a gate. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: POSSIBILITIES, WALLS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Go often to the house of your friend, for weeds choke up the unused path. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, RELATIONSHIPS

Emerson, Ralph W.: God enters by a private door into every individual. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: GOD, SPIRITUALITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: COMPETITION

Emerson, Ralph W.: He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FEAR

Emerson, Ralph W.: How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDS, NEGLECT, ACQUAINTANCES

Emerson, Ralph W.: If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: GUILT, OPPRESSION

Emerson, Ralph W.: It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SOLITUDE

Emerson, Ralph W.: It’s the not the destination, It's the journey. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: GOALS, TRAVEL

Emerson, Ralph W.: Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LANGUAGE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Language is the archives of history. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: HISTORY, LANGUAGE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Life is a journey, not a destination. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LIFE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LIFE, LESSONS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Make yourself necessary to somebody. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, NEEDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ACHIEVEMENT, DISCOVERY, GOALS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Men are what their mothers made them. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: MOTHERHOOD

Emerson, Ralph W.: Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CURIOSITY, WONDER

Emerson, Ralph W.: Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SELF-ANALYSIS, SELF-DAMAGE

Emerson, Ralph W.: Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: TALENT, ABILITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CHARACTER

Emerson, Ralph W.: No man has a prosperity so high or firm, but that two or three words can dishearten it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: REPUTATION, VULNERABILITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ADVERSITY, LEARNING

Emerson, Ralph W.: Patience and fortitude conquer all things. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FORTITUDE, PATIENCE

Emerson, Ralph W.: People only see what they are prepared to see. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: PERCEPTION

Emerson, Ralph W.: Sanity is very rare; every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SANITY, MADNESS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Self-trust is the first secret of success. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SUCCESS, SELF-TRUST

Emerson, Ralph W.: Shallow men believe in luck, wise and strong men in cause and effect. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LUCK

Emerson, Ralph W.: Skill to do comes of doing. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: PRACTICE

Emerson, Ralph W.: The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: NATURE

Emerson, Ralph W.: The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs . . . one step at a time. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS

Emerson, Ralph W.: The first wealth is health. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: HEALTH, WEALTH

Emerson, Ralph W.: The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: COMMITMENT, LEGACIES

Emerson, Ralph W.: The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: DISCOVERY, WISDOM

Emerson, Ralph W.: The lady declared that the sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility, which religion is powerless to bestow. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FASHION

Emerson, Ralph W.: The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: EVIL, MOBS

Emerson, Ralph W.: The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, DECISIONS, SELF-AWARENESS

Emerson, Ralph W.: The only way to have a friend is to be one. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FRIENDS, HOSPITALITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: LIFE

Emerson, Ralph W.: The reward of a thing well done, is to have done. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CONTENTMENT, REWARDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: NATURE

Emerson, Ralph W.: The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: CIVILITY, SOCIETY

Emerson, Ralph W.: There’s a sacredness in tears. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: TEARS

Emerson, Ralph W.: Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we will not find it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories:

Emerson, Ralph W.: To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-IDENTITY

Emerson, Ralph W.: To learn the most important lessons of life, one must each day surmount a fear. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FEAR

Emerson, Ralph W.: Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: INSTINCT

Emerson, Ralph W.: We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: WRITING

Emerson, Ralph W.: We change, whether we like it or not. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories:

Emerson, Ralph W.: What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: DISCRIMINATION, WEEDS

Emerson, Ralph W.: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-DETERMINATION

Emerson, Ralph W.: What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ACTION, INVOLVEMENT

Emerson, Ralph W.: Whatever limits us we call 'fate.' (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: FATE

Emerson, Ralph W.: When a whole nation is roaring 'Patriotism' at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of heart. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: PATRIOTISM

Emerson, Ralph W.: When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life." (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: ORIGINALITY, PLAGIARISM, WRITING

Emerson, Ralph W.: Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882) Categories: WEALTH

Engels, Friedrich: An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. (Friedrich Engels: German philosopher, political theorist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist who was Karl Marx’s closest friend and collaborator, 1820-1895)) Categories: ACTION, THEORY

English proverb: A bully is always a coward. (English proverb: ) Categories: BULLYING, COWARDICE

English proverb: A burnt child dreads the fire. (English proverb: ) Categories: EXPERIENCE

English proverb: A fool and his money are soon parted. (English proverb: ) Categories: MONEY

English proverb: A joy that's shared is a joy made double (English proverb: ) Categories: JOY

English proverb: A pound of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. (English proverb: ) Categories: DEBTS, WORRY

English proverb: A wise man doesn’t need advice, and a fool won’t take it. (English proverb: ) Categories: ADVICE

English proverb: As you make your bed you must lie in it. (English proverb: ) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

English proverb: Better untaught than ill taught. (English proverb: ) Categories: EDUCATION, TEACHING

English proverb: Birds of a feather flock together. (English proverb: ) Categories: MUTUALITY, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY, RELATIONSHIPS

English proverb: Birth is much, but breeding is more. (English proverb: ) Categories: PARENTING

English proverb: Boys will be boys. (English proverb: ) Categories: MISBEHAVIOR, BOYS

English proverb: Children should be seen and not heard. (English proverb: ) Categories: CHILDREN

English proverb: Danger and delight grow on one stalk (English proverb: ) Categories: DANGER, RISK, DELIGHT

English proverb: Despair doubles our strength. (English proverb: ) Categories: DESPAIR, RESILIENCE

English proverb: Everyone must row with the oars he has. (English proverb: ) Categories: ABILITIES, SELF-RELIANCE

English proverb: Half a loaf is better than none. (English proverb: ) Categories: GRATITUDE, SUFFICIENCY

English proverb: He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. (English proverb: ) Categories: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

English proverb: Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left. (English proverb: ) Categories: DILIGENCE, FRUGALITY, LABOR

English proverb: It is easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar. (English proverb: ) Categories: ATTRACTABILITY, ENTICEMENT, PERSUASION

English proverb: It's a bad bargain where nobody gains. (English proverb: ) Categories: BARGAINS

English proverb: Mutton dressed as a lamb (English proverb: ) Categories: AGING, CLOTHING, FASHION

English proverb: Mutton dressed as lamb (English proverb: ) Categories: AGING, APPEARANCE

English proverb: My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life. (English proverb: ) Categories: SONS, DAUGHTERS

English proverb: Necessity is the mother of invention. (English proverb: ) Categories: MOTIVATION, NECESSITY

English proverb: Once bitten, twice shy. (English proverb: ) Categories: CAUTION, RELUCTANCE

English proverb: Spare the rod and spoil the child. (English proverb: ) Categories: DISCIPLINE, PARENTING

English proverb: The apple never falls far from the tree. (English proverb: ) Categories: BEHAVIOR, ENVIRONMENT, FAMILY, GENEOLOGY, HERITAGE, TRAITS

English proverb: The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. (English proverb: ) Categories: CHALLENGES, ENRICHMENT

English proverb: The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last. (English proverb: ) Categories: USELESSNESS

English proverb: There are none so blind as those who will not see. (English proverb: ) Categories: ONE-SIDEDNESS, PERCEPTION, STUBBORNNESS, VISION

English proverb: There are none so deaf as those who will not hear. (English proverb: ) Categories: LISTENING, OBSTINACY

English proverb: Too many cooks spoil the broth. (English proverb: ) Categories: LEADERSHIP

English proverb: Two's a company, three's a crowd. (English proverb: ) Categories: COMPANIONSHIP

English proverb: What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. (English proverb: ) Categories: APPROPROPRIATENESS, EQUALITY, GENDER, TASTE

English proverb: When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured. (English proverb: ) Categories: PAIN, PRIDE

English proverb: When the cat's away the mice will play. (English proverb: ) Categories: AUTHORITY, MISBEHAVIOR

English proverb: Where there's a will, there's a way. (English proverb: ) Categories: COMMITMENT, DETERMINATION, PERSEVERANCE, WILLFULNESS

Ephron, Nora: There’s no need to confuse television news with journalism. (Nora Ephron: U.S. journalist, writer, and filmmaker, 1941-2012) Categories: JOURNALISM

Epictetus: A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope. (Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher who was born into slavery and then lived in Rome until his banishment, Died 135 A.D.) Categories: HOPE, POSSIBILITIES

Epictetus: Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. (Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher who was born into slavery and then lived in Rome until his banishment, Died 135 A.D.) Categories: ANXIETY, LIFE

Epictetus: Those who anger you conquer you. (Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher who was born into slavery and then lived in Rome until his banishment, Died 135 A.D.) Categories: SELF-CONTROL

Epictetus: We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things (Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher who was born into slavery and then lived in Rome until his banishment, Died 135 A.D.) Categories: INTERPRETATION, JUDGMENT, PERCEPTION

Epicurus: Concealed talent brings no reputation. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.) Categories: MODESTY, TALENT

Epicurus: He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.) Categories: LABOR

Epicurus: It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, TRUST

Epicurus: Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Epicurus: The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.) Categories: CHALLENGES, REWARDS

Erasmus, Desiderius: Ask much to have a little. (Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch philosopher and scholar, considered to have been one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance. (1466-1536)) Categories: NEGOTIATION, BARGAINING

Erasmus, Desiderius: Fortune favors the audacious. (Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch philosopher and scholar, considered to have been one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance. (1466-1536)) Categories: BOLDNESS, AUDACITY

Erasmus, Desiderius: In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. (Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch philosopher and scholar, considered to have been one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance. (1466-1536)) Categories: EXCEPTIONALITY, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS

Erasmus, Desiderius: Women, can't live with them and can't live without them. (Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch philosopher and scholar, considered to have been one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance. (1466-1536)) Categories: WOMEN

Erdos, Paul: Why are numbers beautiful? If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is. (Paul Erdos: Hungarian mathematician who was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century, 1913-1996) Categories: MATHEMATICS

Eric, Thomas: When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. (Thomas Eric: U.S. motivational speaker, author, consultant, and minister, Born 1970) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS

Erskine, John: Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean thing. (John Erskine: U.S. educator, author, and musician, 1879-1951) Categories: MUSIC

Erwitt, Elliott: Photography is the art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. (Elliott Erwitt: French-born U.S. advertising and documentary photographer, Born 1928) Categories: PERCEPTION, PHOTOGRAPHY

Esar, Evan: Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it. (Evan Esar: U.S. humorist who wrote 'Esar's Comic Dictionary,' 1899-1995) Categories: WOMEN, HOUSEWORK

Esar, Evan: The best time to give advice to your children is while they''re still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about. (Evan Esar: U.S. humorist who wrote 'Esar's Comic Dictionary,' 1899-1995) Categories: PARENTING

Eskimo Proverb: May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart. (Eskimo Proverb: ) Categories: CONTENTMENT

Ethiopian Proverb: Do not catch a leopard by its tail, but if you do, then do not let it go. (Ethiopian Proverb: ) Categories: DILEMMAS

Ethiopian Proverb: When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion (Ethiopian Proverb: ) Categories: COOPERATION, UNITY

Ettor, Joseph: If the workers of the world want to win, all they have to do is recognize their own solidarity. The workers are more powerful with their hands in their pockets than all the property of the capitalists. (Joseph Ettor: U.S. trade union organizer, 1885-1948) Categories: LABOR, SOLIDARITY

Euripides: All is change; all yields its place and goes. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: CHANGE

Euripides: Cleverness is not wisdom. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: CLEVERNESS

Euripides: Friends show their love - in times of trouble, not in happiness. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDS, TROUBLES

Euripides: It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories:

Euripides: My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: COMMITMENT, POLITICS, VOLITION

Euripides: Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: MARRIAGE

Euripides: One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, RELATIVES

Euripides: One man; two loves. No good ever comes of that. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: INFIDELITY, LOVE

Euripides: Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Euripides: Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: ADVICE

Euripides: That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of a life (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: HAPPINESS, SIMPLICITY

Euripides: To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.) Categories: AGING, DAUGHTERS

Evans, Mari: If there be sorrow / let it be / for things undone / undreamed / unrealized unattained / to these add one: / Love withheld ... / restrained. (Mari Evans: U.S. poet, 1919-2017) Categories: SORROW