Kafka, Franz: A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside of us. (Franz Kafka: German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924) Categories: BOOKS, ENLIGHTENMENT
Kafka, Franz: Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. (Franz Kafka: German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924) Categories: BEAUTY, PERCEPTION
Kafka, Franz: God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them (Franz Kafka: German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Kafka, Franz: In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world. (Franz Kafka: German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924) Categories: CHALLENGES, WORLD
Kafka, Franz: Now I can look at you in peace [while admiring fish in an aquarium]; I don't eat you anymore. (Franz Kafka: German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924) Categories: ENVIRONMENTALISM, FISH
Kagan, Robert: One of liberalism’s great weaknesses has always been the belief in its own inevitability. (Robert Kagan: U.S. Neo-conservative scholar, columnist, a critic of U.S. foreign policy, and a leading advocate of liberal internationalism, Born 1958) Categories: LIBERALISM
Kahlenberg, Richard D.: School vouchers are sold as a way for parents to handpick schools that reinforce values taught at home, but a democracy requires critical thinkers who are exposed to new ideas. (Richard D. Kahlenberg: U.S. scholar and advocate of the economic integration movement in K-12 schooling, Born 1963) Categories: EDUCATION, VOUCHERS
Kaiser, Henry J.: Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. (Henry J. Kaiser: U.S. industrialist who established the Kaiser Shipyards after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, and Kaiser Permanente health care, 1882-1967) Categories: OPPORTUNITY, PROBLEMS
Kalanathi, Paul: Years ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving (Paul Kalanathi: U.S. surgeon and writer, 1977-2015) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, STRIVING
Kant, Immanuel: Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. (Immanuel Kant: German philosopher whose views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804) Categories: BEHAVIOR, PRINCIPLES, ROLE MODELS
Kant, Immanuel: Everything in nature acts in conformity with law. (Immanuel Kant: German philosopher whose views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804) Categories: NATURE
Kant, Immanuel: The death of dogma is the birth of reality. (Immanuel Kant: German philosopher whose views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804) Categories: DOGMATISM, REALITY
Karna, Narayan B.: A true friend is one who frequently fights you, gets mad at you, avoids you . . . but no matter what, always loves you. (Narayan B. Karna: Nepali artist and writer, considered the ‘Grandfather of Nepali Truck Literature'}) Categories: FRIENDSHIP
Karr, Alphonse: Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. (Alphonse Karr: French literary figure, known as a critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890) Categories: CHARACTER, HUMANKIND
Karr, John-Baptiste A.: Every man possesses three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he really has, and that which he believes he has. (John-Baptiste A. Karr: French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890) Categories: CHARACTER, SELF-AWARENESS
Karr, John-Baptiste A.: Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. (John-Baptiste A. Karr: French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890) Categories: GRATITUDE
Karr, John-Baptiste A.: The more things change, the more they stay the same. (John-Baptiste A. Karr: French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890) Categories: CHANGE
Karr, Mary: I think a dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. (Mary Karr: U.S. poet, essayist, and memoirist, Born 1955) Categories: FAMILY
Kassem, Suzy: Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. (Suzy Kassem: U.S. writer, poet, philosopher, and multi-faceted artist of Egyptian origin, Born 1975) Categories: DOUBT, DREAMS
Kassem, Suzy: Just be yourself, because an original is worth more than a copy. (Suzy Kassem: U.S. writer, poet, philosopher, and multi-faceted artist of Egyptian origin, Born 1975) Categories: AUTHENTICITY, SELF-IDENTITY
Kassoria, Irene: Don't wait for your 'ship to come in,' and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small. (Irene Kassoria: U.S. psychologist, 1925-2023) Categories: SELF-INITIATIVE
Kauanui, Kehaulani J.: Racism is a system, not an event. (Kehaulani J. Kauanui: U.S. (native Hawaiian) author, editor, radio producer, educator, and is one of six co-founders of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Born 1968) Categories: RACISM
Kaur, Rupi: Our backs tell stories our books have no spine to carry. (Rupi Kaur: Indian-Canadian poet, writer, illustrator, and performer, Born 1992) Categories: BOOKS, EXPERIENCE
Kaur, Valarie: Forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgiveness is freedom from hate. (Valarie Kaur: U.S. activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader, Born 1981) Categories: FORGIVENESS, HATE
Kaur, Valarie: Our minds are primed for us and them . . . . Who we see as one of us determines who we let inside our circle of care and concern. This happens before conscious thought. (Valarie Kaur: U.S. activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader, Born 1981) Categories: DISCRIMINATION, UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
Kaur, Valarie: You are a part of me I do not yet know. (Valarie Kaur: U.S. activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader, Born 1981) Categories: STRANGERS, RELATIONSHIPS
Kay, Alan: A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. (Alan Kay: U.S. computer scientist and an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Born 1940) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS
Kay, Alan: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. (Alan Kay: U.S. computer scientist and an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Born 1940) Categories: FUTURE, PREDICTIONS
Kaye, Danny: Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. (Danny Kaye: U.S. actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist, 1911-1987) Categories: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LIFE
Kazantzakis, Nikos: A fault confessed is half-redressed. (Nikos Kazantzakis: Greek writer and nine-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1883-1957) Categories: CONFESSION
Kazantzakis, Nikos: A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. (Nikos Kazantzakis: Greek writer and nine-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1883-1957) Categories: BEHAVIOR, MADNESS
Kazantzakis, Nikos: True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. (Nikos Kazantzakis: Greek writer and nine-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1883-1957) Categories: MENTORS, TEACHERS
Keach, Stacy: In reflecting on your past, don't obscure the future. (Stacy Keach: U.S. actor and narrator, Born 1941) Categories: PAST, FUTURE
Keane, Bill: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. (Bill Keane: U.S. cartoonist best known for the newspaper comic strip 'The Family Circus', 1922-2011) Categories: TODAY
Keats, John: A thing of beauty is a joy forever. (John Keats: English Romantic poet, 1795-1821) Categories: BEAUTY
Keats, John: Beauty is truth, truth beauty. (John Keats: English Romantic poet, 1795-1821) Categories: BEAUTY, TRUTH
Keats, John: I am certain of . . . the truth of imagination. (John Keats: English Romantic poet, 1795-1821) Categories: DISCOVERIES, IMAGINATION
Keen, Sam: You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. (Sam Keen: U.S. author, professor, and philosopher, Born 1931) Categories:
Kelland, Clarence: My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. (Clarence Kelland: U.S. writer who was a literary figure whose writings were both prolific and versatile, 1881-1964) Categories: PARENTING
Keller, Helen A.: A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: CHALLENGES, DECISIONS, OPPORTUNITY
Keller, Helen A.: Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: RECOVERY, SUFFERING
Keller, Helen A.: Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: DANGER, FEAR
Keller, Helen A.: Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: CHARACTER-BUILDING
Keller, Helen A.: I believe that the welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: HUMANKIND
Keller, Helen A.: I cried because I had no shoes. Then I saw a man who had no feet. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS
Keller, Helen A.: I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: DISABILITIES, HANDICAPS
Keller, Helen A.: Keep your face to the sunshine and you won't see the shadows. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: CHEERFULNESS, POSITIVISM
Keller, Helen A.: Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: ADVENTURE, LIFE
Keller, Helen A.: No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: PESSIMISM
Keller, Helen A.: Science may have found a cure for most evils: but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: APATHY
Keller, Helen A.: Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: SECURITY
Keller, Helen A.: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: BEAUTY, HEARTFELTNESS
Keller, Helen A.: The fearful are caught as often as the bold. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: BOLDNESS, FEAR
Keller, Helen A.: The highest result of education is tolerance. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: EDUCATION, TOLERANCE
Keller, Helen A.: The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: VISION, SIGHT
Keller, Helen A.: The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings . . . but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: DEMOCRACY
Keller, Helen A.: The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: HEROES, HUMANKIND, MENTORS
Keller, Helen A.: To be blind is bad, but it is worse to have eyes and not see. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: PERCEPTION, SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS
Keller, Helen A.: Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: FRIENDSHIP
Keller, Helen A.: We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: JOY, HARDSHIP
Keller, Helen A.: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: AWARENESS, PERCEPTION
Keller, Helen A.: You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968) Categories: JOY, OBSTACLES
Kelley, David: Intuition and creativity are informed by practice and diligence. (David Kelley: U.S. designer, engineer, professor, and founder of the design firm, Ideo, Born 1951) Categories: CREATIVITY, DILIGENCE, INTUITION
Kelley, Emma D.: The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character. (Emma D. Kelley: U.S. writer, 1863-1938) Categories: CHARACTER, REPUTATION
Kelly, Walt: We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt Kelly: U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip, 'Pogo,' 1913-1973) Categories: AWARENESS, ENEMIES
Kelsey, Morton: What we assume—what we have never clearly thought out—controls us. (Morton Kelsey: U.S. priest, counselor, and religious writer, 1917-2001) Categories: ASSUMPTIONS
Kemp, Harry: The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream. (Harry Kemp: U.S. poet and prose writer, 1883-1960) Categories: DREAMS, POVERTY
Kempis, Thomas a.: And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind. (Thomas a. Kempis: German-Dutch clergyman and author of devotional books, 1380-1471) Categories: FORGETFULNESS, MEMORY
Kendi, Ibram X.: To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. (Ibram X. Kendi: U.S. author, historian, recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for the Humanities, and leading scholar of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S., Born 1982) Categories: RACISM
Kennedy, Florynce: There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody. (Florynce Kennedy: U.S. lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, and lecturer, 1916-2000) Categories: EMPLOYMENT, GENDER
Kennedy, John F.: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, POLITICS
Kennedy, John F.: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CHANGE, FUTURE
Kennedy, John F.: Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CHILDREN
Kennedy, John F.: Civility is not a sign of weakness. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CIVILITY
Kennedy, John F.: For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: GOVERNMENT, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Kennedy, John F.: Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: FEAR, NEGOTIATION
Kennedy, John F.: One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, SELF-INITIATIVE
Kennedy, John F.: Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: NEGOTIATION, PEACE
Kennedy, John F.: The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CRISIS, OPPORTUNITY
Kennedy, John F.: The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CERTAINTY, HOPE
Kennedy, John F.: The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: MAINTENANCE, PLANNING, TIMING
Kennedy, John F.: Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: ACHIEVEMENT, FAILURE
Kennedy, John F.: Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: DELIBERATION, OPINIONS
Kennedy, John F.: Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: DEFEAT, SUCCESS
Kennedy, John F.: War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: COURAGE, MORALITY, PACIFISM, RESISTANCE, VALUES
Kennedy, John F.: We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: FEAR, HOPE
Kennedy, John F.: When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963) Categories: CRISIS, DANGER, OPPORTUNITY
Kennedy, Joseph P.: Don’t get mad, get even. (Joseph P. Kennedy: U.S. prominent businessman, politician., and the patriarch of the Irish-American Kennedy family, 1888-1969) Categories: RETRIBUTION
Kennedy, Robert F.: As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968) Categories: EQUITY, EVIL, POVERTY
Kennedy, Robert F.: Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968) Categories: HOPE
Kennedy, Robert F.: Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968) Categories: RISK-TAKERS
Kennedy, Robert F.: We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968) Categories: FREE SPEECH, FREEDOM (U.S.A.), GOVERNMENT (U.S.A.), POLITICS (U.S.A.)
Kennedy, Rose: It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone. (Rose Kennedy: U.S. philanthropist, socialite, centenarian, and the mother of nine children, including President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, 1890-1995) Categories: SORROW, WOUNDS
Kennedy, Rose: Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments. (Rose Kennedy: U.S. philanthropist, socialite, centenarian, and the mother of nine children, including President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, 1890-1995) Categories: MOMENTS, MILESTONES
Kenny, Elizabeth: He who angers you conquers you. (Elizabeth Kenny: Self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed a new approach for treating victims of poliomyelitis, which was controversial at the time, 1880-1952) Categories: ANGER
Kent, Corita: Everything in moderation, including moderation. (Corita Kent: U.S. Roman Catholic religious sister, artist, and educator, 1918-1986) Categories: MODERATION
Kent, Corita: Flowers grow out of dark moments. (Corita Kent: U.S. Roman Catholic religious sister, artist, and educator, 1918-1986) Categories: ADVERSITY, RESILIENCE
Kent, Corita: Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the liberation of the masculine in the woman. (Corita Kent: U.S. Roman Catholic religious sister, artist, and educator, 1918-1986) Categories: GENDER
Kenyan proverb: When two bull elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. (Kenyan proverb: ) Categories: FOLLOWERS, POWER
Kenyatta, Jomo: The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not in his nature to accept serfdom forever. (Jomo Kenyatta: Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister and then as its first President, 1891-1978) Categories: AFRICA, COLONIALISM
Kerr, Clark: The three major administration problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty. (Clark Kerr: U.S. economist and twelfth president of the University of California, 1911-2003) Categories: UNIVERSITIES
Kersey, Ken: You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed. (Ken Kersey: Canadian jazz pianist who spent most of his life working in the United States, 1916-1983) Categories: EVOLUTION, RELATIONSHIPS
Kettering, Charles F.: A problem well stated is a problem half solved. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: COMMUNICATION, PROBLEMS
Kettering, Charles F.: Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: FAILURE, GUIDELINES
Kettering, Charles F.: High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: ACHIEVEMENT, EXPECTATIONS
Kettering, Charles F.: No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: BRAVERY, RISK
Kettering, Charles F.: Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: PROBLEMS, PROGRESS
Kettering, Charles F.: Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958) Categories: TAXATION, THINKING
Key, Ellen: A child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses. (Ellen Key: Swedish feminist writer and an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, 1849-192) Categories: CHALLENGES, CHILDHOOD, MATURATION, PARENTHOOD
Key, Francis S.: The victor belongs to the spoils. (Francis S. Key: U.S. lawyer, author, and amateur poet who is best known for writing the lyrics for the American national anthem , ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ 1896-1940) Categories: VICTORY, DAMAGES
Keyes, Ken: A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. (Ken Keyes: U.S. personal growth author and lecturer, 1921-1995) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, ROLE MODELS
Keynes, John M.: Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. (John M. Keynes: English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics, 1883-1946) Categories: WORDS
Khan, Hazrat I.: When the string of the violin was being tuned it felt the pain of being stretched, but once it was tuned, then it knew why it was stretched. (Hazrat I. Khan: Indian founder of The Sufi Order in the West and teacher of Universal Sufism, 1882-1927) Categories: LEARNING
Khan, Sunia: When I am feeling self-critical and comparing myself to others, I try to remind myself that everyone navigates through different obstacles and grows on her/his own timeline. (Sunia Khan: US. medical student at the university of California, Irvine) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS
Khayyam, Omar: And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky / Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die / Lift not your hands to it for help / For it as impotently rolls as you or I. (Omar Khayyam: Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, 1048-1131) Categories: SKY
Khayyam, Omar: When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back. (Omar Khayyam: Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, 1048-1131) Categories: PAST, MEMORY
Khrushchev, Nikita: Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. (Nikita Khrushchev: Russian politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1894-1971) Categories: POLITICIANS
Kidder, Tracy: The only real nation is humanity. (Tracy Kidder: U.S. writer of nonfiction books and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Born 1945) Categories: CIVILIZATION, GOVERNMENT, HUMANITY, NATIONHOOD
Kierkegaard, Soren,: A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside—thinking that his happiness lies outside him—finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING
Kierkegaard, Soren: Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship. (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855) Categories: ADVERSITY, FRIENDSHIP
Kierkegaard, Soren: Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855) Categories: ANXIETY, FREEDOM
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Faith sees best in the dark. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: FAITH
Kierkegaard, Soren: Hope is passion for what is possible. (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855) Categories: HOPE, PASSION
Kierkegaard, Soren: Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855) Categories: PROBLEMS
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Life is to be lived forward, but understood backward. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: LIFE, HISTORY
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: HASTINESS, PLEASURE, EAGERNESS
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Once you label me, you negate me. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: LABELING
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: GOD, PRAYER
Kierkegaard, Soren: To venture is to cause anxiety, but not to venture is to lose oneself. (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855) Categories: ANXIETY, CREATIVITY, EXPLORATION, INSPIRATION, INVENTION, INGENUITY
Kierkegaard, Soren,: Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855) Categories: TROUBLES
Kimball, Camilla E.: You do not find the happy life. You make it (Camilla E. Kimball: U.S. award-winning author, 1894-1987) Categories: SELF-INITIATIVE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Kimble, George H.: The darkest thing about Africa is America's ignorance of it. (George H. Kimble: British-born geographer, professor at McGill University, and secretary of the International Geographical Union, 1908-2004) Categories: AFRICA, GEOGRAPHY, IGNORANCE, U.S.A.
Kimbrough, Emily: Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. (Emily Kimbrough: U.S. author and broadcaster, 1899-1989) Categories: ASSISTANCE, MISTAKES
Kimmerer, Robin W.: In some native languages, the term for ‘plants’ translates to ‘those who take care of us.’ (Robin W. Kimmerer: U.S. Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology; Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Born 1953) Categories: CAREGIVING, LANGUAGE, PLANTS
Kimmerer, Robin W.: Plants know how to make food and medicine from light and water, and then they give it away. (Robin W. Kimmerer: U.S. Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology; Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Born 1953) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, NATURE, PLANTS
King, Gayle: You never go wrong when you take the high road—it's less crowded up there. (Gayle King: U.S. television personality, journalist, and author, Born 1954) Categories: INTEGRITY
King, Lily: Language actually interferes with communication . . . it gets in the way like an over-dominant sense . . . . Words aren't always the most reliable thing. (Lily King: U.S. novelist, Born 1963) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WORDS
King, MacKenzie: The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. (MacKenzie King: Canadian political leader who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada, the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history, 1874-1960) Categories: TAXATION, DEBTS
King, Martin L. Jr.: A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social upliftis is approaching spiritual doom. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: MILITARY, SOCIETY
King, Martin L. Jr.: A riot is the language of the unheard. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: EQUITY, RIOTS
King, Martin L. Jr.: Be the best of whatever you are. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: DETERMINATION
King, Martin L. Jr.: Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: DARKNESS, LIGHT, LOVE
King, Martin L. Jr.: Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: FORGIVENESS
King, Martin L. Jr.: Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: FREEDOM, PROTEST
King, Martin L. Jr.: Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: NON-CONFORMISTS
King, Martin L. Jr.: I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: HATE, LOVE
King, Martin L. Jr.: I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: DIVERSITY, BROTHERHOOD
King, Martin L. Jr.: If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: COMMITMENT, PURPOSE
King, Martin L. Jr.: If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS
King, Martin L. Jr.: If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: RETALIATION
King, Martin L. Jr.: If you are comfortable in your coalition, then your coalition is too small. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, POLITICS
King, Martin L. Jr.: If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: GOALS, PERSEVERANCE, PROGRESS
King, Martin L. Jr.: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: INACTION, SILENCE
King, Martin L. Jr.: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: INJUSTICE, JUSTICE, THREATS
King, Martin L. Jr.: It matters not how long we live, but how. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: LIFE, LONGEVITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: It may be true that morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: BEHAVIOR, MORALITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: Justice too long delayed is justice denied. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: EQUALITY (U.S.A.), JUSTICE
King, Martin L. Jr.: Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from this music, Jazz. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: FREEDOM (U.S.A.)
King, Martin L. Jr.: No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: CHARACTER, PRINCIPLES
King, Martin L. Jr.: Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: NON-VIOLENCE
King, Martin L. Jr.: One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: EVIL, GUILT
King, Martin L. Jr.: Only in the darkness can you see the stars. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: AWARENESS, DIFFICULTIES
King, Martin L. Jr.: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: SILENCE, WHISTLEBLOWERS
King, Martin L. Jr.: Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: DIVERSITY, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY, WORLD-MINDEDNESS
King, Martin L. Jr.: Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: Riots are the voice of the unheard. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: OPPRESSION, RIOTS
King, Martin L. Jr.: Science investigates; religion interprets . . . . The two are not rivals. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: RELIGION, SCIENCE
King, Martin L. Jr.: The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: JUSTICE, MORALITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: The evils of free-market capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: CAPITALISM, RACISM, MILITARISM
King, Martin L. Jr.: The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human freedom . . . have always been nonconformists. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: NON-CONFORMITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: The law can’t make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, LAW (U.S.A.), RACISM (U.S.A.)
King, Martin L. Jr.: The Negro knows nothing of Africa [said to have been expressed with pain and distress] (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: AFRICA, NEGROES
King, Martin L. Jr.: The time is always right to do what is right. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: MORALITY
King, Martin L. Jr.: The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, CONTROVERSY
King, Martin L. Jr.: There is nothing . . . to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: PEACE, PRIORITIES
King, Martin L. Jr.: There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: BEHAVIOR, EVIL, GOODNESS, HUMANKIND
King, Martin L. Jr.: Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: LEADERSHIP, PEACE
King, Martin L. Jr.: War is the enemy of the poor. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: POVERTY, WAR
King, Martin L. Jr.: We are not makers of history. We are made by history. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: HISTORY
King, Martin L. Jr.: We have socialism for the rich and rugged free-market capitalism for the poor. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: ECONOMICS
King, Martin L. Jr.: We may have come here on different ships, but we're all in the same boat. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: DIVERSITY (U.S.A.)
King, Martin L. Jr.: We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: HOPE
King, Martin L. Jr.: We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: COURAGE, FEAR
King, Martin L. Jr.: We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: HUMANKIND
King, Martin L. Jr.: You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968) Categories: GOALS, PATIENCE
King, Stephen: Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. (Stephen King: U.S. author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, horror, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, Born, 1947) Categories: INSPIRATION
King, Stephen: Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. (Stephen King: U.S. author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, horror, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, Born, 1947) Categories: AUTHORS, WRITING
King, Stephen: Fiction is the truth inside the lie. (Stephen King: U.S. author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, horror, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, Born, 1947) Categories: FICTION, WRITING
King, Stephen: Good books don't give up all their secrets at once. (Stephen King: U.S. author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, horror, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, Born, 1947) Categories: BOOKS
King, Stephen: Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. (Stephen King: U.S. author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, horror, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, Born, 1947) Categories: SUBCONSCIOUSNESS, GHOSTS, MONSTERS
King Baudouin: America has been called a melting pot, but it seems better to call it a mosaic, for in it each nation, people, or race which has come to its shores has been privileged to keep its individuality, contributing at the same time its share to the unified pattern of a new nation. (King Baudouin: King of the Belgians for 42 years, 1930-1993) Categories: U.S.A., MOSAIC, MELTING POT
Kingsmill, Hugh: Friends are God’s apology for relations [relatives]. (Hugh Kingsmill: English biographer, literary critic, fiction-writer, and anthologist, 1889-1949) Categories: FRIENDS
Kingsolver, Barbara: I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political. (Barbara Kingsolver: U.S. novelist, essayist, and poet, Born 1955) Categories: ART, POLITICS
Kingsolver, Barbara: It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. (Barbara Kingsolver: U.S. novelist, essayist, and poet, Born 1955) Categories: HISTORY, MEMORY
Kinsley, Michael: A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. (Michael Kinsley: U.S. political journalist and commentator, Born 1951) Categories: GAFFES, POLITICIANS
Kipler, Barbara A.: A still tongue makes a wise head. (Barbara A. Kipler: U.S. lexicographer, linguist, ontologist, and part-time archaeologist, Born 1954) Categories: PRIVACY, PRUDENCE, SILENCE
Kipling, Rudyard: All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They. (Rudyard Kipling: English journalist, short-story writer, poet, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1865-1936) Categories: DISCRIMINATION, HUMANKIND, SELF-AWARENESS
Kipling, Rudyard: To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. (Rudyard Kipling: English journalist, short-story writer, poet, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1865-1936) Categories: INDIVIDUALISM, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-DETERMINATION
Kipling, Rudyard: Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. (Rudyard Kipling: English journalist, short-story writer, poet, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1865-1936) Categories: WORDS
Kirk, Ruth: Our moment on stage is so brief, but if you can be aware of the ingredients that make up the stage upon which you live your life, you can enjoy the dance of life ever so much more. (Ruth Kirk: U.S. naturalist, photographer, and author, Born 1944) Categories: AWARENESS, BEHAVIOR
Kishimoto, Masashi: So, tell me: where shall I go? To the left, where nothing is right—or to the right, where nothing is left? (Masashi Kishimoto: Japanese artist of graphic novels and comic art whose manga series has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries, Born 1974) Categories: DECISIONS
Kissinger, Henry: Power is the great aphrodisiac. (Henry Kissinger: politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, Born 1923) Categories: POWER
Kissinger, Henry: The conventional army loses if it does not win. The terrorist wins if he does not lose. (Henry Kissinger: politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, Born 1923) Categories: TERRORISTS
Kiyosaki, Robert T.: In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. (Robert T. Kiyosaki: Japanese-U.S. entrepreneur and author, Born 1947) Categories: LIFE, MISTAKES
Kiyosaki, Robert T.: When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge. (Robert T. Kiyosaki: Japanese-U.S. entrepreneur and author, Born 1947) Categories: ECONOMICS, ENTREPRENEURS, SALESMANSHIP
Klam, Victor: Procrastination is opportunity's assassin. (Victor Klam: U.S. entrepreneur and TV spokesperson, 1926-2001) Categories: PROCRASTINATION
Klarman, Seth: Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology. (Seth Klarman: U.S. billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author, Born 1957) Categories: INVESTMENT, MONEY
Klee, Paul: Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes it visible. (Paul Klee: Swiss-born German painter whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, 1879-1940) Categories: ART
Klee, Paul: Art is the opportunity to see things differently and to change one’s point of view. (Paul Klee: Swiss-born German painter whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, 1879-1940) Categories: ART
Klitzner, Ben: Middle age is when your narrow waist and broad mind begin to change places. (Ben Klitzner: U.S. family historian, 1918-1981) Categories: AGING
Knox, John: You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. (John Knox: Scottish theologian and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation, 1514-1572) Categories: INFLUENCE
Knuth, Donald: The best practice is inspired by theory. The best theory is inspired by practice (Donald Knuth: U.S. computer scientist, mathematician, and professor, Born 1938) Categories: INSPIRATION, PRACTICE, THEORY
Koestler, Arthur: Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. (Arthur Koestler: Hungarian-British author and journalist, 1905-1983) Categories: DISILLUSIONMENT
Koestler, Arthur: The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward. (Arthur Koestler: Hungarian-British author and journalist, 1905-1983) Categories: DISCOVERY, ORIGINALITY
Koran: Do not veil the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly. (Koran: ) Categories: LYING, TRUTH
Kornfield, Jack: At the end of our life, our questions are simple. 'Did I live fully?' 'Did I love well?' (Jack Kornfield: U.S. author, teacher, and Buddhist monk who trained in Thailand, Burma, and India, Born 1945) Categories: AGING, LIFE, REFLECTIONS
Kossuth, Lajos: It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes. (Lajos Kossuth: Hungarian statesman who served as Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-49 revolution, 1802-1894) Categories: DIFFICULTIES, HEROES
Kossuth, Lajos: Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. (Lajos Kossuth: Hungarian statesman who served as Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-49 revolution, 1802-1894) Categories: NEUTRALITY
Koyczan, Shane: If you can't see anything beautiful in yourself, get a better mirror. (Shane Koyczan: Canadian poet and writer, Born 1976) Categories:
Kozol, Jonathan: Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. (Jonathan Kozol: U.S. educator, activist, and prize-winning author, Born 1936) Categories: BATTLES, DECISIONS
Krall, Diana: Happiness is the best facelift. (Diana Krall: Canadian pianist and contralto vocalist, Born 1964) Categories: APPEARANCE, FACELIFT
Kraus, Karl: A woman is, occasionally, quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. It takes an abundance of imagination, to be sure. (Karl Kraus: Austrian writer, journalist, and three-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1874-1936) Categories: MASTURBATION, SEX
Kraus, Karl: An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. (Karl Kraus: Austrian writer, journalist, and three-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1874-1936) Categories: APHORISMS
Kraus, Karl: War, at first, is the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. (Karl Kraus: Austrian writer, journalist, and three-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1874-1936) Categories: WAR
Krauss, Lawrence M.: I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. (Lawrence M. Krauss: U.S. theoretical physicist, Born 1954) Categories: EVIDENCE, SCIENCE
Krishnamurti, Jiddu: It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986) Categories: BEHAVIOR, SOCIETY
Krishnamurti, Jiddu: Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one's own desires through which one listens. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986) Categories: LISTENING
Krishnamurti, Jiddu: Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986) Categories: RELIGION
Krishnamurti, Jiddu: When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986) Categories: HUMANKIND, TRAVEL
Krishnamurti, Jiddu: When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986) Categories: IDENTITY, PROFILING
Kristol, Irving: Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions. It only guarantees equality of opportunity. (Irving Kristol: U.S. journalist who was dubbed the 'Godfather of Neoconservatism,' 1920-2009) Categories: DEMOCRACY
Kroc, Ray: Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. (Ray Kroc: U.S businessman who purchased the fast food company McDonald's in 1961, and is credited with having turned it into the most successful fast food corporation in the world, 1902-1984) Categories: INITIATIVE, LUCK, SWEAT
Kruse, Kevin: Life is about making an impact, not making an income. (Kevin Kruse: U.S. historian and professor at Princeton University, Born 1972) Categories: IMPACT, LIFE, POSTERITY
Krutch, Joseph W.: If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers. (Joseph W. Krutch: U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970) Categories: DEVELOPERS, VANDALS
Krutch, Joseph W.: Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence. (Joseph W. Krutch: U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970) Categories: LOGIC
Krutch, Joseph W.: Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. (Joseph W. Krutch: U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970) Categories: SECURITY, OWNERSHIP
Krutch, Joseph W.: When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man, we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman. (Joseph W. Krutch: U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970) Categories: DEVELOPERS, HUNTERS, VANDALS
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth: People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the ground-breaking book, "Death and Dying," 1926-2004) Categories: AWARENESS, HUMANKIND
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth: Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the ground-breaking book, "Death and Dying," 1926-2004) Categories: OVER-PROTECTION, LANDSCAPE
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth: I believe we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies and the five stages of grief, 1926-2004) Categories: LIFE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Kubrick, Stanley: The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. (Stanley Kubrick: U.S. film director, screenwriter, and producer, 1928-1999) Categories: THINKING, EMOTIONS
Kulish, Tamara: The heaviest burden that we carry are the thoughts in our head. (Tamara Kulish: ) Categories: BURDENS, THOUGHTS
Kundera, Mian: The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone. (Mian Kundera: Czech-born French writer, Born 1829) Categories: SHAME, HUMILIATION
Kundera, Mian: The struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. (Mian Kundera: Czech-born French writer, Born 1829) Categories: FORGETTING, MEMORY
Kung, Hans: There can be no peace in the world until there is peace among the world's religions. (Hans Kung: Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author who was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic, 1928-2021) Categories: PEACE, RELIGION
Kupciinet, Irv: Air pollution is turning Mother Nature prematurely gray. (Irv Kupciinet: U.S. newspaper columnist and television talk-show host, 1912-2003) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION
Kupferberg, Tuli: When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. (Tuli Kupferberg: U.S. counterculture poet, author, singer, cartoonist, publisher, and co-founder of a rock band, 1923-2010) Categories: BEHAVIOR, CHANGE, PATTERNS
Kushner, Tony: Every student needs someone who says, simply, 'You mean something, You count.' (Tony Kushner: U.S. playwright, screenwriter, and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Born 1956) Categories: MENTORING, TEACHING