Gable, Clark: It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. (Clark Gable: U.S. film star and cultural icon of masculinity, 1901-1960) Categories: ROMANCE

Gabor, Dennis: The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. (Dennis Gabor: Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics, 1900-1979) Categories: FUTURE, INNOVATION

Gabor, Zsa Zsa: Macho does not prove mucho. (Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hungarian-American actress and socialite, 1917-2016) Categories: MANHOOD

Gabor, Zsa Zsa: You don't really know the person you marred until you divorce. (Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hungarian-American actress and socialite, 1917-2016) Categories: DIVORCE, MARRIAGE

Gaboury, Etienne: Architecture is space structured to serve man and to move him. (Etienne Gaboury: Canadian architect who was regarded as his province's greatest architect, 1930-2022) Categories:

Gaelic proverb: Self-assurance is two-thirds of success. (Gaelic proverb: ) Categories: SELF-ASSURANCE

Gaiman, Neil: Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. (Neil Gaiman: British author and producer whose works include novels, comic books, and screenplays, Born 1960) Categories: FAIRY TALES

Galbraith, John K.: More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. (John K. Galbraith: U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006) Categories: EATING (U.S.A.)

Galbraith, John K.: The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. (John K. Galbraith: U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006) Categories: ECONOMICS

Galbraith, John K.: Washington D.C. is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. (John K. Galbraith: U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.), U.S.A.

Galbraith, John K.: When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic. (John K. Galbraith: U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006) Categories: DOGMATISM

Galen, Claudius: Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. (Claudius Galen: Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher in the Roman Empire, arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, 129—c. 216 A.D.) Categories: EMPLOYMENT

GALILEO, GALILEI: Doubt is the father of invention. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: DOUBT, INVENTIONS

GALILEO, GALILEI: I do not feel obliged to believe that that the same God that has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: RELIGION

GALILEO, GALILEI: I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: COMMUNICATION, LEARNING

GALILEO, GALILEI: In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: REASONING

GALILEO, GALILEI: The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: ASTRONOMY, SUN, UNIVERSE

GALILEO, GALILEI: You cannot teach a man anything: you can only help him find it within himself. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642) Categories: MENTORING, SELF-AWARENESS, TEACHING

Gallienne, Eva L.: Innovators are inevitably controversial. (Eva L. Gallienne: British-born U.S. stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author, 1899-1991) Categories: INVENTORS

Galsworthy, John: Love has no age, no limit and no death. (John Galsworthy: English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1867-1933) Categories: LOVE

Galsworthy, John: One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes. (John Galsworthy: English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1867-1933) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Galsworthy, John: Public opinion’s always in advance of the law. (John Galsworthy: English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1867-1933) Categories: LAW, OPINIONS

Galsworthy, John: The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. (John Galsworthy: English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1867-1933) Categories: CHALLENGES, EXPECTATIONS, LIFE, PROBLEM-SOLVING

Galyean, Dorothy: Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. (Dorothy Galyean: US. author, 1959-2019) Categories: LEARNING, MISTAKES

Gamow, George: It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man! (George Gamow: Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist, 1904-1968) Categories: UNIVERSE, HUMANKIND

Gandhi, Indira: I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles. But today it means getting along with people. (Indira Gandhi: Indian politician who was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India and was named by 'Time' magazine among the world's 100 powerful women who defined the last century, 1917-1984)) Categories: LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION

Gandhi, Indira: Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. (Indira Gandhi: Indian politician who was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India and was named by 'Time' magazine among the world's 100 powerful women who defined the last century, 1917-1984)) Categories: CHALLENGES, PROGRESS

Gandhi, Indira: You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. (Indira Gandhi: Indian politician who was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India and was named by 'Time' magazine among the world's 100 powerful women who defined the last century, 1917-1984)) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, STUBBORNNESS

Gandhi, Mahatma: A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CONVICTIONS, INTEGRITY

Gandhi, Mahatma: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: RETRIBUTION, RETALIATION

Gandhi, Mahatma: As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: GOVERNMENT, VIOLENCE

Gandhi, Mahatma: Capitalism de-sacralizes nature and makes it a commodity for exploitation and profit. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CAPITALISM

Gandhi, Mahatma: Civilization is the encouragement of differences. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CIVILIZATION, DIVERSITY

Gandhi, Mahatma: Earth has enough for every man's need, but not for every man's greed. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: GREED

Gandhi, Mahatma: First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you . . . and you win. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: LEADERSHIP, PROTEST

Gandhi, Mahatma: Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: FORGIVENESS

Gandhi, Mahatma: Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: HATRED

Gandhi, Mahatma: I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: BELIEFS, HUMANKIND, RELIGION

Gandhi, Mahatma: I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: VIOLENCE

Gandhi, Mahatma: If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: POLITICS

Gandhi, Mahatma: If we are to reach real peace in this world . . . we shall have to begin with the children. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CHILDREN, PEACE

Gandhi, Mahatma: If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: ENEMIES, NEGOTIATION, PEACE

Gandhi, Mahatma: In a gentle way, you can shake the world. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Gandhi, Mahatma: is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CONFLICT, CULPABILITY

Gandhi, Mahatma: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were going to live forever. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: BEHAVIOR

Gandhi, Mahatma: Morality is contraband in war. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: MORALITY, WAR

Gandhi, Mahatma: Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: NONVIOLENCE

Gandhi, Mahatma: Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: VIOLENCE, WAR

Gandhi, Mahatma: Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: PRAYER

Gandhi, Mahatma: Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence are wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality; science without humanity; worship without sacrifice; and politics without principle. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CIVILIZATION, HUMANKIND, WEAKNESSES

Gandhi, Mahatma: The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: BEHAVIOR, SELF-IDENTITY, SERVICE

Gandhi, Mahatma: The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Gandhi, Mahatma: The moral progress of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its animals. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: ANIMALS, MORALITY

Gandhi, Mahatma: The world can provide for human need but not human greed. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: GREED

Gandhi, Mahatma: There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: HISTORY

Gandhi, Mahatma: There is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: LIFE, PROGRESS

Gandhi, Mahatma: Until people have loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: ANIMALS, PETS

Gandhi, Mahatma: Where there is love, there is life. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories:

Gandhi, Mahatma: You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948) Categories: CHANGE, SELF-AWARENESS

Ganz, Marshall: Democracy is a system of constructive contention. (Marshall Ganz: U.S. national social organizer, Born 1943) Categories: DEMOCRACY

Ganz, Marshall: No longer can inequality in economic resources balance equality in political resources. (Marshall Ganz: U.S. national social organizer, Born 1943) Categories: EQUALITY, POWER

Garbo, Greta: I never said I want to be alone. I only said,I want to be left alone. There is all the difference. (Greta Garbo: Swedish-American film actress, 1905-1990) Categories: ALONENESS

Garcia, Jerry: You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know. (Jerry Garcia: U.S. singer-songwriter, and lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band the ‘Grateful Dead,’ 1942-1995) Categories: LEARNING, NARROW-MINDEDNESS

Gardiner, Marguerite: Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out. (Marguerite Gardiner: Countess of Blessington, Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess, 1789-1849) Categories: GENIUS, TALENT

Gardner, Herbert: Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. (Herbert Gardner: U.S. commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter, 1934-2003) Categories: LAUGHTER

Gardner, John W.: Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. (John W. Gardner: U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002) Categories: LIFE, PAST

Gardner, John W.: Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. (John W. Gardner: U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002) Categories: EDUCATION, LEARNING, TEACHING

Gardner, John W.: Sometimes our institutions are like sand dunes in the desert—shaped more by influences than purposes. (John W. Gardner: U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002) Categories: INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY

Garfield, James A.: A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. (James A. Garfield: U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination, 1831-1881) Categories: COMMITMENT, COURAGE, LUCK

Garfield, James A.: Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests. (James A. Garfield: U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination, 1831-1881) Categories: COMMERCE, HUMANKIND

Garfield, James A.: Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. (James A. Garfield: U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination, 1831-1881) Categories: CLEVERNESS, INNOVATION

Garis, Howard R.: Half the fun of nearly everything . . . is thinking about it beforehand, or afterward. (Howard R. Garis: U.S .author, best known for his books featuring the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, 1873-1962) Categories: MEMORY, ANTICIPATION

Garland, Judy: I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. (Judy Garland: U.S. actress and singer with a powerful contalto voice, 1922-1969) Categories: LIFE, LOVE, MONEY

Garland, Todd: Openly share and talk to people about your idea. Use their lack of interest or doubt to fuel your motivation to make it happen. (Todd Garland: U.S. founder and CEO of BuySellAds) Categories: IDEAS, INSPIRATION, MOTIVATION

Garrett, Shaylyn R.: We don't need more revolutionaries, we need more SOLUTIONARIES. (Shaylyn R. Garrett: U.S. writer, speaker, and change maker) Categories: CHANGE, REVOLUTIONARIES

Garrison, William L.: I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard. (William L. Garrison: U.S. abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer, 1805-1879) Categories: COMMITMENT, DETERMINATION, ERNESTNESS

Garrison, William L.: Our country is the world -- our countrymen are all mankind. (William L. Garrison: U.S. abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer, 1805-1879) Categories: HUMANKIND, SOCIETIES

Garvey, Marcus: A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots. (Marcus Garvey: Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator, 1887-1940) Categories: CULTURE, HISTORY

Garvey, W. Timothy: Knowledge is telling the past. Wisdom is predicting the future. (W. Timothy Garvey: U.S. endocrinologist and professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama) Categories: KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM

Gascoigne, Caroline L.: An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won. (Caroline L. Gascoigne: English poet and novelist, 1813-1883) Categories: ERRORS, RESPONSIBILITY

Gass, William H.: The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. (William H. Gass: U.S. writer and professor, Born 1924) Categories: ALCHEMY, SPIRITUALITY

Gassman, Julie: You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit. (Julie Gassman: U.S. magazine editor and author of children's books) Categories: ACCEPTANCE, CALM, RAGE

Gates, Kevin: I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception. (Kevin Gates: U.S. rapper, singer, and entrepreneur, Born 1986) Categories: PERCEPTION, SELF-IMAGE

Gates, Melinda: A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. (Melinda Gates: U.S. philanthropist who with her husband, Bill Gates, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — that at the time in 2015 was the world's largest private charitable organization, Born 1964) Categories: LEADERSHIP, WOMEN

Gates, Melinda: When you lift up women, you lift up humanity. (Melinda Gates: U.S. philanthropist who with her husband, Bill Gates, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — that at the time in 2015 was the world's largest private charitable organization, Born 1964) Categories: EDUCATION, GENDER, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT

Gautier, Theophile: To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. (Theophile Gautier: French writer and literary critic, 1811-1872) Categories: ADMIRATION, LOVE

Gawain, Shakti: Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it. (Shakti Gawain: U.S. author and teacher, Born 1948) Categories: STUBBORNNESS, UNACCEPTABILITY

Gawain, Shakti: Evil is like a shadow; it has no real substance of its own; it is simply a lack of light. In order to cause a shadow—or evil—to disappear, you must shine light on it. (Shakti Gawain: U.S. author and teacher, Born 1948) Categories: ELUCIDATION, EVIL, CLARIFICATION

Gay, John: A miss for pleasure, and a wife for breed. (John Gay: English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732) Categories: WIVES, LOVERS

Gay, John: Shadow owes its birth to light. (John Gay: English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732) Categories: SHADOWS

Gay, John: There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. (John Gay: English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Gehry, Frank: Architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness. (Frank Gehry: Canadian-born U.S. architect and designer of buildings, a number of which have become world-renown, Born 1929) Categories: ARCHITECTURE

Geiger, H. J.: Of all the injuries inflicted by racism on people of color, the most corrosive is the wound within, the internalized racism that leads some victims . . . to embrace the values of their oppressors. (H. J. Geiger: U.S. medical doctor, and founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Born 1926) Categories: OPPRESSION, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Gellert, Christian F.: Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying. (Christian F. Gellert: German poet, 1715-1769) Categories: DYING, LIFE

Geneen, Harold: I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. (Harold Geneen: U.S. businessman most famous for serving as president of the ITT Corporation, 1910-1997) Categories: LEADERSHIP, MENTORING

Gentry, Dave T.: True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. (Dave T. Gentry: U.S. author, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and advocate for individuals and families affected by spinal cord injuries, Born 1985) Categories: COMMUNICATION, FRIENDSHIP

George, David L.: Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David L. George: British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945) Categories: COURAGE, GOALS, RISK

George, Henry: Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. (Henry George: U.S. economist, journalist, and philosopher, 1839-1897) Categories: DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONS, PROGRESS, SOCIETY

George, Henry: That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man. (Henry George: U.S. economist, journalist, and philosopher, 1839-1897) Categories: INJUSTICE

German Proverb: A hedge between keeps friendships green. (German Proverb: ) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

German Proverb: Blood is thicker than water. (German Proverb: ) Categories: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

German Proverb: Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. (German Proverb: ) Categories: NATURE, UNIVERSALITY

German Proverb: Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. (German Proverb: ) Categories: FEAR, IMAGINATION

German Proverb: Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom. (German Proverb: ) Categories: COURAGE

German Proverb: Never give advice unless asked. (German Proverb: ) Categories: ADVICE

German Proverb: Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. (German Proverb: ) Categories: PATIENCE

German Proverb: The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer. (German Proverb: ) Categories: EXPERTISE, MISTAKES

German Proverb: The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people. (German Proverb: ) Categories: JUDGMENT, PERCEPTION

German Proverb: To change and to improve are two different things. (German Proverb: ) Categories: CHANGE, IMPROVEMENT

German Proverb: When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. (German Proverb: ) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

German Proverb: When I rest, I rust. (German Proverb: ) Categories: IDLENESS, REST

Gershwin, George: Life is a lot like jazz . . . . it's best when you improvise. (George Gershwin: U.S. composer and pianist, 1898-1937) Categories: IMPROVISATION, LIFE

Getty, Paul: I believe that the able industrial leader who creates wealth and employment is more worthy of historical notice than politicians or soldiers. (Paul Getty: U.S.-born British petrol-industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company and who in 1957 was named by 'Forbes' magazine as the world’s richest private citizen, 1892-1976) Categories: INDUSTRIALISTS, WEALTH, LEADERS

Gharibian, Murad: We live in a world in which we have more diatribe and less dialogue. (Murad Gharibian: U.S. dentist, Born 1969) Categories: COMMUNICATION, DISAGREEMENT

Ghonim, Wael: The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power. (Wael Ghonim: Egyptian Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship, Born 1980) Categories: POWER, SOCIETY

Giacomini, Lynwood L.: Poverty is one thing money can't buy. (Lynwood L. Giacomini: U.S. publishing representative and a bibliophile, 1913-1991) Categories: MONEY, POVERTY

Giacomini, Lynwood L.: Some things are as irrevocable as a haircut. (Lynwood L. Giacomini: U.S. publishing representative and a bibliophile, 1913-1991) Categories: IRREVOCABILITY, HAIRCUT

Gibbon, Edward: I was never less alone than when by myself. (Edward Gibbon: English historian, member of Parliament, and writer of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 1737-1794) Categories: ALONENESS, SOLITUDE

Gibbs, William: The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. (William Gibbs: English businessman, 1790-1875) Categories: SIMPLICITY

Gibran, Kahlil: A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: DISTANCE, FRIENDSHIP

Gibran, Kahlil: A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: ACTION, KNOWLEDGE

Gibran, Kahlil: All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: MIND, WORDS

Gibran, Kahlil: An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: EXAGGERATION

Gibran, Kahlil: Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: POLITICIANS, CITIZENSHIP

Gibran, Kahlil: Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: ART, NATURE

Gibran, Kahlil: Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: DOUBT, FAITH

Gibran, Kahlil: Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: FAITH

Gibran, Kahlil: Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: NATURE

Gibran, Kahlil: Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: FORGETFULNESS

Gibran, Kahlil: Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Gibran, Kahlil: He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LISTENING, OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Gibran, Kahlil: I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LEARNING

Gibran, Kahlil: If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Gibran, Kahlil: If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: EMPLOYMENT

Gibran, Kahlil: It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: GIVINGNESS, PHILANTHROPY, SENSITIVITY

Gibran, Kahlil: Let each one of you be alone. Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: ALONENESS, RELATIONSHIPS

Gibran, Kahlil: Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Stand together, yet not too near together. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIPS

Gibran, Kahlil: Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LIFE, LOVE

Gibran, Kahlil: Love is trembling happiness. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LOVE

Gibran, Kahlil: Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LOVE, MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIPS, SEPARATION

Gibran, Kahlil: Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LOVE, MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIPS

Gibran, Kahlil: Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: CURIOSITY, KNOWLEDGE, PERPLEXITY

Gibran, Kahlil: Progress lies not in what is enhancing, but in advancing of what will be. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: PROGRESS

Gibran, Kahlil: The biggest thing in today's sorrow is the memory of yesterday's joy. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: JOY, MEMORY, SORROW

Gibran, Kahlil: The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: JOY, SORROW

Gibran, Kahlil: The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LEGACIES

Gibran, Kahlil: The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: COMFORT, PASSION

Gibran, Kahlil: The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: SIMPLICITY

Gibran, Kahlil: The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: PESSIMIST, OPTIMIST

Gibran, Kahlil: The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: COMMITMENT, GOALS

Gibran, Kahlil: The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LEARNING, TEACHERS

Gibran, Kahlil: There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: GIVINGNESS, JOY

Gibran, Kahlil: To be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction, is to live twice. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: LIFE, MEMORY, SATISFACTION

Gibran, Kahlil: Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: NATURE, TREES

Gibran, Kahlil: Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: DREAMS

Gibran, Kahlil: We wanderers begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: TIME, LIFE

Gibran, Kahlil: Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: WORDS

Gibran, Kahlil: Your children are not your children . . . . They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: CHILDREN, PARENTING

Gibran, Kahlil: Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: ATTITUDES, PERCEPTION

Gibran, Kahlil: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931) Categories: SELF-ACCEPTNESS, SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SUFFERING

Gibson, William: Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye. (William Gibson: U.S.-Canadian speculative fiction writer who is widely credited with pioneering modern science fiction by exploring the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans, Born 1948) Categories: LANGUAGE

Gibson, William: The future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed. (William Gibson: U.S.-Canadian speculative fiction writer who is widely credited with pioneering modern science fiction by exploring the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans, Born 1948) Categories: FUTURE, INEQUITY

Gide, Andre: A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: CONCENTRATION, FOCUS, PLANNING

Gide, Andre: Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: TRUTH

Gide, Andre: I had rather be hated for what I am than be loved for what I am not. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: AUTHENTICITY

Gide, Andre: It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: LEADERSHIP, PEACE

Gide, Andre: Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: DISENGAGEMENT, IDEAS, LEARNING

Gide, Andre: One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: CHALLENGES, COURAGE, EXPLORATION, OPPORTUNITY

Gide, Andre: Our judgments about things vary according to the time left us to live—that we think is left us to live. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: AGING, JUDGMENT

Gide, Andre: The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: ARTISTS

Gide, Andre: We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore. (Andre Gide: French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951) Categories: COURAGE, DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, TRAVEL

Gilbert, Elizabeth: Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. (Elizabeth Gilbert: U.S. journalist and author, best known for her 2006 memoir, 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Born 1969) Categories: ASSERTIVENESS, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Gilbert, W. S.: My object is . . . To let the punishment fit the crime. (W. S. Gilbert: English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator, 1836-1911) Categories: CRIME, PUNISHMENT

Gilbert, W. S.: Perhaps if you . . . flatter and impress the lady politely, most politely, humbly beg and humbly sue, she may deign to look on you. (W. S. Gilbert: English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator, 1836-1911) Categories: FLIRTATION

Gilbert, W. S.: Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream (W. S. Gilbert: English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator, 1836-1911) Categories: APPEARANCE

Gingrich, Newt: Great progress flows from once laughable ideas—such as moon colonization. (Newt Gingrich: U.S. politician, Born 1943) Categories: IDEAS, PROGRESS

Ginsberg, Allen: Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. (Allen Ginsberg: U.S. poet and writer, 1926-1997) Categories: AUTHENTICITY

Ginsburg, Ruth B.: Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. (Ruth B. Ginsburg: U.S. lawyer, jurist, and the second female Associate Justice to be confirmed to the U.S Supreme Court, Born 1933) Categories: CONVICTIONS, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP

Ginsburg, Ruth B.: In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf. (Ruth B. Ginsburg: U.S. lawyer, jurist, and the second female Associate Justice to be confirmed to the U.S Supreme Court, Born 1933) Categories: MARRIAGE

Ginsburg, Ruth B.: Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. (Ruth B. Ginsburg: U.S. lawyer, jurist, and the second female Associate Justice to be confirmed to the U.S Supreme Court, Born 1933) Categories: CHANGE, PERSEVERANCE

Giovanni, Nikki: Reading print is one form of literacy, but there are many types of literacy. Some indigenous groups such as native Americans can read the clouds, or Pacific Islanders are said to be able to read the waves and swells of the ocean. (Nikki Giovanni: U.S. poet, writer, activist, and educator, Born 1943) Categories: CULTURES, LITERACY, READING

Girard, Joe: The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs — one step at a time. (Joe Girard: U.S. salesman, motivational speaker, and author, 1928-2019) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE

Girardin, Madame de: Instinct is the nose of the mind. (Madame de Girardin: French author, 1804-1855) Categories: INSTINCT

Givhan, Robin: Patriotism is like the love that a parent has for a child; nationalism is akin to believing that one's child can do no wrong. (Robin Givhan: U.S. fashion editor and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Born 1964) Categories: NATIONALISM, PATRIOTISM

Gladstone, William E.: Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations. (William E. Gladstone: British statesman who served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-consecutive terms, and he also also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, for over 12 years, 1809-1898) Categories: COMMERCE

Gladstone, William E.: Justice delayed is justice denied. (William E. Gladstone: British statesman who served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-consecutive terms, and he also also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, for over 12 years, 1809-1898) Categories: EQUALITY, JUSTICE

Glasgow, Ellen: All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. (Ellen Glasgow: U.S. novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1873-1945) Categories: CHANGE, RESULTS

Glasow, Arnold H.: A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: CONSULTANTS

Glasow, Arnold H.: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Glasow, Arnold H.: A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Glasow, Arnold H.: All some folks want is their fair share and yours. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: GREED

Glasow, Arnold H.: An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: ACTION, VOLITION

Glasow, Arnold H.: Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: EXPECTATIONS, HOPE

Glasow, Arnold H.: Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: FEAR, IGNORANCE

Glasow, Arnold H.: Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married—the other half because they're not. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: PSYCHIATRY, MARRIAGE

Glasow, Arnold H.: Improvement begins with I. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Glasow, Arnold H.: In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: GOALS, LIFE

Glasow, Arnold H.: It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: IGNORANCE

Glasow, Arnold H.: Nothing lasts forever—not even your troubles. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: TROUBLES

Glasow, Arnold H.: One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Glasow, Arnold H.: Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: PRAISE

Glasow, Arnold H.: Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: INITIATIVE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, SUCCESS

Glasow, Arnold H.: The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: OPINIONS, FACTS

Glasow, Arnold H.: The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998) Categories: PATIENCE

Gluck, Joel: It takes only 17 muscles to smile, but 43 muscles to frown. (Joel Gluck: U.S. orthodontist) Categories: SMILES

Godard, Jean-Luc: A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order. (Jean-Luc Godard: French-Swiss film director and screenwriter, Born 1930) Categories: WRITING

Godin, Andre: The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions. (Andre Godin: French industrialist, writer, political theorist, and social innovator, 1817-1888) Categories: EXPECTATIONS

Godin, Seth: Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress. (Seth Godin: U.S. author and former dot com business executive, Born 1960) Categories: PERFECTION, PERSEVERANCE

Godwin, Gail: Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. (Gail Godwin: U.S. author whose novels have included five best-sellers, 1937) Categories: TEACHING

Goethe, Johann v.: A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: BOREDOM

Goethe, Johann v.: A useless life is an early death. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: IDLENESS

Goethe, Johann v.: All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: HEART, SELF-AWARENESS

Goethe, Johann v.: As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Goethe, Johann v.: Character develops in the full current of human life. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: CHARACTER

Goethe, Johann v.: Difficulties increase the nearer we come to our aim. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: DIFFICULTIES, GOALS

Goethe, Johann v.: Everyone hears only what he understands. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: PERCEPTION, UNDERSTANDING

Goethe, Johann v.: Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: FLOWERS, NATURE

Goethe, Johann v.: For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Goethe, Johann v.: Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: CHARACTER, GENIUS

Goethe, Johann v.: Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ABILITIES, EXPECTATIONS

Goethe, Johann v.: He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: COMMITMENT, SELF-RELIANCE

Goethe, Johann v.: Hope is the second soul of the unhappy. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: HOPE, UNHAPPINESS

Goethe, Johann v.: I call architecture 'petrified music'. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ARCHITECTURE

Goethe, Johann v.: If we treat people as they are, we make then worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: MENTORING

Goethe, Johann v.: Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ART

Goethe, Johann v.: Life is the childhood of our immortality. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: IMMORTALITY, LIFE

Goethe, Johann v.: Love does not dominate; it cultivates. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: LOVE

Goethe, Johann v.: Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: MONEY, PLANNING, TIME

Goethe, Johann v.: Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ERRORS, TRUTH

Goethe, Johann v.: Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ART, HUMANKIND, SCIENCE

Goethe, Johann v.: Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: CHARACTER, TALENT

Goethe, Johann v.: The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: ARTISTS

Goethe, Johann v.: The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: INSIGHT, PERFECTION

Goethe, Johann v.: The strength of a language does not lie in rejecting what is foreign but in assimilating it. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: LANGUAGE

Goethe, Johann v.: The unnatural—that too is natural. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: UNNATURAL

Goethe, Johann v.: There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: OPINIONS, PERCEPTION, PERSPECTIVES

Goethe, Johann v.: There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: IGNORANCE

Goethe, Johann v.: There is strong shadow where there is much light. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: BALANCE, SHADOWS

Goethe, Johann v.: Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Goethe, Johann v.: Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: COMMUNICATION, SUPPORT

Goethe, Johann v.: We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: DOUBT, KNOWLEDGE

Goethe, Johann v.: When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: IDEAS, WORDS

Goethe, Johann v.: Who does not know another language, does not know his own. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: LANGUAGE

Goethe, Johann v.: You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832) Categories: CHARACTER, JUDGMENT

Gogol, Nikolai: Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty. (Nikolai Gogol: Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin, 1809-1852) Categories: APPEARANCE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Gold, Herbert: Be strong enough find security within risk. (Herbert Gold: U.S. best-selling novelist and journalist, Born 1924) Categories: RISK

Goldberg, Arthur: Astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon (in 1969). (Arthur Goldberg: U.S. statesman, jurist of the U.S. Court, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1908-1990) Categories: WEAPONRY, SPACE TRAVEL

Goldberg, Arthur: If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. (Arthur Goldberg: U.S. statesman, jurist of the U.S. Court, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1908-1990) Categories: COMMITTEES

Goldberg, Isaac: Diplomacy is to do and say The nastiest thing in the nicest way. (Isaac Goldberg: U.S. journalist, author, critic, translator, editor, publisher, and lecturer, 1887-1938) Categories: DIPLOMACY

Golden, K. C.: Waiting for consensus about how fast the earth is warming before acting is like being on a plane falling from the sky and bickering about the rate of descent. (K. C. Golden: U.S. climate advocate, policy architect, and recipient of the Heinz Award for Public Policy) Categories: ECOLOGY

Golding, William: Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery. (William Golding: British novelist, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, 1911-1993) Categories: ART, DISCOVERY

Golding, William: Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand. (William Golding: British novelist, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, 1911-1993) Categories: LANGUAGE, LAUGHTER

Goldman, Emma: If the U.S. entered World War 1 to make the world safe for democracy, she needed first to make democracy safe in America. (Emma Goldman: Russian-American writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, 1869-1940) Categories: DEMOCRACY (U.S.A.)

Goldman, Emma: There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. (Emma Goldman: Russian-American writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, 1869-1940) Categories: GOALS, TACTICS, LOGISTICS

Goldoni, Carlo: He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. (Carlo Goldoni: Italian playwright and librettist whose works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays, 1707-1793) Categories: TRAVEL, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Goldoni, Carlo: The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. (Carlo Goldoni: Italian playwright and librettist whose works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays, 1707-1793) Categories: LITERACY

Goldsmith, James: Tolerance is a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. (James Goldsmith: Anglo-French financier and politician, 1933-1997) Categories: TOLERANCE, TOLERATION

Goldsmith, Oliver: Ill fares the land, to hastening ills of prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. (Oliver Goldsmith: Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774) Categories: WEALTH, ECONOMICS

Goldsmith, Oliver: Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. (Oliver Goldsmith: Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774) Categories: LAW, INEQUITY

Goldsmith, Oliver: Success consists of getting up just one more than you fall. (Oliver Goldsmith: Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774) Categories: SUCCESS

Goldsmith, Oliver: You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. (Oliver Goldsmith: Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774) Categories: ROLE MODELS

Goldwyn, Samuel: Anyone who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. (Samuel Goldwyn: Polish-American film producer who is best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood, 1882-1974) Categories: PSYCHIATRY

Gompers, Samuel: Show me the country that has no strikes, and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty. (Samuel Gompers: British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader, key figure in U.S. labor history, and Founder of the American Federation of Labor, 1850-1924)) Categories: LABOR, LIBERTY, STRIKES

Gompers, Samuel: Year by year man’s liberties are trampled underfoot at the bidding of corporations and trusts, rights are invaded and law perverted. (Samuel Gompers: British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader, key figure in U.S. labor history, and Founder of the American Federation of Labor, 1850-1924)) Categories: CORPORATIONS, LABOR

Goodall, Jane: I truly believe that when head and heart work in harmony, we can attain our true human potential. (Jane Goodall: English primatologist, anthropologist, and advocate of environmental conservation, who is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Born 1934) Categories: HARMONY

Goodall, Jane: What you do makes a difference. But you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. (Jane Goodall: English primatologist, anthropologist, and advocate of environmental conservation, who is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Born 1934) Categories: DECISIONS, GOALS

Goodman, Roy L.: Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. (Roy L. Goodman: English violinist and free-lance music conductor, Born 1951) Categories: HAPPINESS

Gordimer, Nadine: The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. (Nadine Gordimer: South African writer, political activist, and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1923-2014) Categories: TRUTH

Gordon, Barbara: I just want to make sure my life doesn't end with a whine. (Barbara Gordon: Fictional superhero appearing in U.S. comic books published by 'DC Comics,' commonly in association with the superhero 'Batman'.) Categories: SELF-PITY

Gordon, Ruth: Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. (Ruth Gordon: U.S. actress, playwright, and screenwriter, 1896-1985) Categories: COURAGE

Goring, Hermann: The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. (Hermann Goring: German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, 1893-1946) Categories: PROPAGANDA

Gorman, Amanda: There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. (Amanda Gorman: U.S. author, poet, activist, Born 1998) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MOTIVATION

Gould, Stephen J.: The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best—and therefore never scrutinize or question. (Stephen J. Gould: U.S. paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, 1941-2002) Categories: CERTAINTY, OPINIONS

Gourmont, Remy de: It is fairly obvious that those who are in favour of the death penalty have more affinity with assassins than those who are not. (Remy de Gourmont: French Symbolist poet, novelist, and critic, 1858-1915) Categories: DEATH PENALTY, LAW

Gourmont, Remy de: Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. (Remy de Gourmont: French Symbolist poet, novelist, and critic, 1858-1915) Categories: CHASTITY, SEX

Gouthier, Mary: A year is a drop in the bucket when you lose someone you love. (Mary Gouthier: U.S. Grammy nominee of American folk singer-songwriter category, Born 1962) Categories: GRIEF, LOSS

Gove, Phillip B.: The responsibility of a dictionary is to record a language, not set its style. (Phillip B. Gove: U.S. lexicographer who in 1961 was the editor-in-chief of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1902-1972) Categories: DICTIONARIES

Gower, John: Two people can be as different from one another as night and day, or ‘chalk and cheese’. (John Gower: 14th century English poet, author of ‘The Lover’s Confession,’ and friend of Chaucer, 1325 (?)-1403) Categories: DIFFERENCES, PERSONALITY

Gracian, Baltasar: A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: BEAUTY, MIRRORS, WOMEN

Gracian, Baltasar: A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: ENEMIES, WISDOM

Gracian, Baltasar: Do not show your wounded finger, for everything will knock up against it. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: VULNERABILITY

Gracian, Baltasar: It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them afterwards. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: CONCERNS, SLEEP

Gracian, Baltasar: Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: LUCK, SELF-RELIANCE

Gracian, Baltasar: Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: TIME

Gracian, Baltasar: Superiority is always detested. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: SUPERIORITY

Gracian, Baltasar: The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: IGNORANCE, WISDOM

Gracian, Baltasar: There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WORDS

Gracian, Baltasar: To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Gracian, Baltasar: Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: TRUTH

Gracian, Baltasar: When you counsel someone, you should . . . be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see. (Baltasar Gracian: Spanish Jesuit prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658) Categories: COMMUNICATION, COUNSELING, MENTORING, ADVISEMENT

Graeber, David: Freedom is the ability to all agree to arrange things in a different way. (David Graeber: U.S.-born British anthropologist and anti-anarchist, Born 1961) Categories: FREEDOM, NEGOTIATION

Graham, Billy: Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. (Billy Graham: U.S. religious evangelist and civil rights advocate, 1918-2018) Categories: COURAGE, INTEGRITY

Graham, Ruth: Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. (Ruth Graham: U.S. Christian author, most well known as the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, 1943-2007) Categories: CHALLENGES, HOPE, PRAYER

Gram, Jeppe G.: Follow the money. (Jeppe G. Gram: Danish screenwriter and co-creator of a Danish television financial crime thriller , Born 1976) Categories: INVESTIGATION, MONEY, TRACKING

Gramsci, Antoine: The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. (Antoine Gramsci: Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician, 1891-1936) Categories: CHALLENGES, MODERNITY

Gramsci, Antonio: Pessimism of the intellect must be balanced by the optimism of the will. (Antonio Gramsci: Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician, 1891-1937) Categories: OPTIMISM, PESSIMISM

Grandma Moses: Memory is history recorded in our brain; memory is a painter; it paints pictures of the past and of the day. (Grandma Moses: U.S. folk artist who at the age of 78 began painting in earnest, (1860-1961)) Categories: MEMORY

Grant, Richard R.: The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures, but the one who turns failures to best account. (Richard R. Grant: U.S. Professor of Finance and Economics, 1939-2014) Categories: FAILURES, WISDOM

Grant, Ulysses S.: I have never advocated war, except as a means of peace. (Ulysses S. Grant: 18th president of the United States, who 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War, 1822-1885) Categories: PEACE, WAR

Grant, Ulysses S.: If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other. (Ulysses S. Grant: 18th president of the United States, who 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War, 1822-1885) Categories: DIVISIVENESS, POLARIZATION

Gray, Farrah: Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. (Farrah Gray: U.S. businessman and author, Born 1984) Categories: DREAMS, GOALS

Gray, Thomas: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. (Thomas Gray: English poet, 1716-1771) Categories: GLORY, NOTABILITY

Grayson, David: We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. (David Grayson: U.S. journalist and historian, 1870-1946) Categories: FAILURE, FEAR, RISK

Greek Proverb: Africa always brings forth something new. (Greek Proverb: ) Categories: AFRICA, HYBRIDIZATION

Greek Proverb: In times of difficulty friendship is on trial. (Greek Proverb: ) Categories: DIFFICULTIES, FRIENDSHIP

Greek Proverb: The beginning is half of every action. (Greek Proverb: ) Categories: PREPARATION

Greek Proverb: The gods help those who help themselves. (Greek Proverb: ) Categories: DILIGENCE, SELF-INITIATIVE, SELF-RELIANCE

Greeley, Horace: Common sense is very uncommon. (Horace Greeley: U.S. author and statesman who was the founder and editor of the 'New-York Tribune,' 1811-1872) Categories: COMMON SENSE

Greeley, Horace: Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. (Horace Greeley: U.S. author and statesman who was the founder and editor of the 'New-York Tribune,' 1811-1872) Categories: ADVICE

Greeley, Horace: The illusion that times that WERE are better than those that ARE has probably pervaded all ages. (Horace Greeley: U.S. author and statesman who was the founder and editor of the 'New-York Tribune,' 1811-1872) Categories: PAST

Green, Benny: A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. (Benny Green: U.S. hard-bop jazz pianist, Born 1963) Categories: JAZZ, MUSIC

Green, John M.: Hate is a cancer, but each of us holds the cure. (John M. Green: U.S. technology instructor, poet, and short-story writer) Categories: HATRED, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Green, John M.: You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender. (John M. Green: U.S. technology instructor, poet, and short-story writer) Categories: PERSISTENCE, SUFFERING

Green, Julien: Thought flies and words go on foot. (Julien Green: French-American writer of somber psychological novels and an elected member of the Académie Française, 1900-1998) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WORDS, THOUGHT

Green, Percy B.: A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. (Percy B. Green: Writer and author of "A History of Nursery Rhymes," 1897-1977) Categories: AUTHENTICITY, INACTION, INSINCERITY

Green Beret: Live To Give! (Green Beret: ) Categories: GIVINGNESS

Greenberg, Sidney: A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. (Sidney Greenberg: US. rabbi and author, 1917-2003) Categories: GOALS, SELF-ASSURANCE

Greene, Graham: Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple . . . . Our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt. (Graham Greene: English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century, 1904-1991) Categories: CORRUPTION, ENEMIES

Greene, Graham: There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. (Graham Greene: English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century, 1904-1991) Categories: OPPORTUNITIES, YOUTH

Greenley, Robert: One can be ignorant without being bigoted, but one can't be bigoted without being ignorant. (Robert Greenley: U.S. microbiologist, Born 1946)) Categories: IGNORANCE, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Greer, Germaine: Most women still need a room of their own and the only way to find it may be outside their own home. (Germaine Greer: Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century, Born 1939) Categories: PRIVACY, WOMEN

Gregory, Dick: I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. (Dick Gregory: U.S. comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, and writer who mocked bigotry and racism, 1932-2017) Categories: RACISM

Grenfell, Wilfred: The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on earth. (Wilfred Grenfell: British medical missionary to Newfoundland, 1865-1940) Categories: SERVICE, TAXATION

Gretzky, Wayne: You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. (Wayne Gretzky: Canadian former professional ice hockey player and head coach, Born 1961) Categories: CHANCES, RISKS

Grimke, Sarah M.: All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. (Sarah M. Grimke: U.S. Quaker abolitionist who was born and reared in South Carolina and widely regarded as the 'Mother of the women's suffrage movement,' (1792-1873)) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY, WOMEN

Grizzard, Lewis: I have three ex-wives. I can't remember any of their names, so I just call 'em Plaintiff. (Lewis Grizzard: U.S. writer and humorist, 1946-1994) Categories: DIVORCE, MARRIAGE, WIVES

Guicciardini, Francesco: Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states. (Francesco Guicciardini: Italian historian and statesman, 1483-1540) Categories: AMBASSADORS

Guicciardini, Francesco: Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them (Francesco Guicciardini: Italian historian and statesman, 1483-1540) Categories: FRIENDS

Guillemets, Terri: They will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys. (Terri Guillemets: U.S. writer and quotation anthologist, Born 1973) Categories: WRITERS

Guinan, Texas: A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. (Texas Guinan: U.S. actress, producer, and entrepreneur, 1884-1933) Categories: POLITICIANS

Guisewite, Cathy: All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar. (Cathy Guisewite: U.S. cartoonist, Born 1950) Categories: MOTHERS, PARENTING

Gulzar: Dreams heed no borders and need no visas. With eyes shut I walk across the line in time. All the time. (Gulzar: ) Categories: DREAMS

Gutmann, Amy: If politics is the art of the possible, compromise is the artistry of democracy. (Amy Gutmann: U.S. professor of Political Science and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Born 1949) Categories: POLITICS, COMPROMISE

Gutmann, Amy: Principles should be guideposts, not roadblocks. (Amy Gutmann: U.S. professor of Political Science and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Born 1949) Categories: PRINCIPLES

Gyllenhaal, Jake: Freedom is on the other side of discipline. (Jake Gyllenhaal: U.S. actor, Born 1980) Categories: FREEDOM, DISCIPLINE