Paddleford, Clementine: Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be. (Clementine Paddleford: U.S. food writer, writing for several publications about regional cuisines in the U.S. 1898-1967) Categories: CHARACTER, COURAGE, SELF-RELIANCE

Page, Larry: For big disruptive ideas, look for people who have a healthy disregard for the impossible. (Larry Page: U.S. computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin, Born 1973) Categories: INNOVATION, POSSIBILITIES

Paglia, Camille: The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture. (Camille Paglia: U.S. academic and social critic, Born 1947) Categories: PROSTITUTION

Paine, Thomas: He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: LIBERTY, OPPRESSION

Paine, Thomas: If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Paine, Thomas: If you can’t offend, you can’t be honest. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: COMMUNICATION, FRANKNESS, HONESTY, CANDOR

Paine, Thomas: It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: ERRORS, FALSEHOODS, INQUIRY

Paine, Thomas: My country is the world and my religion is to do good. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, RELIGION

Paine, Thomas: Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: COLONIALISM, POLITICS, GREAT BRITAIN

Paine, Thomas: The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: CHALLENGES, COMPETITION

Paine, Thomas: The mind, once enlightened, cannot again be dark. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: ENLIGHTENMENT, LEARNING, MIND

Paine, Thomas: The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: GOVERNMENT, POLITICS

Paine, Thomas: The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Paine, Thomas: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must . . . undergo the fatigue of supporting it. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: ACTIVISM, PROTEST

Paine, Thomas: Trying to kill slander keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die a natural death. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: MEDIA, SLANDER

Paine, Thomas: While we all carry a national passport out of necessity, ‘the world is our country’. (Thomas Paine: U.S. political activist, and as a revolutionary he was one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1737-1809) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, INTERNATIONALISM, PASSPORTS

Palmer, Parker J.: Abortion foes and pro-choicers can arrive at 'common ground'—adoption. (Parker J. Palmer: U.S. sociologist, author, and teacher-educator, Born 1939) Categories: ABORTION, ADOPTION

Palmer, Parker J.: Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering. (Parker J. Palmer: U.S. sociologist, author, and teacher-educator, Born 1939) Categories: SUFFERING, VIOLENCE

Pandit, Vijaya L.: The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. (Vijaya L. Pandit: Indian freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician who served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly, 1900-1990) Categories: PEACE-MAKING, WAR

Panin, Ivan: In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long. (Ivan Panin: Russian emigrant to the United States who achieved fame for discovering numeric patterns in the text of the Hebrew and Greek Bible, 1855-1942) Categories: AGING

Pankhurst, Emmeline: Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery. (Emmeline Pankhurst: British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland, 1858-1928) Categories: RIOTS, DISHONOR, OUTRAGE

Panwar, Nishan: Age is simply the number of years the world has had to enjoy you! (Nishan Panwar: Indian actor starring mostly in Malayalam films, as well as in several languages such as Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, Born, 1985) Categories: AGING

Parcells, Bill: The greatest ability is availability. (Bill Parcells: U.S. former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League for 19 seasons, Born 1941) Categories: ACCESSIBILITY, READINESS, AVAILABILITY

Parker, Dorothy: Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays in the palm; clutch it, and it darts away. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: BEHAVIOR, LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS

Parker, Dorothy: Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: APPEARANCE, GLASSES

Parker, Dorothy: Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: BEHAVIOR, NEGATIVITY

Parker, Dorothy: The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: BOREDOM, CURIOSITY

Parker, Dorothy: They sicken of calm, who know the storm. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: FEAR, PERCEPTION

Parker, Dorothy: Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. (Dorothy Parker: U.S. writer, satirist, social critic, 1893-1967) Categories: WIT, WISECRACKING

Parker, Gilbert: Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. (Gilbert Parker: Canadian novelist and British politician, 1862-1932) Categories: IMAGINATION, LOVE

Parker, Gilbert: There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. (Gilbert Parker: Canadian novelist and British politician, 1862-1932) Categories: MEMORY, REMORSE

Parker, Theodore: If not religious, man will be superstitious. If he worships not the true God, he will have his idols. (Theodore Parker: U.S. minister of the Unitarian church, reformer, and abolitionist, whose words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., (1810-1860)) Categories: RELIGION, SUPERSTITION, WORSHIP, IDOLS

Parkhurst, Charles H.: Purpose is what gives life a meaning. (Charles H. Parkhurst: US. clergyman and social reformer, 1842-1933) Categories: COMMITMENT, PURPOSEFULNESS

Parkhurst, Christabel: Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand beside us, fight with us. (Christabel Parkhurst: British suffragette who supported the war against Germany, 1880-1958) Categories: WOMANHOOD, DIGNITY

Parkinson, Cyril N.: Delay is the deadliest form of denial. (Cyril N. Parkinson: British historian and widely published author, 1909-1993) Categories: DELAY, DENIAL

Parkinson, Cyril N.: Work expands to fill the time available for its completion. [Known as Parkinson’s Law] (Cyril N. Parkinson: British naval historian and author of some 60 books, 1909-1963) Categories: MANAGEMENT, WORK

Parks, Rosa: Each person must live her/his life as a model for others. (Rosa Parks: U.S. activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott, 1913-2005) Categories: ROLE MODELS

Parks, Rosa: I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so. (Rosa Parks: U.S. activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott, 1913-2005) Categories: PROTEST, RACISM

Parks, Rosa: When one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. (Rosa Parks: U.S. activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott, 1913-2005) Categories: COURAGE, DETERMINATION, FEAR, PRINCIPLES

Parks, Van D.: The older I get, the better I was. (Van D. Parks: U.S. musician, songwriter, arranger, Born 1943) Categories: AGING, MEMORY

Parton, Dolly: If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. (Dolly Parton: U.S. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music, Born 1946) Categories: INITIATIVE, INSPIRATION

Parton, Dolly: If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. (Dolly Parton: U.S. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music, Born 1946) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, CHALLENGES

Parton, Dolly: If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. (Dolly Parton: U.S. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music, Born 1946) Categories: CHALLENGES, GOALS

Parton, Dolly: Storms make trees take deeper roots. (Dolly Parton: U.S. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music, Born 1946) Categories: OBSTACLES, PERSEVERANCE, TREES

Pascal, Blaise: All our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: REASON, FEELINGS

Pascal, Blaise: Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor is the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONTRADICTION

Pascal, Blaise: Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: JUSTICE, POLITICS

Pascal, Blaise: I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: LETTER WRITING, WRITING

Pascal, Blaise: It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: MIRACLES

Pascal, Blaise: It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason. This, then, is faith in God felt by the heart, not by the reason. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: FAITH, GOD, HEART, REASON

Pascal, Blaise: Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: FORCE, JUSTICE, TYRANNY

Pascal, Blaise: Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: HUMANKIND

Pascal, Blaise: Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: CONVICTIONS, RELIGION

Pascal, Blaise: Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: LIFE

Pascal, Blaise: The heart has reasons that reason does not understand. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: HEART, INTUITION, REASON

Pascal, Blaise: The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: REASON

Pascal, Blaise: The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: MAJORITY

Pascal, Blaise: We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. (Blaise Pascal: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer who wrote in defense of the scientific method, 1623-1662) Categories: UNCERTAINTY

Pastan, Linda: Grief is a circular staircase; we feel better and then we feel worse. (Linda Pastan: U.S, poet of Jewish background, who from 1991–1995 was Poet Laureate of Maryland, Born 1932) Categories: GRIEF

Pasteur, Louis: Chance favors the prepared mind. (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: CHANCE, OPPORTUNITY, PLANNING

Pasteur, Louis: Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: SCIENCE, MICROBES

Pasteur, Louis: In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind. (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: PREPARATION, RESEARCH, SCIENCE

Pasteur, Louis: Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: TENACITY

Pasteur, Louis: Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: SCIENCE

Pasteur, Louis: Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of all beverages. (Louis Pasteur: French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, 1822-1895) Categories: WINE, BEVERAGES

Patchett, Ann: The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived. (Ann Patchett: U.S. Prize-winning author, Born, 1963) Categories: ACTION, CHANGE, INDIFFERENCE, PROTEST

Patel, Eboo: To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite our tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism. (Eboo Patel: U.S. founder of Interfaith Youth Core, Born 1975) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS, PLURALSIM

Pater, Walter: To know when one’s self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people. (Walter Pater: English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer, 1839-1894) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS

Paterson, Katherine: The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. (Katherine Paterson: U.S. writer, best known for children's novels, Born 1932) Categories: IDENTIFICATION, NAMES, RELATIONSHIPS

Patinkin, Kathryn G.: People who are hurting hurt others. (Kathryn G. Patinkin: U.S. actress and writer, Born 1946) Categories: PAIN, ABUSE

Paton, Alan: The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again. (Alan Paton: South African writer and anti-apartheid activist, 1903-1988) Categories: RESTORATION, DAMAGE

Patten, William: Many hands make light work. (William Patten: English author, scholar, and government official, c. 1510 – after 1598) Categories: COOPERATION

Patton, George S. Jr.: A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. (George S. Patton Jr.: U.S. Army General who commanded the military in World War II, both in the Mediterranean and in France and Germany, 1885-1945) Categories: PLANNING

Patton, George S. Jr.: Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. (George S. Patton Jr.: U.S. Army General who commanded the military in World War II, both in the Mediterranean and in France and Germany, 1885-1945) Categories: COURAGE, PERSISTENCE

Patton, George S. Jr.: Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. (George S. Patton Jr.: U.S. Army General who commanded the military in World War II, both in the Mediterranean and in France and Germany, 1885-1945) Categories: RESILIENCE, SUCCESS

Patton, George S. Jr.: The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. (George S. Patton Jr.: U.S. Army General who commanded the military in World War II, both in the Mediterranean and in France and Germany, 1885-1945) Categories: COWARDICE, FEAR, DUTY

Patton, George S. Jr.: The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. (George S. Patton Jr.: U.S. Army General who commanded the military in World War II, both in the Mediterranean and in France and Germany, 1885-1945) Categories: WAR

Paul, Alice: When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row. (Alice Paul: U.S. Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,1885-1977) Categories: GOALS, PERSEVERANCE

Paulus, Trina: How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar. (Trina Paulus: U.S. author and advocate of holistic health and spiritual search, Born 1931) Categories: AMBITION, SELF-AWARENESS

Pausch, Randy: A good apology is like anti-biotic; a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound. (Randy Pausch: U.S. professor of computer science and design, 1960-2008) Categories: APOLOGIES

Pausch, Randy: It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit in life . . . and keep moving forward. (Randy Pausch: U.S. professor of computer science and design, 1960-2008) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Pausch, Randy: No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom, and when you get there, be really great at sorting mail. (Randy Pausch: U.S. professor of computer science and design, 1960-2008) Categories: JOBS, PROFICIENCY

Pavese, Cesare: We do not remember days, we remember moments. (Cesare Pavese: Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator, 1908-1950) Categories: MEMORY, MOMENTS

Paz, Octavio: Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. (Octavio Paz: Mexican poet, diplomat, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1914-1998) Categories: ALONENESS, SOLITUDE

Peace Pilgrim: Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you. (Peace Pilgrim: U.S. non-denominational spiritual teacher and peace activist who for 28 years walked across the United States, speaking with others about peace, 1908-1991) Categories: LIFE, OPTIMISM

Peale, Norman V.: Change your thoughts and you change your world. (Norman V. Peale: U.S. minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, 1898-1993) Categories: ATTITUDE, OPINIONS

Peale, Norman V.: Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them. (Norman V. Peale: U.S. minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, 1898-1993) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

Peale, Norman V.: The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. (Norman V. Peale: U.S. minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, 1898-1993) Categories: PRAISE, CRITICISM

Peale, Norman V.: We tend to get what we expect. (Norman V. Peale: U.S. minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, 1898-1993) Categories: EXPECTATIONS, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Pearson, Carol: Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves. (Carol Pearson: U.S. author and educator, Born 1944) Categories: HEROES, SELF-DISCOVERY

Pearson, Lester B.: The situation with international borders is something like living with your wife. Sometimes it is difficult and even irritating to live with her, but it is always impossible to live without her. (Lester B. Pearson: Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada, 1897-1972) Categories: INTERNAT'L BORDERS

Peel, Paul: It is no rest to be idle. (Paul Peel: Canadian academic painter, 1860-1892) Categories: IDLENESS

Peguy, Charles: He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. (Charles Peguy: French poet, essayist, and editor, 1873-1914) Categories: AUTHENTICITY, COURAGE, HONESTY, LIARS, TRUSTWORTHINESS

Pei, Mario: Good architecture lets nature in. (Mario Pei: Italian-born American linguist and polyglot, 1901-1978) Categories: ARCHITECTURE

Penn, William: A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him. (William Penn: U.S. writer, Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, known for his advocacy of democracy and religious freedom, and notable for his good relations with the Lenape Native Americans, 1644-1718) Categories: NEUTRALITY

Penn, William: He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last. (William Penn: U.S. writer, Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, known for his advocacy of democracy and religious freedom, and notable for his good relations with the Lenape Native Americans, 1644-1718) Categories: GOODNESS

Penn, William: O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. (William Penn: U.S. writer, Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, known for his advocacy of democracy and religious freedom, and notable for his good relations with the Lenape Native Americans, 1644-1718) Categories: OPPOSITION, COMPREHENSION

Penn, William: The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. (William Penn: U.S. writer, Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, known for his advocacy of democracy and religious freedom, and notable for his good relations with the Lenape Native Americans, 1644-1718) Categories: BREVITY, PROVERBS

Penn, William: To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious. (William Penn: U.S. writer, Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, known for his advocacy of democracy and religious freedom, and notable for his good relations with the Lenape Native Americans, 1644-1718) Categories: RELIGION

Penny, Louise: Things are strongest where they're broken. (Louise Penny: Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec, Born 1958) Categories: COURAGE, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Pepper, Claude: If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the world. (Claude Pepper: U.S. senator and representative, 1900-1989) Categories: POLITICS

Percy, Walker: We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away. (Walker Percy: U.S. author writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics, 1916-1990) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

Percy, Walker: Why is it that one can look at a lion . . . or an owl or at someone's finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair? (Walker Percy: U.S. author writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics, 1916-1990) Categories: COMMUNICATION, PERCEPTION

Percy, Walter: We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away. (Walter Percy: U.S. writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics, 1916-1990) Categories: FAMILY, FRIENDS, RELATIONSHIPS

Pericles: Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time. (Pericles: Greek statesman and general of Athens during its golden age, c.495—c.406 B.C.E.) Categories: ANTICIPATION, PATIENCE, TIME

Pericles: What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. (Pericles: Greek statesman and general of Athens during its golden age, c.495—c.406 B.C.E.) Categories: IMPACT, LEGACIES, RELATIONSHIPS

Perkhurst, Charles H.: The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of. (Charles H. Perkhurst: U.S. clergyman and social reformer who attacked the political corruption of New York City government that led to subsequent social and political reform, 1842-1933) Categories: HEART, PERCEPTION

Persian Proverb: Children are the bridge to heaven. (Persian Proverb: ) Categories: CHILDREN

Persian Proverb: Epigrams succeed where epics fail. (Persian Proverb: ) Categories: BREVITY, COMMUNICATION, SUCCINCTNESS

Persian Proverb: He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. (Persian Proverb: ) Categories: CHALLENGES, DESIRE, RESPECT, RULES

Persian Proverb: Luck is infatuated with the efficient. (Persian Proverb: ) Categories: LUCK

Persian Proverb: When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. (Persian Proverb: ) Categories: FATE, INEVITABILITY

Peter, Laurence J.: Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: BUSINESS

Peter, Laurence J.: Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: FACTS, STATISTICS

Peter, Laurence J.: Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: AGING, HEALTH

Peter, Laurence J.: Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: BUSINESS

Peter, Laurence J.: Old age is when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: AGING

Peter, Laurence J.: Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: PROBLEMS, INDECISION

Peter, Laurence J.: The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for. (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: PATRIOTISM

Peter, Laurence J.: Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? (Laurence J. Peter: Canadian educator best known for the formulation of the 'Peter Principle- managers rise to the level of their incompetence,' 1919-1990) Categories: ADULTHOOD, MATURATION, SELF-REFLECTION

Peters, Thomas: Formula for success: Under-promise and over-deliver. (Thomas Peters: U.S. slave who fought for the British in the American Revolutionary war and later became one of the ‘Founding Fathers’ of the nation of Sierra Leone in West Africa, 1738-1792) Categories: SUCCESS

Peters, Thomas: Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. (Thomas Peters: U.S. slave who fought for the British in the American Revolutionary war and later became one of the ‘Founding Fathers’ of the nation of Sierra Leone in West Africa, 1738-1792) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Petersen, James: If you are afraid for your future, you don't have a present. (James Petersen: U.S. anthropologist, archeologist, and researcher in Brazil, Born, 1954) Categories: FEAR, FUTURE

Pettit-Senn, J.: Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others. (J. Pettit-Senn: Swiss poet, 1792-1870) Categories: BELIEVABILTY, GOSSIP, INTEGRITY, PRAISE

Pettit-Senn, J.: Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. (J. Pettit-Senn: Swiss poet, 1792-1870) Categories: ABUNDANCE, ENJOYMENT

Phaedrus: Success leads many astray to their ruin. (Phaedrus: Ancient Athenian aristocrat and philosopher, Died 393 B.C.E.) Categories: SUCCESS

Phelps, Edward J.: The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. (Edward J. Phelps: U.S. lawyer, diplomat, and founder of the American Bar Association, 1822-1900) Categories: MISTAKES, UNADVENTUROUS

Phelps, William L.: Respect is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him. (William L. Phelps: U.S. author, critic, and scholar, 1865-1943) Categories: RESPECT

Phillips, Bill: Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. (Bill Phillips: U.S. entrepreneur and author, Born 1964) Categories: STRESS

Phillips, Frederick: It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity. (Frederick Phillips: Welsh field hockey player and Olympian medal winner, 1884-1948) Categories: OPPORTUNITY, HARDSHIP

Phillips, Sydney: Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm. (Sydney Phillips: U.S. family physician, 1924-2015) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Phillips, Wendell: As the Greek said, "Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise." (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: FLATTERY, PRAISE

Phillips, Wendell: Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake. (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: PERSISTENCE, PROGRESS

Phillips, Wendell: Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is a much higher and truer courage. (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: BRAVERY, MORALITY

Phillips, Wendell: What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step toward something better. (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: DEFEAT, LEARNING

Phillips, Wendell: Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor" -- infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people. (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: INFIDEL, TRAITOR

Phillips, Wendell: You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70, or given up all hope of the Presidency. (Wendell Phillips: U.S. attorney, abolitionist, and advocate for Native Americans, 1811-1884) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)

Picasso, Pablo: Art is a lie that helps us realize the truth. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ART

Picasso, Pablo: Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ART

Picasso, Pablo: Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ART

Picasso, Pablo: Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ARTISTS

Picasso, Pablo: Every photographer is a painter trying to get out. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: PHOTOGRAPHER, PAINTER

Picasso, Pablo: Good artists copy, but great artists steal. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ARTISTS

Picasso, Pablo: I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: EXPERIMENTS, INITIATIVE, LEARNING

Picasso, Pablo: It takes a long time to become young. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: AGING, YOUTH

Picasso, Pablo: Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. (Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France, 1881-1973) Categories: ARTISTS, RULES

Pickford, Mary: This thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. (Mary Pickford: Canadian-American film actress and producer, 1892-1979) Categories: FAILURE, RELINQUISHMENT

Piercy, Marge: If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. (Marge Piercy: U.S. progressive activist, feminist, and writer, Born 1936) Categories: LISTENING

Pindar: Success for the striver washes away the effort of striving. (Pindar: Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes) Categories: STRIVING, SUCCESS

Pine, Albert: What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, remains and is immortal. (Albert Pine: U.S. author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain, 1861-1937) Categories: GIVINGNESS, GOODNESS, LEGACY

Pinero, Arthur W.: I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate. (Arthur W. Pinero: English actor, dramatist, and stage director, 1855-1934) Categories: FUTURE, PAST

Pirsig, Robert M.: The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. (Robert M. Pirsig: U.S. writer and philosopher, 1928-2017) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, ZEN

Pirsig, Robert M.: To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. (Robert M. Pirsig: U.S. writer and philosopher, 1928-2017) Categories: ASPIRATIONS

Pitt, William Sr.: Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. (William Pitt Sr.: British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1708-1788) Categories: AUTHORITARIANISM, OPPRESSION

Pitt, William Sr.: Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. (William Pitt Sr.: British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1708-1788) Categories: TYRANNY, POWER

Pitt, William Sr.: Where law ends, there tyranny begins. (William Pitt Sr.: British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1708-1788) Categories: LAW, TYRANNY

Plath, Sylvia: For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose. (Sylvia Plath: U.S. poet, novelist, and short-story writer, 1932-1963) Categories: WRITING, POETRY

Plato: Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: ACTIVITY, EXERCISE

Plato: Self-conquest is the greatest of victories. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: SELF-CONQUEST, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Plato: The beginning is the most important part of the work. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: BEGINNINGS, FOUNDATION

Plato: The greatest wealth is to live content with little. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: SIMPLICITY, WEALTH

Plato: The senses are bad witnesses; they are untrustworthy. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: JUDGMENT, SENSES

Plato: We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: ENLIGHTENMENT, FEAR

Plato: Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: WISDOM

Plato: Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Plato: Your silence gives consent. (Plato: Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 — 348/347 B.C.E.) Categories: SILENCE, CONSENT

Plautus, Titus M.: One eye-witness is of more weight than ten hearsays. (Titus M. Plautus: Roman playwright, 254 B.C.-184 .C.) Categories: HEARSYERS, WITNESS

Plautus, Titus M.: Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. (Titus M. Plautus: Roman playwright, 254 B.C.-184 .C.) Categories: CHARACTER, REDEMPTION

Plautus, Titus M.: Your wealth is where your friends are. (Titus M. Plautus: Roman playwright, 254 B.C.-184 .C.) Categories: FRIENDS

Player, Gary: The harder you work, the luckier you get. (Gary Player: South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time, Born 1935) Categories: DILIGENCE, LUCK

Pliny the Elder: The only certainty is that nothing is certain. (Pliny the Elder: Roman author, naturalist, scientist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, Died 79 A.D.) Categories: CERTAINTY

Plutarch: From their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future (Plutarch: Greek historian, biographer. moralist, and essayist, best known for his in-depth biographies of famous Romans and Greeks detailed in his writings of "Parallel Lives," c. 45—120 C.E.) Categories: LEARNING, MISTAKES

Plutarch: Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. (Plutarch: Greek historian, biographer. moralist, and essayist, best known for his in-depth biographies of famous Romans and Greeks detailed in his writings of "Parallel Lives," c. 45—120 C.E.) Categories: LABOR, REST

Plutarch: The mind is not a vessel that needs filling but wood that needs igniting. (Plutarch: Greek historian, biographer. moralist, and essayist, best known for his in-depth biographies of famous Romans and Greeks detailed in his writings of "Parallel Lives," c. 45—120 C.E.) Categories: EDUCATION, MIND

Plutarch: To make no mistake is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. (Plutarch: Greek historian, biographer. moralist, and essayist, best known for his in-depth biographies of famous Romans and Greeks detailed in his writings of "Parallel Lives," c. 45—120 C.E.) Categories: ERRORS, POSSIBILITIES

Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. (Plutarch: Greek historian, biographer. moralist, and essayist, best known for his in-depth biographies of famous Romans and Greeks detailed in his writings of "Parallel Lives," c. 45—120 C.E.) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Poe, Edgar A.: Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see. (Edgar A. Poe: U.S. writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, 1809-1849) Categories: CRITICAL THINKING, SKEPTICISM

Poe, Edgar A.: Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed. (Edgar A. Poe: U.S. writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, 1809-1849) Categories: SUFFERING

Poe, Edgar A.: Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. (Edgar A. Poe: U.S. writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, 1809-1849) Categories: DREAMS

Pogrebin, Letty C.: Friends can be said to fall in like with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love. (Letty C. Pogrebin: U.S. author, journalist, lecturer, social activist, and a founding editor of 'Ms.,' a liberal feminist magazine, Born 1939) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Pogrebin, Letty C.: Friendships aren't perfect, and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release. (Letty C. Pogrebin: U.S. author, journalist, lecturer, social activist, and a founding editor of 'Ms.,' a liberal feminist magazine, Born 1939) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Pogrebin, Letty C.: We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. (Letty C. Pogrebin: U.S. author, journalist, lecturer, social activist, and a founding editor of 'Ms.,' a liberal feminist magazine, Born 1939) Categories: FRIENDS

Pogrebin, Letty C.: When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition. (Letty C. Pogrebin: U.S. author, journalist, lecturer, social activist, and a founding editor of 'Ms.,' a liberal feminist magazine, Born 1939) Categories: GENDER, WOMEN

Poincare, Jules H.: Science is built with facts as a house is with stones, but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. (Jules H. Poincare: French polymath —mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science,1854-1912) Categories: FACTS, SCIENCE

Poindexter, Linda: When my father didn't have my hand . . . he had my back. (Linda Poindexter: U.S. Episcopalian priest, author, and humorist, 1944-2023) Categories: PARENTING, FATHERS

Poitier, Sidney: I think luck is akin to serendipity. Out of nowhere, serendipity dips down and kisses us on the cheek. (Sidney Poitier: Bahamian-American actor, film director, and Academy Award recipient for Best Acor,1927-2022)) Categories: LUCK

Polish Proverb: The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward. (Polish Proverb: ) Categories: MARRIAGE

Polish Proverb: When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers. (Polish Proverb: ) Categories: OPPORTUNITIES, UNAWARENESS

Pollan, Michael: There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pig—an animal easily as intelligent as a dog—that becomes the Christmas ham. (Michael Pollan: U.S. professor and writer, Born 1955) Categories: ANIMALS (U.S.A.)

Pollard, J. C.: Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. (J. C. Pollard: U.S. actor, Born 1939) Categories: MANAGEMENT

Pollock, Channing: A critic is a legless man who teaches running. (Channing Pollock: U.S. magician and film actor, 1926-2006) Categories: CRITICS

Polybius: There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terribly as the conscience that dwells in the hears of every man. (Polybius: Greek historian, c.200—118 B.C.E.) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Ponder, Catherine: What you praise you increase. (Catherine Ponder: U.S. minister and founder of Unity Church Worldwide, Born 1927) Categories: MOTIVATION, VALUE

Pope, Alexander: A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying . . . that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Pope, Alexander: A wife is the peculiar gift of Heav'n. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: WIVES

Pope, Alexander: All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: NATURE, UNIVERSE

Pope, Alexander: An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: EXCUSES, LIES

Pope, Alexander: Be thou the first true merit to befriend / His praise is lost who stays till all commend. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: SUPPORT

Pope, Alexander: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: ANGELS, FOOLS, JUDGMENT

Pope, Alexander: For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, 'Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.' (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: HOSPITALITY

Pope, Alexander: Gardening is landscape painting. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: GARDENING

Pope, Alexander: Hope spring eternal in the human breast. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: HOPE

Pope, Alexander: Not to go back is somewhat to advance. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: PROGRESS, RESILIENCE

Pope, Alexander: They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: MARRIAGE

Pope, Alexander: To err is human, to forgive divine. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: FORGIVENESS

Pope, Alexander: True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd / What oft was thought but ne'er so well express'd. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: WIT

Pope, Alexander: ‘Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. (Alexander Pope: English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744) Categories: LEARNING

Pope John XXIII: It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. (Pope John XXIII: head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State for five years before his death, 1881-1963) Categories: FATHERHOOD

Pope John XXIII: Men are like wine—some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. (Pope John XXIII: head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State for five years before his death, 1881-1963) Categories: HUMANKIND

Pope Paul VI: If you want peace, work for justice. (Pope Paul VI: Leader of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, 1963-1978, Born 1897, Died 1978) Categories: JUSTICE, PEACE

Popper, Karl: The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. (Karl Popper: Austrian-born British philosopher, academic, social commentator, and one of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, 1902-1994) Categories: FAME, HISTORY, RECOGNITION, SOCIETY

Porchia, Antonio: I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. (Antonio Porchia: Italian-Argentinian poet and writer of aphorisms, some of which parallel Zen schools of thought, 1886-1968) Categories: GIVING, RELATIONSHIPS

Porter, Katherine A.: The past is never where you think you left it. (Katherine A. Porter: U.S. journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet, and political activist, 1890-1980) Categories: MEMORY, PAST

Porter, William S.: Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. (William S. Porter: U.S. short story writer, 1862-1910 (Known by his pen name 'O. Henry') Categories: EMOTIONS

Potter, Dennis: The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in. (Dennis Potter: English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist, 1935-1994) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WORDS

Potter, Emily: Heroes never die. They live on in the hearts and minds of those who would follow in their footsteps. (Emily Potter: U.S. counselor and therapist) Categories: HEROES

Pound, Ezra: Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. (Ezra Pound: U.S. expatriate poet, 1885-1972) Categories: ARTISTS

Pound, Ezra: Literature is language charged with meaning. It is news that stays news. (Ezra Pound: U.S. expatriate poet, 1885-1972) Categories: LITERATURE

Pound, Ezra: The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation. (Ezra Pound: U.S. expatriate poet, 1885-1972) Categories: ARTISTS, LEISURE

Pound, Ezra: The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. (Ezra Pound: U.S. expatriate poet, 1885-1972) Categories: LANGUAGE, WISDOM

Powell, Annetta: Do not let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out. (Annetta Powell: U.S. social media contributor) Categories: ANNOYANCES, NEGATIVISM

Powell, Anthony: Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed. (Anthony Powell: English novelist,1905-2000) Categories: AGING

Powell, Colin L.: There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. (Colin L. Powell: U.S. diplomat and army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state, the first African-American to hold the office, 1937-2021) Categories: SUCCESS

Power, J. M.: If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. (J. M. Power: British author) Categories: DREAMS, INITIATIVE

Powers, Llewelyn: A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry, documented deductions of the brain. (Llewelyn Powers: U.S. lawyer and politician, 1836-1908) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS

Powter, Susan: The habits that took years to build, do not take a day to change. (Susan Powter: Australian-born U.S. motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, and author, Born 1957) Categories: HABITS

Pratchett, Terry: Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. (Terry Pratchett: English author of fantasy novels, 1948-2015) Categories: LIGHT, DARKNESS

Pratchett, Terry: People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it. (Terry Pratchett: English author of fantasy novels, 1948-2015) Categories: HISTORY, IMPACT

Pratchett, Terry: The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. (Terry Pratchett: English author of fantasy novels, 1948-2015) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Pratchett, Terry: There is a rumor going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist. (Terry Pratchett: English author of fantasy novels, 1948-2015) Categories: GOD

Premchand, Munshi: Trust is the first step to love. (Munshi Premchand: Indian novelist and poet who was famous for his modern Hindustani literature, 1880-1936) Categories: LOVE, TRUST

Premji, Azim: If people aren’t laughing at your goals, your goals are too small (Azim Premji: Indian businessman and philanthropist who is known as the 'Czar of the Indian IT Industry,' Born 1945) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS

Prescott, William: An obstacle is often a stepping stone. (William Prescott: U.S. colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the patriot forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1726-1795) Categories: OBSTACLES

Presley, Elvis: When things go wrong, don't go with them. (Elvis Presley: U.S. singer and actor who is considered one of the most influential figures in rock and roll history, 1935-1977) Categories: ADVERSITY, RESILIENCE

Presley, Elvis: You only pass through this life once, you don’t come back for an encore. (Elvis Presley: U.S. singer and actor who is considered one of the most influential figures in rock and roll history, 1935-1977) Categories: LIFE

Priest, Ivy B.: The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. (Ivy B. Priest: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Treasurer and California State Treasurer, 1905-1975) Categories: WORLD, INFINITY

Priest, Ivy B.: There are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect. (Ivy B. Priest: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Treasurer and California State Treasurer, 1905-1975) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Priest, Ivy B.: We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money, as long as we get our hands on it? (Ivy B. Priest: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Treasurer and California State Treasurer, 1905-1975) Categories: GENDER, MONEY, WOMEN

Prigogine, Ilya: The future is uncertain. But such uncertainty lies at the very heart of human creativity. (Ilya Prigogine: Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate, 1917-2003) Categories: CREATIVITY, UNCERTAINTY

Prior, Matthew: The end must justify the means. (Matthew Prior: English poet and diplomat, 1664-1721) Categories: JUSTIFICATION

Proust, Marcel: Let us leave pretty women to men without imagination. (Marcel Proust: French novelist and essayist, 1871-1922) Categories: APPEARANCE, GENDER, ATTRACTION

Proust, Marcel: We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. (Marcel Proust: French novelist and essayist, 1871-1922) Categories: HEALING, SUFFERING

Pulitzer, Joseph: It's my duty to see that they get the truth in newspapers; but that's not enough. I've got to put it before them briefly so that they will read it, clearly so that they will understand it, forcibly so that they will appreciate it, picturesquely so that they will remember it, and, above all, accurately so that they may be wisely guided by its light. (Joseph Pulitzer: Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher, 1847-1911) Categories: NEWSPAPERS

Pulitzer, Joseph: There is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy. (Joseph Pulitzer: Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher, 1847-1911) Categories: DECEPTION, SECRECY

Pullman, Philip: After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. (Philip Pullman: English writer who has been described as 'one of the 50 best British writers since 1945, Born 1946) Categories: STORIES

Pushkin, Alexander: Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization. (Alexander Pushkin: Russian poet, playwright, and novelist who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, 1799-1837) Categories: LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION

Pushkin, Alexander: The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. (Alexander Pushkin: Russian poet, playwright, and novelist who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, 1799-1837) Categories: ILLUSIONS

Puzo, Mario: The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other. (Mario Puzo: Italian-American screenwriter, journalist, and novelist, most notably "The Godfather," 1920-1999) Categories: FAMILY, LOYALTY

Pythagoras: Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. (Pythagoras: Ancient Greek philosopher whose teachings influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy, c. 570–c. 495 B.C.E.) Categories: COMMUNICATION, SUCCINCTNESS, WORDS