Hackett, Buddy: As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. (Buddy Hackett: U.S. comedian and comic actor, 1924-2003) Categories: CHILDHOOD, PARENTING

Haecker, Theodore: The one sure means of dealing with boredom is to care for someone else, to do something kind and good. (Theodore Haecker: German writer, translator, and cultural critic, 1879-1945) Categories: BOREDOM, KINDNESS

Hafiz, Khajeh: Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive (Khajeh Hafiz: Persian poet and philosopher, c.1320-1389) Categories: JOY, LIFE

Hafiz, Khajeh: There are so many gifts still unopened from the day of your birth. (Khajeh Hafiz: Persian poet and philosopher, c.1320-1389) Categories: TALENT

Haig, Matt: Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilization has become a little safer. (Matt Haig: English novelist and journalist, Born 1975) Categories: LITERACY

Haitian Proverb: The rocks in the water don't know how the rocks in the sun feel. (Haitian Proverb: ) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, PARTISANSHIP

Haldeman, H. R.: Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993) Categories: RECOVERY, RECTIFICATION, REGRET, RESTORATION, REPLACEMENT

Hale, Edward E.: I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. (Edward E. Hale: U.S. historian, Unitarian minister, and author, 1822-1909) Categories: ACTION, COMMITMENT

Half, Robert: Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. (Robert Half: U.S. career consultant) Categories: COMMITMENT, TALENT

Haliburton, Thomas C.: Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. (Thomas C. Haliburton: Nova Scotian politician, member of the British Parliament, judge, author, and the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada, 1796-1865) Categories: CONTENTMENT

Haliburton, Thomas C.: Death and taxes are inevitable. (Thomas C. Haliburton: Nova Scotian politician, member of the British Parliament, judge, author, and the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada, 1796-1865) Categories: DEATH, TAXATION

Haliburton, Thomas C.: Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. (Thomas C. Haliburton: Nova Scotian politician, member of the British Parliament, judge, author, and the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada, 1796-1865) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, HOPE

Haliburton, Thomas C.: Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights. (Thomas C. Haliburton: Nova Scotian politician, member of the British Parliament, judge, author, and the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada, 1796-1865) Categories: WOMEN

Hall, Evelyn B.: It is by character and not by intellect the world is won. (Evelyn B. Hall: English writer best known for her biography of the author, Voltaire, 1868-1956) Categories: CHARACTER

Hall, Evelyn B.: There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring. (Evelyn B. Hall: English writer best known for her biography of the author, Voltaire, 1868-1956) Categories: GOODNESS, MODESTY

Halsey, Margaret: In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. (Margaret Halsey: U.S. novelist, 1910-1997) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, STUBBORNNESS

Hamilton, Alexander: The Supreme Court has no influence over either the sword or the purse. (Alexander Hamilton: Caribbean-born American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, economist, and one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S.A., 1757-1804)) Categories: JUDICIARY (U.S.A.)

Hamilton, Edith: It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work. (Edith Hamilton: U.S. educator and internationally known author of her best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, 1867-1963) Categories: WORK

Hamilton, Edith: So little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated. (Edith Hamilton: U.S. educator and internationally known author of her best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, 1867-1963) Categories: EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING

Hamilton, Edith: The Greek said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought." (Edith Hamilton: U.S. educator and internationally known author of her best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, 1867-1963) Categories: CRITIQUES

Hamilton, Edith: When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith (Edith Hamilton: U.S. educator and internationally known author of her best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, 1867-1963) Categories: FACTS, FAITH, LOGIC

Hamilton, Scott: The only disability in life is a bad attitude. (Scott Hamilton: retired U.S. figure skater and Olympic gold medalist, Born 1958) Categories: ATTITUDES

Hammarskjold, Dag: If only I may grow firmer, simpler—quieter, warmer. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961) Categories: HUMILITY, MATURATION

Hammarskjold, Dag: It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961) Categories: RISK, SECURITY

Hammarskjold, Dag: Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your own experience or conviction. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961) Categories: CONVICTIONS

Hammarskjold, Dag: Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961) Categories: GOALS, OPPORTUNITIES

Hammerstein II, Oscar: You've got to be carefully taught to hate and fear. (Oscar Hammerstein II: U.S. lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in the musical theater, 1895-1960) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Hamming, Richard: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming: U.S. mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering, 1915-1918) Categories: COMPUTER-SCIENCE, INSIGHT

Hammond, Lily H.: Pay it forward! (Lily H. Hammond: U.S. writer and leader in the world of Southern Methodist women’s home missions, 1859-1925) Categories: GIVINGNESS, KINDNESS

Hampton, Christopher: rking writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. (Christopher Hampton: British playwright, screenwriter, translator, and film director, Born 1946) Categories: CRITICS

Hand, Learned: Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. (Learned Hand: U.S. jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher, 1872-1961) Categories: LIBERTY

Hand, Learned: Truth cannot emerge unless it is subjected to the utmost scrutiny; will you not agree that a society which has lost sight of that, cannot survive? (Learned Hand: U.S. jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher, 1872-1961) Categories: TRUTH

Hannah, Kristin: Courage is fear ignored. (Kristin Hannah: U.S. writer, Born 1960) Categories: COURAGE, FEAR

Hannon, Kerry: Networking is just one letter away from ’not working.’ (Kerry Hannon: U.S. finance advisor, columnist, and author, Born 1960) Categories: NETWORKING, UNEMPLOYMENT

Hansberry, Lorraine: The thing that makes you exceptional . . . is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. (Lorraine Hansberry: U.S. author and the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway, 1930-1965) Categories: EXCEPTIONALITY, LONELINESS

Harari, Juval: As any farmer knows, it’s usually the brightest goat in the herd that stirs up the most trouble. (Juval Harari: ) Categories: EXCEPTIONALITY, TROUBLEMAKERS

Harari, Juval: Modern humanity is sick with FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out— and though we have more choice than ever before, we have lost the ability to really pay attention to whatever we choose. (Juval Harari: ) Categories: ATTENTIVENESS, FOCUS

Harburg, Yip: The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan: Before exploring Outer Space, To find the Inner Man. (Yip Harburg: Popular song lyricist and librettist, 1896-1981) Categories: HUMANKIND, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Hardy, Thomas: If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. (Thomas Hardy: English novelist and poet who was highly critical of much in Victorian society, 1840-1928) Categories: POETRY, SCIENCE

Hardy, Thomas: The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. (Thomas Hardy: English novelist and poet who was highly critical of much in Victorian society, 1840-1928) Categories: WRITING

Hare, Augustus W.: Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse in when he is leaping. (Augustus W. Hare: British writer who authored a history of Germany, 1792-1834) Categories: FAILURES, TIMING

Harjo, Joy: It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit. (Joy Harjo: U.S. poet, musician, author, and the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, Born 1951) Categories: MEMORY

Harkness, Richard: What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. (Richard Harkness: U.S. journalist, 1907-1977) Categories:

Harold Kushner: Pain is part of being alive . . . .Pain does not last forever, nor is it necessarily unbearable, (Harold Kushner: U.S. rabbi, author, and lecturer, 1935-2023) Categories: PAIN

Harper, Lucille S.: The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. (Lucille S. Harper: U.S. writer, 1912-1995) Categories: EGOTISM

Harrington, Michael: It is much easier in the United States to be decently dressed than it is to be decently house, fed, or doctored. (Michael Harrington: U.S. democratic socialist, author, and political activist, 1928-1989) Categories: ECONOMY (U.S.A.)

Harrington, Michael: The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch. (Michael Harrington: U.S. democratic socialist, author, and political activist, 1928-1989) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, START-UPS

Harris, Frank: Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. (Frank Harris: Irish-American editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist, and publisher,1856-1931) Categories: OPPOSITION, RESILIENCE

Harris, Joel C.: You can hide the fire, but what are you going to do to rid the smoke? (Joel C. Harris: U.S. journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist, 1848-1908) Categories: DECEPTION, PLANNING

Harris, Jose N.: Falling down is part of life; getting back up is living. (Jose N. Harris: U.S. neuropsychologist and family law mediator, Born 1962) Categories: VOLITION, REHABILITATION

Harris, Sydney J.: Education's purpose is to turn "mirrors" — reflecting moods and emotions of the times — into "windows" — bringing light to bear. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: EDUCATION

Harris, Sydney J.: Information is giving out; communication is getting through. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Harris, Sydney J.: Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgment. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: INTELLIGENCE, JUDGMENT

Harris, Sydney J.: The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: RELAXATION

Harris, Sydney J.: The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: RELAXATION

Harris, Sydney J.: The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: EDUCATION

Harris, Sydney J.: There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: GRUDGES

Harris, Sydney J.: We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until . . . we have stopped saying, "It got lost," and say, "I lost it." (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986) Categories: CHILDHOOD, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Harrison, Barbara G.: To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort. (Barbara G. Harrison: U.S. journalist, essayist, and memoirist, 1934-2002)) Categories: BEHAVIOR, LIFE

Harrison, George: Heaven and hell is right now . . . . You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions. (George Harrison: English musician, singer-songwriter, and music/film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles, 1943-2001) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Harte, Bret: Never a tear bedims the eye / That time and patience will not dry. (Bret Harte: U.S. short-story writer and poet, best known for his short fiction featuring miners and gamblers of the California Gold Rush, 1836-1902) Categories: PATIENCE, SORROW, TIME

Harvey, Paul: In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. (Paul Harvey: U.S. conservative radio broadcaster of news and comment for 56 years, reaching as many as 24 million people a week, 1918-2009) Categories: MEMORY

Hasidic Proverb: The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others (Hasidic Proverb: ) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Hasidic Proverb: The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. (Hasidic Proverb: ) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Haskell, Molly: The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keeps us going. (Molly Haskell: U.S. feminist film critic and author, Born 1939) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Haskins, Henry S.: A stiff attitude is one of the phenomena of rigor mortis. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: OBSTINACY

Haskins, Henry S.: An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: IMPOSSIBILITY

Haskins, Henry S.: Avoid membership in a body of persons pledged to only one side of anything. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, DIVERSITY

Haskins, Henry S.: Expletives serve opinions well which are not sure enough of themselves to risk expression in restrained language. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: EXPLETIVES, LANGUAGE

Haskins, Henry S.: The deadliest contagion is majority opinion. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: OPINIONS, MAJORITY

Haskins, Henry S.: The man who feels that he must be hopeful and cheerful to get along ignores the careers of some pretty successful misanthropes. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: MISANTHROPY, RELATIONSHIPS

Haskins, Henry S.: The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATIONS, SPEECH

Hastings, Lewis: The possession of a highly social conscience about large-scale issues is no guarantee whatever of reasonable conduct in private relations. (Lewis Hastings: U.S. organic chemist, 1917-1999) Categories: BEHAVIOR, COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS

Havel, Vaclav: Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. (Vaclav Havel: Czech writer, political dissident, and politician who first served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and then as the first president of the Czech Republic after the Czech-Slovak split, 1936-2011) Categories: POLITICS, SOCIETY

Havel, Vaclav: Seek and keep the company of those who are looking for the truth, and run away from those who have found it. (Vaclav Havel: Czech writer, political dissident, and politician who first served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and then as the first president of the Czech Republic after the Czech-Slovak split, 1936-2011) Categories: TRUTH

Havergal, Frances R.: Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. (Frances R. Havergal: English religious poet and hymnwriter.1836-1879) Categories: DOUBT

Hawking, Stephen: God not only plays dice—he throws them in the corner where you can’t see them. (Stephen Hawking: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942) Categories: GOD, UNKNOWNS

Hawking, Stephen: Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. (Stephen Hawking: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942) Categories: CHANGE, INTELLIGENCE, ADAPTABILITY

Hawking, Stephen: We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. (Stephen Hawking: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942) Categories: HUMANKIND, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY

Hawking, Stephen: We have only to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. (Stephen Hawking: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942) Categories: FUTURE, UNKNOWNS

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Easy reading is damn hard writing. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: WRITING

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: HAPPINESS, PATIENCE

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: I begin to suspect that a man's bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: BEWILDERMENT, WISDOM

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: LOVE, SELFISHNESS

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Words—so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864) Categories: LANGUAGE, VOICE, WORDS

Hay, Louise L.: Every thought we think is creating our future. (Louise L. Hay: U,S. motivational speaker and author of self-help books, 1926-2017) Categories: THINKING

Hayakawa, S. J.: In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance. (S. J. Hayakawa: Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry, who served as U.S. Senator from California, 1906-1992) Categories: PERCEPTION, TELEVISION, IMAGE

Haydon, Eustace: Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized. (Eustace Haydon: Canadian Baptist minister, historian of religion, and recipient of the 'Humanist of the Year' award by the American Humanist Association, 1880-1975) Categories: BIAS, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Hayes, Helen: The expert in anything was once a beginner. (Helen Hayes: U.S. actress, often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", 1900-1993) Categories: EXPERTS

Hayes, Rutherford B.: He serves his party best who serves the country best. (Rutherford B. Hayes: U.S. politician. abolitionist, and governor of the state of Ohio who later served as the 19th president of the United States, 1822-1893) Categories: NON-PARTISANSHIP, POLITICS (U.S.A.)

Hayes, Rutherford B.: The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth. (Rutherford B. Hayes: U.S. politician. abolitionist, and governor of the state of Ohio who later served as the 19th president of the United States, 1822-1893) Categories: COMPETITION

Haynes, John: If Christians were Christians, there would be no anti-Semitism. Jesus was a Jew. There is nothing that the ordinary Christian so dislikes to remember as this awkward historical fact. (John Haynes: A U.S. a prominent Unitarian minister, pacifist, and co-founder of the NAACP and the ACLU, 1879-1964) Categories: ANTI-SEMITISM, CHRISTIANITY

Hazlitt, William: As is our confidence, so is our capacity. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: GOALS, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Hazlitt, William: Prejudice is the child of ignorance. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: IGNORANCE, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Hazlitt, William: Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: ADVERSITY, PROSPERITY

Hazlitt, William: Reason, with most people, means their own opinions. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: OPINIONS, REASON

Hazlitt, William: Silence is one great art of conversation. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATIONS, SILENCE

Hazlitt, William: The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: EMPATHY, PAIN, SUFFERING

Hazlitt, William: The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: LOVE, POWER

Hazlitt, William: Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: FAMILIARITY, RELATIONSHIPS

Hazlitt, William: To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, FOLLOWERSHIP

Hazlitt, William: Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: WIT

Hazlitt, William: Words are like money; it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: WORDS, CUSTOMS

Hazlitt, William: Words are the only things that last forever; they are more durable than the eternal hills. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: WORDS

Hazlitt, William: Zeal will do more than knowledge. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830) Categories: ENTHUSIASM, ZEAL, ENERGY

Headlee, Celeste: A good conversation is like a miniskirt: short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject. (Celeste Headlee: U.S. radio journalist, author, and public speaker, Born 1969) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATIONS

Headlee, Celeste: Most of us don’t listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply. (Celeste Headlee: U.S. radio journalist, author, and public speaker, Born 1969) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATIONS, LISTENING

Heat-Moon, William L.: When you're traveling . . . people don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. (William L. Heat-Moon: U.S. travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and Osage [native American] ancestry, Born 1939) Categories: TRAVEL

Hedge, H. F.: Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. (H. F. Hedge: U.S. Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist, 1805-1890) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Heffernan, Virginia: Pacifism, after all, fails if it’s passive. (Virginia Heffernan: U.S. journalist and cultural critic, Born 1969) Categories: PACIFISM

Hegel, Georg W.: Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. (Georg W. Hegel: German philosopher whose canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized, 1770-1831) Categories: PASSION

Hegel, Georg W.: The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. (Georg W. Hegel: German philosopher whose canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized, 1770-1831) Categories: FREEDOM, HISTORY

Hegel, Georg W.: We learn from history that we do not learn from history. (Georg W. Hegel: German philosopher whose canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized, 1770-1831) Categories: HISTORY

Heine, Heinrich: Music is almost a miracle, for it stands halfway between thought and phenomenon, between spirit and matter. (Heinrich Heine: German poet, writer and literary critic whose radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities, 1797-1856) Categories: MUSIC

Heine, Heinrich: Once you burn books, soon you will be burning people. (Heinrich Heine: German poet, writer and literary critic whose radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities, 1797-1856) Categories: OPPRESSION

Heine, Heinrich: Woman is at once apple and serpent. (Heinrich Heine: German poet, writer and literary critic whose radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities, 1797-1856) Categories: SIN, WOMEN, MORTALITY

Heinlein, Robert A.: I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy ... censorship. (Robert A. Heinlein: U.S. science-Fiction writer, often called the 'dean of science-fiction writers,' 1907-1988) Categories: CENSORSHIP, SECRECY

Heinlein, Robert A.: In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become loyal to performing daily trivia until we become enslaved by it. (Robert A. Heinlein: U.S. science-Fiction writer, often called the 'dean of science-fiction writers,' 1907-1988) Categories: GOALS, TRIVIA

Heinlein, Robert A.: It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. (Robert A. Heinlein: U.S. science-Fiction writer, often called the 'dean of science-fiction writers,' 1907-1988) Categories: POLITICS, POWER, RELIGION

Hellman, Lillian: Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. (Lillian Hellman: U.S. dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism, 1905-1984) Categories: CYNICISM

Hellman, Lillian: People change and forget to tell each other. (Lillian Hellman: U.S. dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism, 1905-1984) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Hellman, Lillian: Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? (Lillian Hellman: U.S. dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism, 1905-1984) Categories: JUSTICE, NON-PARTISANSHIP

Helps, Arthur: Experience is the extract of suffering. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875) Categories: ADVERSITY, HARDSHIP

Helps, Arthur: If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875) Categories: BOOKS, FICTION

Helps, Arthur: Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875) Categories: READING

Helps, Arthur: Tolerance is the only real test of civilization. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875) Categories: TOLERANCE

Helvetius, Claude A.: Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. (Claude A. Helvetius: French philosopher, freemason, and writer, 1715-1771) Categories: PASSIONLESS, STOICISM

Helvetius, Claude A.: To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. (Claude A. Helvetius: French philosopher, freemason, and writer, 1715-1771) Categories: CENSORSHIP, MEDIA

Hemingway, Ernest: A man can be destroyed but not defeated. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: DEFEAT

Hemingway, Ernest: As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE

Hemingway, Ernest: Everyone is broken by life, but afterward many are strong in the broken places. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: HARDSHIP, RECOVERY

Hemingway, Ernest: How little we know of what there is to know. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: KNOWLEDGE

Hemingway, Ernest: Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: WAR

Hemingway, Ernest: The first draft of anything is shit. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: WRITING

Hemingway, Ernest: The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SIMPLICITY

Hemingway, Ernest: There is no friend as loyal as a book. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: BOOKS, FRIENDS

Hemingway, Ernest: There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: WAR

Hemingway, Ernest: There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY, NOBILITY

Hemingway, Ernest: What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961) Categories: MORALITY

Hendrix, Jimi: When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. (Jimi Hendrix: U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, 1942-1970) Categories: LOVE, PEACE, POWER

Henley, William E.: I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. (William E. Henley: English poet, critic and editor, 1849-1903) Categories: CONSCIENCE, SELF-RELIANCE

Henry, Matthew: None so blind as those that will not see. (Matthew Henry: British Nonconformist minister and author, best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments, 1662-1714) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, OBSTINACY

Henry, Matthew: We must gird up our loins . . . (Matthew Henry: British Nonconformist minister and author, best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments, 1662-1714) Categories: CHALLENGES, COMMITMENT, PREPARATION

Henry, Patrick: Give me liberty, or give me death. (Patrick Henry: U.S. attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799) Categories: DEATH, LIBERTY

Henry, Patrick: I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. (Patrick Henry: U.S. attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799) Categories: FUTURE, PAST

Henry, Patrick: The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government—lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. (Patrick Henry: U.S. attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799) Categories: CONSTITUTION (U.S.A.)

Henry, Will: What is research, but a blind date with knowledge? (Will Henry: U.S. author and screenwriter, 1912-1991) Categories: RESEARCH

Hensch, Takao: The habits we form from childhood make no small difference. They make all the difference. (Takao Hensch: U.S. joint Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University's Center for Brain Science) Categories: CHILDHOOD, HABITS

Hepburn, Audrey: Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible’! (Audrey Hepburn: British actress and humanitarian who was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood, 1929-1993) Categories: IMPOSSIBILITY, POSSIBILITIES

Hepburn, Katharine: I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. (Katharine Hepburn: U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003) Categories: FUN

Hepburn, Katharine: If men and women really suit each other . . . they should live next door—and just visit now and then. (Katharine Hepburn: U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003) Categories: MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIPS

Hepburn, Katharine: If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. (Katharine Hepburn: U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003) Categories: BEHAVIOR, RULES

Heraclitus: Good character is not formed in a week or a month . . . . Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. (Heraclitus: Pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire, 535—475 B.C.E.) Categories: CHANGE, CHARACTER, LIFE, MATURITY

Heraclitus: There is nothing permanent except change. (Heraclitus: Pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire, 535—475 B.C.E.) Categories: CHANGE, PERMANENCE

Heraclitus: You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on. (Heraclitus: Pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire, 535—475 B.C.E.) Categories: CHANGE, PAST

Herbert, George: A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: DEBTS, WORRY

Herbert, George: A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: ACCEPTANCE

Herbert, George: Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: HONESTY, CONFIDENTIALIITY

Herbert, George: He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories:

Herbert, George: Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: NEIGHBORS, PRIVACY

Herbert, George: Nothing wears clothes, but Man; nothing doth need / But he to wear them. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: CLOTHING

Herbert, George: One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: FATHERHOOD, PARENTING

Herbert, George: Show me a liar, and I’ll show thee a thief. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: LIARS

Herbert, George: Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE, SKILLS

Herbert, George: Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: MISANTHROPY, SELFISHNESS, THIEVERY

Herbert, George: The best mirror is an old friend. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, MIRRORS, RELATIONSHIPS, REFLECTIONS

Herbert, George: You must lose a fly to catch a trout. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923) Categories: COMPROMISE, DECISIONS

Hernandez, Aileen: All issues are women’s issues. (Aileen Hernandez: African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist who served as the president of the National Organization for Women, Born, 1926) Categories: WOMEN

Herodotus: Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. (Herodotus: Greek historian who is known for having written the book "The Histories," and who is often referred to as "The Father of History,” 484—425 B.C.E.) Categories: CIRCUMSTANCES

Herodotus: In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. (Herodotus: Greek historian who is known for having written the book "The Histories," and who is often referred to as "The Father of History,” 484—425 B.C.E.) Categories: PEACE, WAR

Herodotus: Men trust their ears less than their eyes. (Herodotus: Greek historian who is known for having written the book "The Histories," and who is often referred to as "The Father of History,” 484—425 B.C.E.) Categories: SENSES

Herold, Don: Babies are such a nice way to start people. (Don Herold: U.S humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. 1889-1966) Categories: BABIES

Herold, Don: There's one thing about baldness—it's neat. (Don Herold: U.S humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. 1889-1966) Categories: APPEARANCE, BALDNESS

Herrick, Robert: But ne'er the rose without the thorn. (Robert Herrick: English lyric poet and cleric, 1591-1674) Categories: PAIN, PLEASURE

Herrick, Robert: Gather ye rose-buds while ye may / Old Time is still a-flying / And this same flower that smiles today / Tomorrow will be dying. (Robert Herrick: English lyric poet and cleric, 1591-1674) Categories: INITIATIVE, TIME

Hersey, John: Journalism allows its readers to witness history. Fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. (John Hersey: U.S. writer, journalist, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1914-1993) Categories: FICTION, WRITING

Hesburgh, Theodore: The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. (Theodore Hesburgh: U.S. priest who served for 35 years as the president of the University of Notre Dame, 1917-2015) Categories: FAMILY, PARENTHOOD

Hesburgh, Theodore: Voting is a sacred sacrament. (Theodore Hesburgh: U.S. priest who served for 35 years as the president of the University of Notre Dame, 1917-2015) Categories: VOTING

Heschel, Abraham J.: Some are guilty, but all are responsible. (Abraham J. Heschel: Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972) Categories: GUILT, RESPONSIBILITY, SOCIETY

Heschel, Abraham J.: When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. (Abraham J. Heschel: Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972) Categories: KINDNESS, CLEVERNESS

Hesiod: A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. (Hesiod: Greek poet, along with Homer, whose writings serve as a major source on Greek mythology, ca. 750—650 B.C.E.) Categories: NEIGHBORS

Hesiod: Observe due measure; moderation is best in all things. (Hesiod: Greek poet, along with Homer, whose writings serve as a major source on Greek mythology, ca. 750—650 B.C.E.) Categories: MODERATION

Hesiod: The Gods rank work above virtues. (Hesiod: Greek poet, along with Homer, whose writings serve as a major source on Greek mythology, ca. 750—650 B.C.E.) Categories: WORK

Hesse, Herman: Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. (Herman Hesse: German-born poet, painter, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize In Literature, whose works include "Steppenwolf," and "Siddhartha," 1877-1962) Categories: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE

Hesse, Herman: Some say it’s holding on that makes you strong. Sometimes it’s letting go. (Herman Hesse: German-born poet, painter, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize In Literature, whose works include "Steppenwolf," and "Siddhartha," 1877-1962) Categories: FLEXIBILITY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS, PERSEVERANCE, REFLECTION, RELINQUISHMENT

Hesse, Herman: Tenderness is more powerful than hardness; Water is more powerful than the rock; Love is more powerful than violence. (Herman Hesse: German-born poet, painter, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize In Literature, whose works include "Steppenwolf," and "Siddhartha," 1877-1962) Categories: POWER

Heywood, John: Better is half a loaf than no bread. (John Heywood: English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs, 1497-1580) Categories: GRATITUDE

Heywood, John: He who laughs, lasts. (John Heywood: English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs, 1497-1580) Categories: HUMOR, LAUGHTER

Hickson, William E.: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. (William E. Hickson: British educational writer, 1803-1870) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS, TENACITY

Hiddleston, Tom: Never, ever let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do. (Note: Beethoven was deaf but was a musician. (Tom Hiddleston: English actor, Born 1981) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, PERSEVERANCE

Hightower, Cullen: The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. (Cullen Hightower: U.S. quotation and quip writer, 1923-2008) Categories: WORTHINESS

Hill, Aaron: I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. (Aaron Hill: British writer, 1685-1750) Categories: CULTURES, CUSTOMS

Hill, James B.: The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile. (James B. Hill: U.S. inventor, 1856-1945) Categories: DILIGENCE, PLUCK

Hill, Lauryn: We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it. (Lauryn Hill: U.S. singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress , Born 1975) Categories: CHANGE, LIFE, OPENNESS

Hill, Napoleon: A goal is a dream with a deadline. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: DREAMS, GOALS

Hill, Napoleon: A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: QUITTING

Hill, Napoleon: If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS

Hill, Napoleon: Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: FAILURE, SUCCESS

Hill, Napoleon: Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: MIND, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Hill, Napoleon: Worry is a state of mind based on fear. (Napoleon Hill: U.S. self-help author whose books focused on principles to achieve success, 1883-1970) Categories: FEAR, WORRY

Hillary, Edmund: It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. (Edmund Hillary: New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer, Tenzing Norgay, became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, 1919-2008) Categories: SELF-DISCOVERY, MOUNTAINS

Hillel (the Elder): If not us, who? If not now, when? (Hillel (the Elder): Jewish religious leader, sage, and scholar, 110 B.C.E.-10 A.D.) Categories: AWARENESS, INSPIRATION

Hillesum, Etty: That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything. (Etty Hillesum: Dutch diary writer who lived in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and died in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 1914-1943) Categories: ANXIETY, EXCLUSION

Hillyer, Robert: Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. (Robert Hillyer: U.S. poet and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1895-1961) Categories: PERFECTION

Hippocrates: Opposites are cures for opposites. (Hippocrates: Greek physician who is often referred to as the 'Father of Medicine,' c. 460 B.C.E.—c. 370 B.C.E.) Categories: OPPOSITES

Hippocrates: Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods, a man should himself lend a hand. (Hippocrates: Greek physician who is often referred to as the 'Father of Medicine,' c. 460 B.C.E.—c. 370 B.C.E.) Categories: PRAYER, SELF-RELIANCE

Hitchcock, Alfred: There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. (Alfred Hitchcock: British film director and producer who is considered one of cinema's most influential figures, often called 'The Master of Suspense', 1899-1980) Categories: ANXIETY, DREAD

Hitchens, Christopher: Gullibility and credulity are considered undesirable qualities in every department of human life—except religion. (Christopher Hitchens: Anglo-American columnist, social critic, and journalist, 1949-2011) Categories: RELIGION, GULLIBILITY

Hitchens, Christopher: What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. (Christopher Hitchens: Anglo-American columnist, social critic, and journalist, 1949-2011) Categories: PROOF

Hitler, Adolf: Belief is harder to shake than knowledge. (Adolf Hitler: German leader of the Nazi Party who initiated World War II in Europe, 1889-1945) Categories: BELIEFS

Hitler, Adolf: How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. (Adolf Hitler: German leader of the Nazi Party who initiated World War II in Europe, 1889-1945) Categories: GOVERNMENT, IGNORANCE

Hobbes, Thomas: Curiosity is a lust of the mind. (Thomas Hobbes: English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy, 1588-1679) Categories: CURIOSITY

Hobbes, Thomas: Leisure is the mother of philosophy. (Thomas Hobbes: English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy, 1588-1679) Categories: LEISURE

Hodding, Carter lll: There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. (Carter Hodding lll: U.S. journalist and politician, Born 1935) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Hoffer, Eric: Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: FAITH, POWER

Hoffer, Eric: Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: CHANGE, DRAWBACKS

Hoffer, Eric: Failure often occurs when a pioneer is facing new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: CHALLENGES, FAILURES

Hoffer, Eric: Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: HATRED

Hoffer, Eric: However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: IDENTITY, SELF-IMAGE

Hoffer, Eric: It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: APPEARANCE, COMMUNICATION, PERCEPTION

Hoffer, Eric: Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: SAINTS, SIN

Hoffer, Eric: Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: PROTEST

Hoffer, Eric: Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: HATRED

Hoffer, Eric: Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: GOVERNMENT, POWER, WEAKNESS

Hoffer, Eric: Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: RUDENESS

Hoffer, Eric: The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: COMPETITION, MOTIVATION

Hoffer, Eric: There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. (Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIETY

Hoffer, Eric: To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: GRIEVANCES, MOTIVATION, PURPOSE

Hoffer, Eric: Treasure the memories of past misfortunes; they constitute our bank of fortitude. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983) Categories: FORTITUDE, MISFORTUNES

Hofstadter, Douglas: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. (Douglas Hofstadter: U.S. scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature, Born 1945) Categories: PLANNING, TIME, ESTIMATION

Hofstadter, Richard: One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged. (Richard Hofstadter: U.S. historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century who was the DeWitt Clinton Professor a U.S. History at Columbia University (1916-1970)) Categories: ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

Hofstadter, Richard: Third (political) parties are like bees: Once they have stung, they die. (Richard Hofstadter: U.S. historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century who was the DeWitt Clinton Professor a U.S. History at Columbia University (1916-1970)) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)

Holdcroft, L. T.: The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post. (L. T. Holdcroft: English dramatist, poet, and translator who helped Thomas Paine publish the first part of "The Rights of Man," 1745-1809) Categories: EXPERIENCE, PAST

Holderlin, Friedrich: What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. (Friedrich Holderlin: German lyric poet, 1770-1843) Categories: FIENDISHNESS

Holland, Isabelle: As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind. (Isabelle Holland: U.S. author of fiction for children and adults, 1920-2002) Categories: GRUDGES

Holland, Josiah G.: God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. (Josiah G. Holland: U.S. novelist, poet, and co-founder/editor of 'Scribner's Monthly,' 1819-1881) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Holland, Josiah G.: One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures. (Josiah G. Holland: U.S. novelist, poet, and co-founder/editor of 'Scribner's Monthly,' 1819-1881) Categories: PLANNING, PROGRESSION

Holland, Josiah G.: The mind grows by what it feeds on. (Josiah G. Holland: U.S. novelist, poet, and co-founder/editor of 'Scribner's Monthly,' 1819-1881) Categories: LEARNING, EXPOSURE

Holmes, John A.: Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. (John A. Holmes: U.S. poet and literary critic, 1904-1962) Categories: SPEECH

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: A page of history is worth a volume of logic. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: HISTORY, LOGIC

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging; it is the skin of living thought and changes from day to day as does the air around us. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: WORDS

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Certitude is not the test of certainty. But certainty is generally illusion. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: BELIEFS, BIAS, CERTAINTY, CERTITUDE

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Even the most stringent protection of free speech does not protect a man in falsely shouting ‘fire’ in a theatre and causing a panic. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: FREE SPEECH

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Every calling is great when greatly pursued. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: COMMITMENT, CALLING

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: OPINIONS, PROGRESS

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Law's history is the history of the moral development of the race. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: HISTORY, LAW, MORALITY

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: DISCOVERY, EDUCATION, LEARNING

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: LIES, SIN

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: TAXATION

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: The life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LAW (U.S.A.), NEEDS

Holmes,, Oliver W. Jr.: The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935) Categories: AGING, EXPERIENCE

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: EXPERIENCE, IDEAS, MIND, TRAVEL

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: A photograph is a mirror with a memory. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: PHOTOGRAPHS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Apology is only egotism wrong side out. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: APOLOGIES

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Death tugs at my ear and says, "Live, I am coming." (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: DEATH, READINESS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Imitation is a necessity of human nature. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: IMITATION

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Man has his will—but woman has her way. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: GENDER

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Speak clearly, if you speak at all; Carve every word before you let it fall. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: SPEECH, WORDS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: POETRY

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: SCHOLARS

Holtz, Lou: It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. (Lou Holtz: former U.S. football player, coach, and analyst, Born 1937) Categories: ATTITUDE, CHOICES, DECISIONS

Holtz, Lou: Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. (Lou Holtz: former U.S. football player, coach, and analyst, Born 1937) Categories: LIFE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Holtz, Lou: Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” (Lou Holtz: former U.S. football player, coach, and analyst, Born 1937) Categories: ATTITUDE, MOTIVATION, TALENT

Homa, Ada: I think the sky blushes when the sun kisses her good night. (Ada Homa: Kurdish-American writer and university lecturer) Categories: SUNSETS

Homer: A decent boldness ever meets with friends. (Homer: Legendary author of the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey,' two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature, late eighth or early seventh century B.C.E.) Categories: BOLDNESS

Homer: Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than of war. (Homer: Legendary author of the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey,' two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature, late eighth or early seventh century B.C.E.) Categories: WAR

Homolke, Oskar: To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than. (Oskar Homolke: Austrian film and theater actor, 1898-1978) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LIFE

Honda, Soichire: I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride crowded trains and buses. (Soichire Honda: Japanese engineer and industrialist who In 1948 established the Honda Motor Co., 1906-1991) Categories: INNOVATION, MOTIVATION

Honda, Soichire: If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. (Soichire Honda: Japanese engineer and industrialist who In 1948 established the Honda Motor Co., 1906-1991) Categories: LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT

Hooker, Richard: Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better (Richard Hooker: U.S. writer and surgeon , 1924-1997) Categories: CHANGE, INCONVENIENCE

Hoover, Herbert: Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. (Herbert Hoover: U.S. engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States, 1874-1964) Categories: YOUTH, DEBTS

Hoover, Herbert: Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. (Herbert Hoover: U.S. engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States, 1874-1964) Categories: WAR, YOUTH

Hoover, Herbert: The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people. (Herbert Hoover: U.S. engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States, 1874-1964) Categories: PRESIDENCY (U.S.A.)

Hoover, J. E.: It's better to have your enemies inside the tent than outside. (J. E. Hoover: U.S. law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), 1895-1972) Categories: POLITICS

Hope, Bob: I was lucky I wasn't a better boxer, or that's what I'd be now - a punchy ex-pug. (Bob Hope: U.S. comedian, actor, entertainer, and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, and television, 1903-2003) Categories: CAREERS

Hopf, Harry A.: Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision. (Harry A. Hopf: British practitioner and pioneer in Management, 1882-1949) Categories: DECISIONS, POSTPONEMENT, RISK

Hopi proverb: You have to believe in gods to see them. (Hopi proverb: ) Categories: BELIEFS, FAITH

Hopper, Edward: If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. (Edward Hopper: U.S. realist painter, 1882-1967) Categories: ART, PAINTING

Hopper, Grace: A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. (Grace Hopper: U.S. computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral, 1906-1992) Categories: ADVENTURE, APPROPRIATENESS, SHIPS, PURPOSEFULNESS

Horace: Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: ADVERSITY, TALENTS

Horace: Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: ANGER

Horace: He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: BEHAVIOR, POSTPONEMENT

Horace: If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: CRITICISM, OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Horace: Riches either serve or govern the possessor. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: RICHES, WEALTH

Horace: Seize the day! (Carpe diem) (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: FATE, FOCUS, PLEASURE

Horace: Well begun is half done (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E) Categories: PLANNING

Horder, Thomas: It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying. (Thomas Horder: English physician recognized as a leading clinician and diagnostician of his day, 1871-1955) Categories: DYING, MEDICINE

Horne, Lena: It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. (Lena Horne: U.S. singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist, 1917-2010) Categories: BURDENS, CHALLENGES

Horney, Karen: Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression. (Karen Horney: German psychoanalyst, 1885-1952) Categories: ACTION, WORRY

Horton, Douglas: While seeking revenge, dig two graves—one for yourself (Douglas Horton: U.S. Protestant clergyman and academic leader who was noted for his work in ecumenical relations among major Protestant bodies of his day, 1891-1968.) Categories: REVENGE

Houston, Drew: Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once (Drew Houston: U.S. Internet entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, Born 1983) Categories: FAILURE

Houston, Libby: When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay. (Libby Houston: English poet, botanist, research associate at the University of Bristol, and rock climber, Born 1941) Categories: DREAMS

Howe, Edgar W.: A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937) Categories: ADVICE, SCARINESS

Howe, Edgar W.: A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937) Categories: HUMILITY, MODESTY

Howe, Edgar W.: A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937) Categories: FACTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEORIES

Howe, Edgar W.: Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937) Categories: BEHAVIOR, HABITS

Howe, Edgar W.: There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937) Categories: MARRIAGE

Howells, William D.: He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. (William D. Howells: U.S. novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed ‘The Dean of American Letters,’ 1837-1920) Categories: SILENCE, SLEEP, NOISE

Hoyt, Daniel W.: Why should good words ne’er be said / Of a friend till he is dead? (Daniel W. Hoyt: U.S. minister and Civil War veteran, 1845-1936) Categories: EULOGIES

Hsieh, Tehyl: Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve. (Tehyl Hsieh: Chinese patriot, lecturer, and writer, 1884-1972) Categories: ACTION, DOUBT, THEORY

Hsieh, Tony: Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you. (Tony Hsieh: U.S. internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded the Internet advertising network, LinkExchange, 1973-2020) Categories: AMBITION, GOALS

Hubbard, Elbert: A friend is someone who know all about you and still loves you. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Hubbard, Elbert: A friend is someone who knows all about you, and loves you just the same. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: FRIENDS, UNDERSTANDING

Hubbard, Elbert: He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Hubbard, Elbert: Horse-racing: The only man who makes money following the races is the one who does so with a broom and shovel. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: GAMBLING, HORSE-RACING

Hubbard, Elbert: If you want a work well done, select a busy man: the other kind has no time. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: WORK, CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Hubbard, Elbert: No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: VACATIONS

Hubbard, Elbert: One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. But no machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: EXCEPTIONALITY, MACHINES

Hubbard, Elbert: Pain is deeper than all thought, laughter is higher than all pain. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: PAIN, LAUGHTER

Hubbard, Elbert: The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: FEAR, MISTAKES

Hubbard, Elbert: The man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: CHANGE, INNOVATION

Hubbard, Elbert: The thing we fear we bring to pass. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: FEAR, RESULTS

Hubbard, Elbert: The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: INNOVATION

Hubbard, Elbert: There is no failure except in no longer trying. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: FAILURE, MOTIVATION

Hubbard, Elbert: To escape criticism—do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: CRITICISM

Hubbard, Elbert: We work to become, not to acquire. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, SELF-IDENTITY

Hubbard, Elbert: Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, EXPECTATIONS

Hubbard, Kin: Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. (Kin Hubbard: U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATIONS, WEATHER

Hubbard, Kin: Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it. (Kin Hubbard: U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930) Categories: FLATTERY

Hubbard, Kin: It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he adores the flag. (Kin Hubbard: U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930) Categories: PATRIOTISM, POLITICIANS

Hubbard, Kin: Nobody ever forgets where he buried a hatchet. (Kin Hubbard: U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930) Categories: GRUDGES

Hubbard, Kin: The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. (Kin Hubbard: U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930) Categories: COMMUNICATION, LISTENING

Huffington, Arianna: Life is a dance between making it happen . . . and letting it happen. (Arianna Huffington: Greek- American author, columnist, and co-founder and chief editor of 'The Huffington Post,' Born 1950) Categories: BEHAVIOR, INITIATIVE, LIFE

Huffington, Arianna: The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic. (Arianna Huffington: Greek- American author, columnist, and co-founder and chief editor of 'The Huffington Post,' Born 1950) Categories: FORESIGHT

Hufstedler, Shirley M.: If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. (Shirley M. Hufstedler: U.S. attorney and judge who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Education, 1925-2016) Categories: SELF-DAMAGE, SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Hughes, Charles E.: A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. (Charles E. Hughes: U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-AWARENESS

Hughes, Charles E.: The peril of this nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope. (Charles E. Hughes: U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948) Categories: DEMOCRACY (U.S.A.)

Hughes, Charles E.: The U.S. is under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is. (Charles E. Hughes: U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948) Categories: JUDICIARY (U.S.A.), LAW (U.S.A.)

Hughes, Chris: You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct (Chris Hughes: U.S. Internet entrepreneur entrepreneur and author who co-founded the online social directory and networking site Facebook,Born 19983) Categories: INNOVATION, INSTINCT

Hughes, J. B.: If Moses had been a committee, the Israelites would still be in Egypt. (J. B. Hughes: Australian-British developer and politician, 1817-1881) Categories: COMMITTEES

Hughes, Langston: Birthing is hard and dying is mean / So get yourself a little loving in between. (Langston Hughes: U.S. poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, 1902-1967) Categories: DYING, LIFE, CHILDBIRTH

Hughes, Langston: Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. (Langston Hughes: U.S. poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, 1902-1967) Categories: DREAMS

Hughes, Langston: I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. (Langston Hughes: U.S. poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, 1902-1967) Categories: SELF-DETERMINATION

Hugo, Victor: A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: COMPLIMENTS

Hugo, Victor: A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: LABOR, CONCENTRATION

Hugo, Victor: As the purse is emptied the heart is filled. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: CHARITY

Hugo, Victor: Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: CAUTION

Hugo, Victor: Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: AGING, LIFE

Hugo, Victor: Inspiration and genius—one and the same. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: GENIUS, INSPIRATION

Hugo, Victor: Knowing exactly how much of the future can be introduced into the present is the secret of great government. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: FUTURE, GOVERNMENT, PLANNING

Hugo, Victor: Life is the flower for which love is the honey. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories:

Hugo, Victor: Mirrors—those revealers of the truth—are hated; but that does not prevent them from being of use. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: MIRRORS

Hugo, Victor: My tastes are aristocratic; my actions democratic. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: ACTION, SELF-AWARENESS

Hugo, Victor: No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: TIMING

Hugo, Victor: Sorrow is a fruit; God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: SORROW, STRENGTH

Hugo, Victor: Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: BITTERNESS

Hugo, Victor: The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: LOVE, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Hugo, Victor: There is nothing like a dream to create the future. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: DREAMS, FUTURE

Hugo, Victor: Toleration is the best religion. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: TOLERATION

Hugo, Victor: When you open a school, you close a jail. (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: PRISONS, SCHOOLS

Hugo, Victor: Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view? (Victor Hugo: French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," 1802-1885) Categories: TECHNOLOGY

Hulbert, Harold S.: Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. (Harold S. Hulbert: U.S. actor, 1909-1959) Categories: CHILDHOOD

Humboldt, William v.: It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. (William v. Humboldt: Prussian philosopher and diplomat, 1767-1835) Categories: ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR, FATE

Humes, James: 'Vice-President' is the title given to a corporate manager instead of a raise. (James Humes: U.S. author and former presidential speechwriter, known for his extensive knowledge of the political landscape, Born 1934) Categories: PROFESSIONS, TITLES

Humphrey, Hubert: Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. (Hubert Humphrey: U.S. senator who then served as Vice-President, 1911-1978) Categories: COMPASSION, SOCIALISM

Humphrey, Hubert: Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. (Hubert Humphrey: U.S. senator who then served as Vice-President, 1911-1978) Categories: DELIBERATION, FREEDOM, POLITICS

Humphrey, Hubert: There are those who say -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. (Hubert Humphrey: U.S. senator who then served as Vice-President, 1911-1978) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, JUSTICE

Humphrey, Muriel: A speech does not need to be eternal to be immortal. (Muriel Humphrey: U.S. politician who, as the wife of Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, served as the Second Lady of the United States and later as a U.S. Senator, 1912-1998) Categories: ORATORY

Hungarian Proverb: The wife of a careless man is almost a widow. (Hungarian Proverb: ) Categories: CARELESSNESS

Hungerford, Margaret: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (Margaret Hungerford: Irish popular novelist who wrote light romantic fiction, 1855-1897) Categories: APPEARANCE, BEAUTY, PERCEPTION

Hunt, Leigh: Color is the smiles of nature. (Leigh Hunt: English critic, essayist, and poet, 1784-1859) Categories: COLOR, NATURE

Hunt, Leigh: Patience and gentleness is power. (Leigh Hunt: English critic, essayist, and poet, 1784-1859) Categories: GENTLENESS, PATIENCE, POWER

Hunt, Leigh: The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. (Leigh Hunt: English critic, essayist, and poet, 1784-1859) Categories: GREED

Hunter, Howard W.: One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother. (Howard W. Hunter: U.S. lawyer and the 14th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1907-1995) Categories: FATHERHOOD, PARENTING

Hutcheson, Francis: Political action is best when it accomplishes the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. (Francis Hutcheson: Scottish philosopher, 1694-1746) Categories: POLITICS

Hutchins, Robert: The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. (Robert Hutchins: U.S. educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, and president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, 1899-1977) Categories: EDUCATION, GRADUATION

Hutchins, Robert: Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes. (Robert Hutchins: U.S. educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, and president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, 1899-1977) Categories: EXERCISE

Huxley, Aldous: After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories:

Huxley, Aldous: Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LEARNING, OPPORTUNITIES

Huxley, Aldous: Experience teaches only the teachable. (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories: EXPERIENCE, OPEN-MINDEDNESS, WILLINGNESS

Huxley, Aldous: Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories: COMMUNICATION, PROVERBS, SELF-AWARENESS

Huxley, Aldous: Sleep is the most blessed and blessing of all natural graces. (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories: SLEEP

Huxley, Aldous: There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Aldous Huxley (Aldous Huxley: English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—and was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963) Categories: SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Huxley, Thomas H.: Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. (Thomas H. Huxley: English biologist and anthropologist specializing in comparative anatomy and was an advocate of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, 1825-1895) Categories: AUTHORITARIANISM, KNOWLEDGE, PROGRESS

Huxley, Thomas H.: The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. (Thomas H. Huxley: English biologist and anthropologist specializing in comparative anatomy and was an advocate of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, 1825-1895) Categories: FACTS, HYPOTHESES, SCIENCE