Lababidi, Yahia: Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly. (Yahia Lababidi: Egyptian-American poet, aphorist, and essayist, Born 1973) Categories: APHORISMS

Lababidi, Yahia: One definition of success might be: refining our appetites, while deepening our hunger. (Yahia Lababidi: Egyptian-American poet, aphorist, and essayist, Born 1973) Categories: CURIOSITY, SUCCESS

Lacordaire, John-Baptiste H.: Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. (John-Baptiste H. Lacordaire: French preacher, journalist, and activist, 1802-1861) Categories: KINDNESS, SOUL

Lady Blessington: There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. (Lady Blessington: Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess, 1789-1849) Categories: BEAUTY, HAPPINESS

Laertius, Diogenes: Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. (Diogenes Laertius: c.180-240 A..D.) Categories: PERSUASION, TEACHING

Lafferty, Linda: Any fool can start a war. It takes courage to stop one. (Linda Lafferty: teacher educator and author of novels and essays, 1925-2012) Categories: WAR

Lair, Jesse: Offspring are not meant to be molded, but unfolded. (Jesse Lair: U.S. professor and author who wrote a bestselling book considered the forerunner of the self-help movement, 1927-2000) Categories: CHILDREN, PARENTING

Laird, Donald A.: To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. (Donald A. Laird: U.S. author and professor, 1897-1969) Categories: KINDNESS

Lalam, A.P.J. Abdul: Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. (A.P.J. Abdul Lalam: Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served from 2002-2007 as the president of India, 1931-2015) Categories: SACRIFICES

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste: Habits form a second nature. (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: French naturalist, biologist, soldier, and academic, 1744-1829) Categories: HABITS

Lamartine, Alphonse de: Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. (Alphonse de Lamartine: French writer, poet, and politician, 1790-1869) Categories: GRIEF, EMTINESS

Lamb, Charles: Books think for me. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: BOOKS

Lamb, Charles: For thy sake, tobacco, I Would do anything but die. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: ADDICTION, TOBACCO

Lamb, Charles: How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man’s self to himself. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SICKNESS

Lamb, Charles: Man is a gaming animal. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: GAMING

Lamb, Charles: Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Lamb, Charles: We do not go to the theatre . . . to escape the pressures of reality so much as to confirm our experience of it. (Charles Lamb: English poet and essayist, 1775-1834) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING, THEATER

La Mennais: Conscience is a sacred sanctuary where God alone may enter as judge. (La Mennais: French Catholic priest, philosopher, and political theorist, 1782-1854) Categories:

Lamott, Anne: Joy is the best makeup. (Anne Lamott: U.S. novelist, a non-fiction writer, and also a progressive political activist, Born 1954) Categories: APPEARANCE, COSMETICS, JOY

L'Amour, Louis: A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. (Louis L'Amour: U.S. author of novels and short stories, many of which were made into films, 1908-1988) Categories: BATTLES, DEFEAT, PLANNING, WINNING

L'Amour, Louis: Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. (Louis L'Amour: U.S. author of novels and short stories, many of which were made into films, 1908-1988) Categories: WRITING

L'Amour, Louis: There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man. (Louis L'Amour: U.S. author of novels and short stories, many of which were made into films, 1908-1988) Categories: EXPERIENCE, MATURATION

L'Amour, Louis: There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. (Louis L'Amour: U.S. author of novels and short stories, many of which were made into films, 1908-1988) Categories: CHANGE, DISCOVERY, LIFE

L'Amour, Louis: Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen. (Louis L'Amour: U.S. author of novels and short stories, many of which were made into films, 1908-1988) Categories: TRAVEL

Landers, Ann: Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: DOGS, PETS

Landers, Ann: For people who want to succeed in life, the following four-letter words are recommended: 'work', 'risk', 'guts', and 'zest.' (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: SUCCESS

Landers, Ann: Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: HATRED, SELF-DAMAGE

Landers, Ann: If you want to succeed, be like a duck: above the surface act serene and calm, but below the surface, paddle like crazy. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: BEHAVIOR, SUCCESS

Landers, Ann: Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: SELF-DETERMINATION

Landers, Ann: Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: OPPORTUNITIES

Landers, Ann: Retirement means twice the spouse and half the income. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: RETIREMENT

Landers, Ann: The trouble with life is you're halfway through before you realize it's a do-it-yourself project (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Landers, Ann: The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: COMMUNICATION, TALKING

Landers, Ann: Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. (Ann Landers: U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002) Categories: PARENTHOOD, WRINKLES

Landes, David S.: This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from. (David S. Landes: U.S. professor of economics and of history at Harvard University, 1924-2013) Categories: DIET, EATING

Landon, L. E.: Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret? (L. E. Landon: English poet and novelist, 1802-1838) Categories: MEMORY, REGRET

Landor, Walter S.: Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864) Categories: KINDNESS

Landor, Walter S.: Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend. (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864) Categories: ACQUIESENCE

Landor, Walter S.: People will believe a big lie sooner than they will a little lie, and if you repeat it often enough, people will, sooner or later, believe it. (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864) Categories: LIES

Landor, Walter S.: We talk on principle, but we act on interest. (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864) Categories: BEHAVIOR, PRINCIPLES

Landor, Walter S.: What is reading a book but silent conversation? (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864) Categories: BOOKS, READING

Lane, Frank: If you want to see the sun shine, you have to weather the storm. (Frank Lane: U.S. executive in professional baseball, 1896-1981) Categories: SELF-DETERMINATION

Langer, Susanne: If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions. (Susanne Langer: U.S. philosopher, 1895-1985) Categories: KNOWLEDGE, QUESTIONS-ANSWERS

Lantos, Tom: The veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians, and we cannot rest. (Tom Lantos: U.S. human rights activist who served in the California legislature, 1928-2008) Categories: CIVILIZATION, SELF-RESONSIBILITY

Lao Tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: ADVENTURE, TRAVEL

Lao Tzu: Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: BEHAVIOR, CHARACTER, HABITS, LIFE

Lao Tzu: Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: FAILURE, SUCCESS

Lao Tzu: Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Don't overdo it. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: GOVERNMENT, LEADERSHIP

Lao Tzu: He who controls others may be powerful but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: SELF-CONTROL

Lao Tzu: He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS

Lao Tzu: If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: DETERMINATION, PERSEVERANCE

Lao Tzu: It is wealth to be content. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: CONTENTMENT, WEALTH

Lao Tzu: Nature is not human-hearted. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: NATURE

Lao Tzu: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: INITIATIVE

Lao Tzu: The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: LAW, RULES

Lao Tzu: The sage wears rough clothing and holds the jewel in his heart. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: SAGES, WISDOM

Lao Tzu: There is no greater illusion than fear. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: FEAR, ILLUSIONS

Lao Tzu: To know when you have enough is to be rich beyond measure (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: CONTENTMENT, WEALTH

Lao Tzu: To lead people, walk behind them. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Lao Tzu: When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Lao Tzu: When the best leader's work is done, the people say, "We did it ourselves." (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Lao Tzu: Who made them, wind and storm? . . . . If heaven itself cannot storm for long / What matter, then, the storms of man? (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.) Categories: CONFLICT, HEAVEN, STORMS, UNIVERSE

Lardner, Ring: He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered. (Ring Lardner: U.S. sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre — and whose contemporaries professed strong admiration for his writing, 1885-1933) Categories: DISDAIN

Lardner, Ring: How can you write if you can't cry? (Ring Lardner: U.S. sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre — and whose contemporaries professed strong admiration for his writing, 1885-1933) Categories: EMOTIONS, WRITING

Larson, Doug: Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. (Doug Larson: U.S. newspaper columnist and editor, 1926-2017) Categories: DIET, FOOD, HEALTH

Lasch, Christopher: The family is a haven in a heartless world. (Christopher Lasch: U.S. history professor, moralist, and social critic, 1932-1994) Categories: FAMILY

Latin Bible: He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. (Latin Bible: In the Gospel of Matthew) Categories: VIOLENCE

Latin Proverb: By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: LEARNING, TEACHING

Latin Proverb: Deliberation often loses a good chance (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: DELAY, DELIBERATION, OPPORTUNITY

Latin Proverb: Extreme justice is extreme injustice. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: JUSTICE

Latin Proverb: He fights with spirit as well as with the sword. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: PASSION

Latin Proverb: If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: CAUTION, COMPANIONS, RELATIONSHIPS

Latin Proverb: It's an ill plan that cannot be changed. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: CHANGE, PLANS

Latin Proverb: Still waters run deep. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: DARKNESS, WISDOM, SHYNESS

Latin Proverb: The clothes make the man. (Latin Proverb: ) Categories: APPEARANCE, CLOTHES

Lauder, Estee: I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. (Estee Lauder: U.S. business woman and cosmetics pioneer) Categories: COMMITMENT, DREAMS, PERSEVERANCE

Laurie, Hugh: What is up if you know nothing of down? (Hugh Laurie: English actor, musician, comedian, Born 1981) Categories: MOODS

Law, Boner: There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom. (Boner Law: British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1858-1923) Categories: WAR

Law, Vernon: Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson. (Vernon Law: U.S. baseball pitcher who played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Born 1930) Categories: EXPERIENCE

Lawlor, Burt: Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success. (Burt Lawlor: U.S. Audit manager) Categories: DECISION, DETERMINATION, OPPORTUNITY, SUCCESS

Lawrence, D. H.: Life is ours to be spent, not something to be saved. (D. H. Lawrence: English writer, novelist, poet, and essayist, 1885-1930) Categories: EXPERIENCE, EXPLORATION, INVOLVEMENT, LIFE

Lawrence, Hilda: The things people discard tell more about them than the things they keep (Hilda Lawrence: U.S. mystery writer, 1906-1976) Categories: BELONGINGS

Lawrence, T. E.: There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. (T. E. Lawrence: British archaeologist, army officer, military theorist, diplomat, and writer, 1888-1935) Categories: WAR

Lazarus, Emma: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me / I lift my lamp beside the golden door. (Emma Lazarus: U.S. poet best known for 'The New Colossus,' a sonnet whose lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the U.S. Statue of Liberty, 1849-1887) Categories: COMPASSION

Leacock, Stephen: Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. (Stephen Leacock: Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist, 1869-1944) Categories: ADVERTISING

Leacock, Stephen: Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. (Stephen Leacock: Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist, 1869-1944) Categories: LOVE, MARRIAGE

Leahy, Frank: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (Frank Leahy: U.S. football coach and professional sports executive who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach, 1908-1973) Categories: ADVERSITY, INITIATIVE

Leary, Timothy: Think for yourself and question authority. (Timothy Leary: U.S. psychologist and writer, 1920-1996) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY

Leclerc, Georges-Louis: Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience. (Georges-Louis Leclerc: French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and, encyclopédiste, 1707-1788) Categories: GENIUS, PATIENCE

Le Corbusier: The materials of city planning are sky, space, trees, steel and cement in that order and in that hierarchy. (Le Corbusier: Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture, 1887-1965) Categories: ARCHITECTURE

Lee, Bruce: A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something at which to aim. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: GOALS

Lee, Bruce: Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: NEGATIVISM, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Lee, Bruce: Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: INITIATIVE

Lee, Bruce: Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: FLEXIBILITY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Lee, Bruce: The key to immorality is first living a life worth remembering. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: IMMORTALITY

Lee, Bruce: The most successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus. (Bruce Lee: Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States, 1940-1973) Categories: SUCCESS

Lee, Harper: Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. (Harper Lee: U.S. novelist widely known for "To Kill a Mockingbird," for which she received a Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1926-2016) Categories: COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE

Lee, Harper: The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. (Harper Lee: U.S. novelist widely known for "To Kill a Mockingbird," for which she received a Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1926-2016) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Lee, Harper: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. (Harper Lee: U.S. novelist widely known for "To Kill a Mockingbird," for which she received a Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1926-2016) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS, PERCEPTION

Lee, Robert E.: It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. (Robert E. Lee: U.S. Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, 1807-1870) Categories: WAR

Lee, Stanislaw: Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? (Stanislaw Lee: Polish poet and aphorist, 1909-1966) Categories: CHANGE, PROGRESS

Lee, Stanislaw: Prolong human life only when you can shorten its miseries. (Stanislaw Lee: Polish poet and aphorist, 1909-1966) Categories: DYING, MEDICINE

Lee, Stanislaw: Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation. (Stanislaw Lee: Polish poet and aphorist, 1909-1966) Categories: DIVERSITY, PROVERBS

Legouve, Gabriel: A brother is a friend given by nature. (Gabriel Legouve: French writer, 1764-1812) Categories: BROTHERS, SIBLINGS

Le Guin, Ursula: Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ( (Ursula Le Guin: U.S. author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works, 1929-2018) Categories: LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS

LeGuin, Ursula K.: It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. (Ursula K. LeGuin: U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction, Born 1929) Categories: DESTINATION, JOURNEY

LeGuin, Ursula K.: Love doesn’t sit there like a stone. It has to be made, like bread: re-made—every day made new. (Ursula K. LeGuin: U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction, Born 1929) Categories: LOVE

LeGuin, Ursula K.: The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty not knowing what comes next. (Ursula K. LeGuin: U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction, Born 1929) Categories: UNCERTAINTY

LeGuin, Ursula K.: We read books to find out who we are. (Ursula K. LeGuin: U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction, Born 1929) Categories: BOOKS

LeGuin, Ursula K.: You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. (Ursula K. LeGuin: U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction, Born 1929) Categories: DECISIONS

Leigh, Henry S.: If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner (Henry S. Leigh: English writer, poet, and playwright, 1837-1883) Categories: DIETING

Leland, Charles C.: If all the world must see the world / As the world the world hath seen / Then it were better for the world / That the world had never been. (Charles C. Leland: U.S. humorist and folklorist who wrote books on U.S. and European languages and folk traditions, 1824-1903) Categories: WORLD, HISTORY

Lemley, Bill: When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick. (Bill Lemley: U.S. writer, Born 1954) Categories: EXPECTATIONS, RELATIONSHIPS

L'Engle, Madeleine: A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. (Madeleine L'Engle: U.S. writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, 1918-2007) Categories: MARRIAGE

L'Engle, Madeleine: Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. (Madeleine L'Engle: U.S. writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, 1918-2007) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

L'Engle, Madeleine: Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. (Madeleine L'Engle: U.S. writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, 1918-2007) Categories: CREATIVITY, IRRATIONALITY

L'Engle, Madeleine: The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. (Madeleine L'Engle: U.S. writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, 1918-2007) Categories: AGING, MEMORY

Lenin, Vladimir: There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. (Vladimir Lenin: Russian revolutionary and political theorist who served as the head of government of both Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, 1870-1924) Categories: GOVERNMENT, POLITICS

Lennon, John: Imagine there's no country . . . Nothing to kill or die for / And no religion, too / Imagine all the people / Living life in peace. (John Lennon: English musician, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the rock band, the Beatles, 1940-1980) Categories: CIVILIZATION, PEACE, RELIGION

Lennon, John: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon: English musician, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the rock band, the Beatles, 1940-1980) Categories: LIFE, PLANNING

Leonard, John: Honor grows from qualms. (John Leonard: U.S. literary, television, film, and cultural critic, 1939-2008) Categories: CONCERNS, HONOR, PRINCIPLES

Leonard, John: In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. (John Leonard: U.S. literary, television, film, and cultural critic, 1939-2008) Categories: MEMORY

Leonard, John: It takes a long time to grow an old friend. (John Leonard: U.S. literary, television, film, and cultural critic, 1939-2008) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Leonard, John: To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. (John Leonard: U.S. literary, television, film, and cultural critic, 1939-2008) Categories: EMBARRASSMENT

Leopardi, Giacomo: Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind. (Giacomo Leopardi: Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist, 1798-1837) Categories: HATRED, MISANTHROPY

Leopold, Aldo: Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. (Aldo Leopold: U.S. author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, and conservationist, 1886-1948) Categories: ENVIRONMENT

Lerner, Alan J.: Youth: I Stay close to the young, and a little rubs off. (Alan J. Lerner: U.S. lyricist and librettist., 1918-1986) Categories: YOUTH

Lerner, Harriet: Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. (Harriet Lerner: U.S. clinical psychologist and contributor to feminist theory and therapy, Born 1944) Categories: ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, CHANGE, OPINIONS

Lerner, Harriet: Personal change is inseparable from social and political change. (Harriet Lerner: U.S. clinical psychologist and contributor to feminist theory and therapy, Born 1944) Categories: CHANGE

Lessig, Lawrence: There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. (Lawrence Lessig: U.S. professor and political activist, Born 1961) Categories: GOVERNMENT, AUTHORITARIANISM

Lessig, Lawrence: We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut." (Lawrence Lessig: U.S. professor and political activist, Born 1961) Categories: WORLD CITIZEN

Lessing, Doris: This is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. (Doris Lessing: British-Zimbabwean novelist, 1919-2013) Categories: INSIGHT, LEARNING

Lessing, Doris: Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long. (Doris Lessing: British-Zimbabwean novelist, 1919-2013) Categories: COWARDICE, WOMEN

Leszczy, Stanislaw: To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. (Stanislaw Leszczy: King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine, and Count of the Holy Roman Empire, 1677-1776) Categories: DOUBT, CERTAINTY

Levenson, Sam: Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. (Sam Levenson: U.S. humorist, television host, and journalist, 1911-1980) Categories: PERSISTENCE

Levenson, Sam: Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. (Sam Levenson: U.S. humorist, television host, and journalist, 1911-1980) Categories: HEREDITY, INSANITY

Levenson, Sam: Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle. (Sam Levenson: U.S. humorist, television host, and journalist, 1911-1980) Categories: LOVE, MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIPS

Levenson, Sam: The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. (Sam Levenson: U.S. humorist, television host, and journalist, 1911-1980) Categories: FAMILY, GENERATIONS

Levi, Peter: No hope, no action. (Peter Levi: British poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, academic, and prolific reviewer and critic, 1931-2000) Categories: HOPE

Levi-Strauss, Claude: One must be very naive or dishonest to imagine that men choose their beliefs independently of their situation. (Claude Levi-Strauss: Belgium-born French anthropologist and ethnologist who has been called, the ‘Father of modern anthropology,’ 1908-2009) Categories: BELIEFS

Levy, Becca: A survey asking for descriptions of older persons revealed that the most common response in the U.S. was “memory loss” (deficit), but in China the most common response was “wisdom” (strength). (Becca Levy: U.S. professor of Epidemiology at Yale University) Categories: AGING

Lewin, Roger: Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. (Roger Lewin: British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books, Born 1944) Categories: EDUCATION, KINESTHETICS, PROBLEM-SOLVING

Lewis, C. S.: Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963) Categories: EXPERIENCE

Lewis, C. S.: Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963) Categories: GRIEF, LETTING-GO

Lewis, C. S.: It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963) Categories: PRAYER

Lewis, C. S.: Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963) Categories: YEARNING

Lewis, C. S.: You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963) Categories: BEGINNINGS, ENDINGS, REVISIONS

Lewis, Frederick W.: The time to win a fight is before it starts. (Frederick W. Lewis: U.S. gastroenterologist, 1958-1926) Categories: FIGHTING

Lewis, John: One man, one vote! (John Lewis: U.S. civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Georgia, 1940-2020) Categories: ELECTIONS (U.S.A.), VOTING (U.S.A.)

Lewis, John: When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! (John Lewis: U.S. civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Georgia, 1940-2020) Categories: ACTION, INVOLVEMENT

Lewis, Sinclair: When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. (Sinclair Lewis: U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1885-1951) Categories: FASCISM (U.S.A.)

Lewitzky, Bella: To move freely you must be deeply rooted. (Bella Lewitzky: U.S. dancer, choreographer, 1916-2004) Categories: CHARACTER, DANCING, PRINCIPLES

Liccione, Anthony: It’s not how many friends you can count, it’s how many of those you can count on. (Anthony Liccione: U.S. Poet and National Guardsman, Born 1968) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Lichtenberg, George C.: It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it. (George C. Lichtenberg: German experimental physicist, satirist, and Anglophile, 1742-1799,) Categories: COURAGE, OPINIONS, PRINCIPLES

Lichtenberg, George C.: One can live in this world on soothsaying but not on truth saying. (George C. Lichtenberg: German experimental physicist, satirist, and Anglophile, 1742-1799,) Categories: TRUTH

Lichtenberg, George C.: To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation. (George C. Lichtenberg: German experimental physicist, satirist, and Anglophile, 1742-1799,) Categories: IMITATION

Lichtenberg, George C.: With most people, doubt about one thing is simply blind belief in another. (George C. Lichtenberg: German experimental physicist, satirist, and Anglophile, 1742-1799,) Categories: BELIEFS, DOUBT

Lichter, Magnus G.: Blind zeal can only do harm. (Magnus G. Lichter: German writer, known mostly for his four books of fables, 1719-1783) Categories: NARROW-MINDEDNESS, ZEAL

Lidman, Sven: Through the picture, I see reality. Through the word, I understand it. (Sven Lidman: Swedish military officer, poet, writer, and preacher, 1882-1960) Categories: PERCEPTION, PICTURES, WORDS

Liebman, Joshua L.: Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. (Joshua L. Liebman: U.S. Reform rabbi and best-selling author, best known for the book 'Peace of Mind', 1907-1948) Categories: MATURITY

Lilly, John: In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or become true. (John Lilly: U.S. physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, writer, and inventor, 1915-2001) Categories: BELIEFS

Lincoln, Abraham: A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: GOVERNMENT (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: A Lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: LAWYERS

Lincoln, Abraham: A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: FEAR, WOMEN

Lincoln, Abraham: America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: FREEDOM, PARTISANSHIP (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: SLAVERY

Lincoln, Abraham: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Lincoln, Abraham: Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: PLANNING

Lincoln, Abraham: Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: EQUALITY (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: PREPARATION

Lincoln, Abraham: He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: CRITICISM, HELPFULNESS

Lincoln, Abraham: I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: ABILITIES, TALENTS

Lincoln, Abraham: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: ENEMIES

Lincoln, Abraham: I have always found that mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: JUSTICE, MERCY

Lincoln, Abraham: I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: SELF-ACCEPTANCE, SUCCESS

Lincoln, Abraham: If you want to test a man’s character, give him power. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: CHARACTER, POWER

Lincoln, Abraham: Important principles may and must be flexible. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: PRINCIPLES

Lincoln, Abraham: In the end, it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: CHARACTER, LIFE

Lincoln, Abraham: Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: HAPPINESS, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Lincoln, Abraham: Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: CHARACTER, POWER

Lincoln, Abraham: No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: LIARS, MEMORY

Lincoln, Abraham: Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the presidency. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: PRESIDENCY (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: The ballot is stronger than the bullet. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: VOTING, WAR

Lincoln, Abraham: The best way to predict your future is to create it. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS

Lincoln, Abraham: The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: DEMOCRACY (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: COWARDICE, SILENCE

Lincoln, Abraham: We here highly resolve that . . . government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: GOVERNMENT (U.S.A.)

Lincoln, Abraham: What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: CONSERVATISM, POLITICS

Lincoln, Abraham: With the catching ends the pleasures of the chase. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: COMPETITION, SUCCESS

Lincoln, Abraham: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. (Abraham Lincoln: U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865) Categories: DECEPTION

Lindbergh, Anne M.: A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. (Anne M. Lindbergh: U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001) Categories: MUSIC

Lindbergh, Anne M.: Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. (Anne M. Lindbergh: U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Lindbergh, Anne M.: I feel we are all islands—in a common sea. (Anne M. Lindbergh: U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001) Categories: HUMANKIND

Lindbergh, Anne M.: The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. (Anne M. Lindbergh: U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001) Categories: AUTHENTICITY, INSINCERITY

Lindbergh, Anne M.: War is a thug's game. The thug strikes first and harder. He doesn't go by rules and he isn't afraid of hurting people (Anne M. Lindbergh: U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001) Categories:

Lindbergh, Charles A.: What kind of man would live where there is no daring? (Charles A. Lindbergh: U.S. aviator, author, inventor, 1902-1974) Categories: RISK

Lippmann, Walter: It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS, WISDOM

Lippmann, Walter: Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: LOVERS

Lippmann, Walter: Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: CHANGE, CONSCIENCE

Lippmann, Walter: The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Lippmann, Walter: Very few established institutions, governments, and constitutions . . . are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: CORRUPTION

Lippmann, Walter: What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors. (Walter Lippmann: U.S. reporter, political commentator, writer who coined the word 'Stereotype,' and received two Pulitzer Prizes, 1889-1974)) Categories: MYTHS

Lively, Penelope: We all act as hinges—fortuitous links between other people. (Penelope Lively: British writer and recipient of both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for British books, Born 1933) Categories: NETWORKING, RELATIONSHIPS

Livius, Titus: The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. (Titus Livius: Roman historian, 59 B.C.E.-17 A.D.) Categories: DEATH, FEAR

Livius, Titus: You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot. (Titus Livius: Roman historian, 59 B.C.E.-17 A.D.) Categories: ACTION

Livy, Titus: Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. (Titus Livy: Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, 59 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: CIRCUMSTANCES, CONSEQUENCES

Livy, Titus: Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. (Titus Livy: Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, 59 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: TREACHERY

Locke, John: Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip. (John Locke: English philosopher, 1632-1704) Categories: INCOME, WEALTH

Locke, John: The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. (John Locke: English philosopher, 1632-1704) Categories: ACTION, BEHAVIOR

Locke, John: The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. (John Locke: English philosopher, 1632-1704) Categories: THOUGHT, SURPRISE

Locke, John: We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. (John Locke: English philosopher, 1632-1704) Categories: WORDS

Lockhart, Leonoro W.: Language is the inventory of human experience. (Leonoro W. Lockhart: U.S. writer, 1906-1987) Categories: LANGUAGE

Lofgren, Mike: The U.S. incarcerates more people than China—an authoritarian state—with 4 times the U.S. population. (Mike Lofgren: U.S congressional aide for 28 years and author of "The Deep State") Categories: INCARCERATION

Lois, George: The creative act the— defeat of habit by originality—overcomes everything (George Lois: Greek-American art director, designer, and author, Born 1931) Categories: CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY

Lombardi, Vince: Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Lombardi, Vince: If you can't accept losing, you can't win (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: WINNING, LOSING

Lombardi, Vince: If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: MISTAKES

Lombardi, Vince: It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. (Vince Lombardi (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: RESILIENCE

Lombardi, Vince: Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: PERFECTION, PERSEVERANCE

Lombardi, Vince: Success comes before work only in the dictionary. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: SUCCESS, WORK

Lombardi, Vince: The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: CHOICES, DESIRE, SELF-DETERMINATION

Lombardi, Vince: Winners never quit and quitters never win. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: WINNERS, QUITTERS

Lombardi, Vince: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970) Categories: WINNING

London, Jack: The proper function of man is to live--not to exist. (Jack London: U.S. novelist, journalist, and activist who earned a large fortune from writing, 1876-1916) Categories: INVOLVEMENT, PURPOSEFULNESS, ENGAGEMENT

Longfellow, Henry W.: All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: POETS, UNIVERSALITY

Longfellow, Henry W.: All things come round to him who will but wait. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: PATIENCE

Longfellow, Henry W.: He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of chainmail [armor] that none can pierce. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: SELF-RESPECT

Longfellow, Henry W.: If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: PERSISTENCE

Longfellow, Henry W.: If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: AMBITION, GOALS

Longfellow, Henry W.: In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: CHARACTER

Longfellow, Henry W.: Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: PROBLEMS, ANGUISH, TRIBULATION

Longfellow, Henry W.: Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: GOALS, AMBITIONS

Longfellow, Henry W.: Music is the universal language of mankind. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: MUSIC, UNIVERSALITY

Longfellow, Henry W.: None but yourself who are your greatest foe. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: FOES, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Longfellow, Henry W.: The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight / But they, while their companions slept / Were toiling upward in the night. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, WORK

Longfellow, Henry W.: To persevere in one's duty and to be silent is the best answer to calumny (slander). (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: SLANDER, CALUMNY

Longfellow, Henry W.: Youth comes but once in a lifetime. (Henry W. Longfellow: U.S. poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," 1807-1882) Categories: YOUTH

Loos, Anita: Kissing your hand may make you feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever. (Anita Loos: U.S. actress, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, 1889-1981) Categories: JEWELRY

Lopp, Michael: Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something. (Michael Lopp: U.S. software engineering manager, and webcomic author. Born 1970) Categories: CRITICISM, INGENUITY

Lorca, Federico G.: As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die. (Federico G. Lorca: Spanish poet, playwright, and painter, 1898-1936) Categories: DEATH, WORRY

Lord, Bette B.: Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season. (Bette B. Lord: Chinese-born American writer and civic activist for human rights, Born 1938) Categories: TIMING, APPROPRIATENESS

Lord Byron: 'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: LIFE

Lord Byron: Ah! Happy years! Once more who would not be a boy! (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: YOUTH

Lord Byron: Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: DEATH, LIFE, SLEEP

Lord Byron: In solitude, when we are least alone. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: ALONENESS, SOLITUDE

Lord Byron: Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter / Sermons and soda-water the day after. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: SERMONS, MERRIMENT

Lord Byron: Letter-writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: LETTER-WRITING

Lord Byron: Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Lord Byron: The power of Thought—the magic of the Mind! (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: THOUGHT

Lord Byron: When we think we lead, we most are led. (Lord Byron: English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Lord Stanhope: An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. (Lord Stanhope: British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time, 1694-1773) Categories: INSULTS

Lord Stanhope: Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. (Lord Stanhope: British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time, 1694-1773) Categories: MODESTY

Lord Stanhope: He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. (Lord Stanhope: British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time, 1694-1773) Categories: FLATTERY

Lord Stanhope: Style is the dress of thoughts. (Lord Stanhope: British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time, 1694-1773) Categories: STYLE, THOUGHT, PRESENTATION

Lorde, Audre: It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. (Audre Lorde: U.S. writer, feminist, librarian, and civil rights activist, 1934-1992) Categories: DIFFERENCES, UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

Lorde, Audre: There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt. (Audre Lorde: U.S. writer, feminist, librarian, and civil rights activist, 1934-1992) Categories: INNOVATION, PERCEPTION, POSSIBILITIES

Loren, Sophia: Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. (Sophia Loren: Italian actress and Hollywood screen legend, Born 1934) Categories: LIFE, MISTAKES

Lorenz, Konrad: Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis, best suited to open the way to the next better one. (Konrad Lorenz: Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1903-1989) Categories: HYPOTHESES

Lorimer, George H.: It is good to have things that money can buy, but it is also good to check up once in a while and be sure we have the things money can't buy. (George H. Lorimer: U.S. journalist, author, and publisher, who is best known as the editor for 37 years of 'The Saturday Evening Post,' 1867-1937) Categories: BUDGETING, MONEY, SELF-AWARENESS

Lourd, Billie: It’s not about being a strong woman — it’s about being a strong person. (Billie Lourd: US. actress who appeared in the 'Star Wars sequel trilogy', Born 1992) Categories: PERSONS, WOMEN

Lover, Samuel: Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. (Samuel Lover: Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, 1797-1868) Categories: CIRCUMSTANCES, EXCUSES, OPPORTUNITIES

Lover, Samuel: Come live in my heart and pay no rent. (Samuel Lover: Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, 1797-1868) Categories: ROMANCE

Lowe, Watterson: Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. (Watterson Lowe: U.S. entrepreneur and interior decorator, 1886-1980) Categories: AGING, ENTHUSIASM, WRINKLES

Lowell, James R.: A sneer is the weapon of the weak. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: DISDAIN, SNEER

Lowell, James R.: A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: CRITICS, SKEPTICISM

Lowell, James R.: Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: DEMOCRACY, VOTING

Lowell, James R.: Mishaps are like knives — that either serve us or cut us — as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: CHOICES, CIRCUMSTANCES

Lowell, James R.: Nature fits all her children with something to do. He who would write and can't write, can surely review. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: TEACHING

Lowell, James R.: No man, or body of men, can dam the stream of language. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: LANGUAGE

Lowell, James R.: One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: EXPERIENCE, WARNING

Lowell, James R.: Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: SOLITUDE

Lowell, James R.: Tis his at last who says it best. (James R. Lowell: U.S,. poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, 1819-1891) Categories: SPEECH, ARTICULATION

Lubbock, John: A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work. (John Lubbock: English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist, and polymath who coined the terms 'Paleolithic' and 'Neolithic' to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively, 1834-1913) Categories: WORRY

Lubbock, John: The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. (John Lubbock: English banker, scientist, polymath, 1834-1913) Categories: LEARNING, MOTIVATION

Lubbock, John: What we see depends mainly on what we look for. (John Lubbock: English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist, and polymath who coined the terms 'Paleolithic' and 'Neolithic' to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively, 1834-1913) Categories: CURIOSITY, EXPLORATION, PERCEPTION, RESEARCH

Lucas, Charles L.: Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind. (Charles L. Lucas: U.S. World War II Gold Star Veteran) Categories: CIVILIZATION, KINDNESS, SOCIETY

Luce, Clare B.: Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there. (Clare B. Luce: U.S. author, politician, and first U.S. woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad, 1903-1987) Categories: CENSORSHIP

Lucretius: What is food to one is to others bitter poison. (Lucretius: Roman poet and philosopher, 99-55 B.C.E.) Categories: PREFERENCES, TASTE

Lunden, Joan: Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times. (Joan Lunden: U.S. journalist, an author, and a television host, Born 1950) Categories: APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR

Luscomb, Florence: The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled land with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives. (Florence Luscomb: U.S. women's suffrage activist and architect who was one of the first ten women to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with her degrees in architecture, 1887-1985) Categories: HUMANKIND, IGNORANCE, SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS

Luther, Martin: An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: HUMANKIND

Luther, Martin: If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: SACRIFICE

Luther, Martin: Let the wife make the husband glad to come homes, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: MARRIAGE

Luther, Martin: Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: MUSIC

Luther, Martin: Reason is the enemy of faith. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: FAITH, REASON

Luther, Martin: Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITION, TRUTH

Luther, Martin: The devil does not stay where music is. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: MUSIC

Luther, Martin: Who loves not women, wine and song, Remains a fool his whole life long. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546) Categories: MERRIMENT

Lydgate, John: You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. (John Lydgate: English monk and poet, 1370-1451) Categories: CHOICES, CONFLICT, DECISIONS

Lyly, John: All fish are not caught with flies. (John Lyly: English playwright, poet, dramatist, and courtier, 1554-1606) Categories: PROBLEM-SOLVING, METHODOLOGY

Lyly, John: All is fair in love and war. (John Lyly: English playwright, poet, dramatist, and courtier, 1554-1606) Categories: LAWLESSNESS

Lyly, John: The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel. (John Lyly: English playwright, poet, dramatist, and courtier, 1554-1606) Categories: IGNORANCE

Lynch, David: We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination. (David Lynch: U.S. film director, screenwriter, producer, Born 1946) Categories: ADULTHOOD

Lynch, Jack: Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over Windows versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi, and boxers versus briefs. (Jack Lynch: English professor and author, Born 1967) Categories: DISAGREEMENT

Lynch, Tom: Grieving is the tragic, painful "tax" we for loving people. (Tom Lynch: U.S. television series creator and executive producer, Born 1956) Categories: GRIEF

Lynd, Robert: The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. (Robert Lynd: Irish writer, editor of poetry, essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist, 1879-1949) Categories: WAR

Lynes, Russsell: No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. (Russsell Lynes: U.S. art historian, photographer, author, and managing editor of Harper's Magazine, 1910-1981) Categories: AUTHORS, WRITING

Lynn, J.: Sometimes . . . when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place. (J. Lynn: U.S. author of of contemporary romance and fantasy, Born1980) Categories: MOODS, POSITIVISM