Rabelais, Francois: Half the world does not know how the other half lives. (Francois Rabelais: French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk, and Greek scholar, 1494-1553) Categories: EDUCATION, IGNORANCE

Radmacher, Mary A.: I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. (Mary A. Radmacher: U.S. author, artist, and professional speaker.) Categories: TRAVEL

Radmacher, Mary A.: Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says 'I'll try again tomorrow'. (Mary A. Radmacher: U.S. author, artist, and professional speaker.) Categories: COURAGE

Raleigh, Walter: No pleasure without pain (Walter Raleigh: English statesman, soldier, writer, and explorer who played a leading part in the English colonization of North America,1552-1618) Categories: CHALLENGES

Raleigh, Walter: There is no pleasure without pain. (Walter Raleigh: English statesman, soldier, writer, and explorer who played a leading part in the English colonization of North America,1552-1618) Categories: HARDSHIP, JOY

Ralph, Sheryl L.: If you are given the gift of growing older, accept it with grace, because not everybody gets it. (Sheryl L. Ralph: U.S. actress, singer, and nominee for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Born 1956) Categories:

Ramanujan, A. K.: You can sometimes count every orange on a tree but never all the trees in a single orange. (A. K. Ramanujan: Indian poet, scholar, linguist, philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright, 1929-1993) Categories: EVOLUTION

Rame, Maria L.: Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. (Maria L. Rame: English author who wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories [pen name of Ouida], 1828-1909) Categories: HOPE

Rame, Maria L.: The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. (Maria L. Rame: English author who wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories [pen name of Ouida], 1828-1909) Categories: ABSENCE, RELATIONSHIPS, TOGETHERNESS

Rand, Ayn: Live a life as a monument to your soul. (Ayn Rand: Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter, 1905-1982) Categories: LEGACIES, LIFE

Rand, Ayn: Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. (Ayn Rand: Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter, 1905-1982) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, REASON

Rand, Ayn: The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies. (Ayn Rand: Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter, 1905-1982) Categories: PROGRESS, SCIENCE

Rand, Ayn: The question isn't who is going to let me; it;s who is going to stop me. (Ayn Rand: Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter, 1905-1982) Categories: DETERMINATION

Randi, James: No amount of belief makes something a fact. (James Randi: Canadian-American retired stage magician and a scientific skeptic who has extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims, Born 1928) Categories: BELIEFS, RELIGION, SKEPTICISM

Randi, James: Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason. (James Randi: Canadian-American retired stage magician and a scientific skeptic who has extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims, Born 1928) Categories: REASON, SKEPTICISM

Rangell, Leo: Bacteria and other microorganisms find it easier to infect people who worry and fret. (Leo Rangell: U.S. psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, 1913-2011) Categories: WORRY, INFECTION

Rankin, Jeannette: Men and women are like right and left hands: it doesn't make sense not to use both. (Jeannette Rankin: U.S. politician, women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States, 1880-1973) Categories: GENDER

Ransom, Victoria: Even if you don't have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt. (Victoria Ransom: New Zealand entrepreneur who founded founded Wildfire Interactive, a social marketing software company) Categories: ADAPTATION, INNOVATION

Raven, Arlene: The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us and how we can see ourselves successfully acknowledged by that world. (Arlene Raven: U.S. feminist art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator, 1944-2006) Categories: SELF-IMAGE

Ravikant, Naval: The perfect helmsman is the one who risks with caution. (Naval Ravikant: Indian-American entrepreneur, investor, and recipient of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, Born 1974) Categories: CAUTION, LEADERSHIP, RISK

Ray, Beynon: No one grows old by living, only by losing interest in living. (Beynon Ray: U.S. author of self-help books, Died 1969) Categories: AGING, INVOLVEMENT

Raymond, F. J.: Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. (F. J. Raymond: U.S. author of puns and quotes, newspaper columnist, and editorial cartoonist, 1929-2011) Categories: TAXATION

Rayner, Richard: America—the nation of the bullet as well as the ballot, and unlikely to change. (Richard Rayner: British author of both fiction and non-fiction books, Born 1955) Categories: U.S.A., VIOLENCE

Reagan, Ronald: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. (Ronald Reagan: U.S. actor and politician who served as the 40th President of the United States, 1911-2004) Categories: FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Reagan, Ronald: Freedom is a fragile thing, and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. (Ronald Reagan: U.S. actor and politician who served as the 40th President of the United States, 1911-2004) Categories: FREEDOM

Reagan, Ronald: Government is like a big baby—an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. (Ronald Reagan: U.S. actor and politician who served as the 40th President of the United States, 1911-2004) Categories: GOVERNMENT

Reagan, Ronald: Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. (Ronald Reagan: U.S. actor and politician who served as the 40th President of the United States, 1911-2004) Categories: PEACE-MAKING

Reagan, Ronald: Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. (Ronald Reagan: U.S. actor and politician who served as the 40th President of the United States, 1911-2004) Categories: POLITICS

Reagon, Bernice J.: Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. (Bernice J. Reagon: U.S. singer, composer, scholar, and social activist who realized the power of collective singing to unify disparate groups, Born 1942) Categories: CHALLENGES, SELF-DISCOVERY

Reagon, Bernice J.: Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain, you may be doing some good work. (Bernice J. Reagon: U.S. singer, composer, scholar, and social activist who realized the power of collective singing to unify disparate groups, Born 1942) Categories: WOMEN

Reardon, Daniel: In the long run, the pessimist may be proved to be right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. (Daniel Reardon: U.S. actor and film director, 1948-2020) Categories: POSITIVISM

Redfern, Matthew: Muscles are meant to move. (Matthew Redfern: U.S. physical therapist, Born 1987) Categories: EXERCISE, PHYSICAL THERAPY

Reed, Donna: The term working mother is ridiculously redundant. (Donna Reed: U.S. film and television actress,1921-1986) Categories: MOTHERHOOD

Reed, Myrtle: Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. (Myrtle Reed: U.S. author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist, 1874-1911) Categories: SELF-CONTROL

Rees, Martin: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. (Martin Rees: British cosmologist and astrophysicist with a focus on extra-terrestrial intelligence, Born, 1942) Categories: EVIDENCE

Reeves, Dan: The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. (Dan Reeves: U.S. Athlete and head coach of the National Football League, 1944-2022) Categories: BITTERNESS, DIFFICULTIES, IMPROVEMENT

Reeves, George: Knock the "t" off the "can't." (George Reeves: U.S. actor, best known for his television role as 'Superman', 1914-1959) Categories: CHOICES, VOLITION

Reeves, John: Of all the dramatic media, radio is the most visual. (John Reeves: U.S. college and professional football player, 1950-2017) Categories: MEDIA

Regnard, Jean-Francois: We love without reason, and without reason we hate. (Jean-Francois Regnard: French comic poet, 1655-1709) Categories: HATRED, REASON

Reich, Robert: Wealth doesn’t “trickle down.” It gushes up. (Robert Reich: U.S. professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator, Born 1946) Categories: ECONOMICS, WEALTH

Reidzio: Friends are like the spine in your body. They hold you in one piece and help you stand on your legs. (Reidzio: Ukrainian refugee) Categories: FRIENDS

Reik, Theodore: In our civilization men are afraid they will not be men enough, and women are afraid they might be considered only women. (Theodore Reik: Austrian-U.S. psychoanalyst who trained as one of Freud's first students and was a pioneer of lay analysis in the United States, 1888-1969) Categories: GENDER, WOMEN

Reisinger, John: Baseball is like a Wagnerian opera—10 minutes of excitement packed into 4 hours. (John Reisinger: U.S. mathematics instructor, Born 1936) Categories: BASEBALL

Reith, John C.: He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy. (John C. Reith: Scottish broadcasting executive who served as the United Kingdom’s first Director-General of the public service British Broadcasting Company, 1889-1971) Categories: MEDIA

Rembrandt: Choose only one master— Nature. (Rembrandt: Dutch draftsman, painter, and printmaker, who is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art, 1606-1669) Categories: NATURE

Remen, Rachel N.: When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. (Rachel N. Remen: U.S. author and teacher of alternative medicine in the form of integrative medicine, Born 1938) Categories: LISTENING, SELF-AWARENESS

Renan, Ernest: The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. (Ernest Renan: French expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, philosopher, critic, and historian of religion. 1823-1892) Categories: PROGRESS, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY

Renard, Jules: Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. (Jules Renard: French writer, 1864-1910) Categories: LAZINESS

Renard, Jules: Words are the small change of thought. (Jules Renard: French writer, 1864-1910) Categories: WORDS

Renard, Jules: Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. (Jules Renard: French writer, 1864-1910) Categories: WRITING

Renault, Mary: In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul. (Mary Renault: English writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece, 1905-1983) Categories: HATRED, LOVE

Renault, Mary: The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. (Mary Renault: English writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece, 1905-1983) Categories: COURAGE, MORALITY

Renoir, Pierre: I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall. (Pierre Renoir: French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style, 1841-1919) Categories: PAINTING

Reston, James: This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. (James Reston: U.S. journalist, 1909-1995) Categories: DIPLOMACY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Reverdy, Jacques: A work of art cannot be satisfied with being a representation; it should be a presentation. (Jacques Reverdy: French artist) Categories: ART

Reynolds, Anne: Ask not what international exchanges can do for you as Americans, but what you as Americans overseas can do to contribute to the growing global community and the advancement of peace. (Anne Reynolds: U.S. zoologist and university administrator, the only person to have headed two (CSU and CUNY) of the three largest systems of higher education in the United States, Born 1938) Categories: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Reznikoff, Charles: The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly. (Charles Reznikoff: U.S. poet, 1894-1976) Categories: APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, PHYSIOLOGY

Rhodes, Henry: It’s all right to go out with a nun, as long as you don’t get into the habit. (Henry Rhodes: U. S. scientific glass-blower for the U.S. govt.’s Manhattan Atomic Bomb project, 1919-2005) Categories: HABITS, RELIGION

Rhodes, Henry: Knowledge of terminology often passes for knowledge of the subject. (Henry Rhodes: U. S. scientific glass-blower for the U.S. govt.’s Manhattan Atomic Bomb project, 1919-2005) Categories: COMMUNICATION, TERMINOLOGY

Rice, Alice C.: It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains! (Alice C. Rice: U.S. novelist who wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," 1870-1942) Categories: PLANNING, RISK

Rich, Adrienne: So much in the world has been destroyed that I have cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world. (Adrienne Rich: U.S. poet and essayist, know for bringing the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse, 1929-2012) Categories: HEROES, PROGRESS, RENEWAL

Richards, Ann: After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels (Ann Richards: U.S. politician and governor of the state of Texas, 1933-2006) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY, WOMEN

Richards, Ann: I vote because if you aren’t at the table, you are on the menu. (Ann Richards: U.S. politician and governor of the state of Texas, 1933-2006) Categories: VOTING (U.S.A.)

Richards, Ann: If we rest, we rust! (Ann Richards: U.S. politician and governor of the state of Texas, 1933-2006) Categories: INACTION, REST

Richards, Stephen: The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down. (Stephen Richards: British self-help author) Categories: FAILURE

Richardson, Sid W.: You ain’t learnin’ nothin’ when you’re talkin’. (Sid W. Richardson: Texas businessman and philanthropist [as cited by Lyndon B. Johnson], 1891-1959) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Richter, Gisela: A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result. (Gisela Richter: British-American classical archaeologist and art historian, 1882-1972) Categories: FAILURES, SUCCESS

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: DANGER

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: ART

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: DEATH, GRIEF, LOSS

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: FLATTERY

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: MATURATION, INSIGHT

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: The test of pleasure is the memory it leaves behind. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: MEMORY, PLEASURE

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: The words a father speaks to his children in the privacy of the home are not overheard at the time, but, as in whispering galleries, they will be clearly heard at the end and by posterity. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: PARENTHOOD, HERITAGE

Richter, Johann (Jean) P.: Women and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are endangered. (Johann (Jean) P. Richter: German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. 1763-1825) Categories: BRAVERY

Rickenbacker, Eddie: Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. (Eddie Rickenbacker: U.S. fighter pilot in World War I, a Medal of Honor recipient, and the most decorated U.S. flying ace of the war, 1890-11973) Categories:

Rickey, Branch: Luck is the residue of design. (Branch Rickey: U.S. baseball player and sports executive, 1881-1965) Categories: DESIGN, LUCK, PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS

Ricotti, Sonia: Accept what is . . . let go of what was . . . and have faith in what will be. (Sonia Ricotti: U.S. motivational speaker and best-selling author, Born 1965) Categories: ACCEPTANCE, RESIGNATION

Riis, Jacob A.: When nothing seems to help, I think of a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before together. (Jacob A. Riis: Danish-American social reformer, journalist, and social documentary photographer, 1849-1914) Categories: PERSISTENCE

Rilke, Rainier M.: The only journey is the one within. (Rainier M. Rilke: Austrian poet and novelist, 1875-1926) Categories: SELF-DISCOVERY

Rinehart, Mary R.: The world doesn't come to the clever folks; it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people. (Mary R. Rinehart: U.S writer, 1876-1958) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Ripley, Alexandra: Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about. (Alexandra Ripley: U.S. writer best known as the author of "Scarlett," written as a sequel to "Gone with the Wind," 1934-2004) Categories: DECISIONS, POSSIBILITIES, REGRET

Rivarol, Antoine de: Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of water. (Antoine de Rivarol: Royalist French writer and translator, 1753-1801) Categories: GRIEF, TEARS

Rivarol, Antoine de: It has been said . . . that the mob has many heads, but no brains. (Antoine de Rivarol: Royalist French writer and translator, 1753-1801) Categories: MOBS

RoAne, Susan: They say, 'You can't give a smile away; it always comes back." What goes around, comes around. (Susan RoAne: U.S. speaker and author of several self-help books, Born 1945) Categories: SMILES

Robach, Amy: You don't know someone until you divorce them. (Amy Robach: U.S. award-winning journalist and former news anchor, Born 1973) Categories: CHARACTER, DIVORCE, RELATIONSHIPS

Robbins, Anthony J.: Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer. (Anthony J. Robbins: U.S. entrepreneur and author of self-help books, Born 1960) Categories: FEAR

Robbins, Anthony J.: People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals that do not inspire them. (Anthony J. Robbins: U.S. entrepreneur and author of self-help books, Born 1960) Categories: LAZINESS

Robbins, Anthony J.: The defining factor for success is never resources; it’s resourcefulness. (Anthony J. Robbins: U.S. entrepreneur and author of self-help books, Born 1960) Categories: RESOURCEFULNESS

Robbins, Anthony J.: The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. (Anthony J. Robbins: U.S. entrepreneur and author of self-help books, Born 1960) Categories: CHALLENGES, GOALS

Robbins, Anthony J.: The only person you should strive to be better than is the person you were yesterday. (Anthony J. Robbins: U.S. entrepreneur and author of self-help books, Born 1960) Categories: SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Robbins, Leonard H.: How a minority / Reaching majority / Seizing authority / Hates a minority! (Leonard H. Robbins: U.S. writer, 1877-1947) Categories: FEAR, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Robbins, Mel: You are always one decision from a completely different life. (Mel Robbins: U.S. podcast host, author, motivational speaker, and former lawyer, Born 1968) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, DECISIONS, GOALS

Robbins, Tom: Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. (Tom Robbins: U.S. novelist and short-story writer, Born 1932) Categories: UNHAPPINESS, SELF-INDULGENCE

Robertson, Frederick W.: Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. (Frederick W. Robertson: English theologian, 1816-1853) Categories: DEFEAT, VICTORY

Robertson, Frederick W.: No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. (Frederick W. Robertson: English theologian, 1816-1853) Categories: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MISTAKES

Robertson, Jeanne: Failure is a disappointment but not defeat. (Jeanne Robertson: U.S. humorist, born 1943) Categories: FAILURE

Robinson, Edwin A.: Love must have wings to fly away from love, And to fly back again. (Edwin A. Robinson: U.S. poet and playwright whowon the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, 1869-1935) Categories: LOVE

Robinson, James H.: Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. (James H. Robinson: U.S. historian who greatly broadened the scope of historical scholarship, 1863-1936) Categories: ONE-SIDEDNESS, OPINIONS

Robinson, Maria: Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. (Maria Robinson: U.S. politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Born 1987) Categories: ATTITUDE, BEGINNINGS, ENDINGS, SELF-INITIATIVE

Robinson, Mary T.: Absolute poverty is the worst human rights problem in the world today. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. (Mary T. Robinson: Irish politician who served as the seventh president of Ireland and was the country's first female president, Born 1944) Categories: POVERTY

Robson, Flora: Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. (Flora Robson: English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, 1902-1984) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Roche, Arthur S.: Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. (Arthur S. Roche: U.S. author of novels, short stories, and two plays, 1883-1935) Categories: FEAR, WORRY

Roche, Boyle: Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. (Boyle Roche: Irish politician, 1736-1807) Categories: DISAPPOINTMENT

Rochebrune, Francois: It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women. (Francois Rochebrune: French soldier, 1830-1870) Categories: WOMEN

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, NEGLECT

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: Conceit causes more conversation than wit. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CONCEIT, CONVERSATIONS

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: MODESTY, PRIDE

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: VICE, VIRTUE

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: ENTHUSIASM, REASON

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: LOVE

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: True eloquence consists of saying all that should be, not all that could be, said. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: COMMUNICATION, ELOQUENCE

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: FEAR, HOPE

Rochefoucauld, Francois de La: When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves with the credit of having left them. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld: French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680) Categories: PRIDE, VICE

Rockefeller, John D. Sr.: Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in. (John D. Rockefeller Sr.: U.S. business magnate and philanthropist who is widely considered the wealthiest U.S. American of all time, and the richest person in modern history, 1839-1937) Categories: PLEASURE, WEALTH

Rockefeller, John D. Sr.: Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. (John D. Rockefeller Sr.: U.S. business magnate and philanthropist who is widely considered the wealthiest U.S. American of all time, and the richest person in modern history, 1839-1937) Categories: MANAGEMENT

Rockefeller, John D. Sr.: The only question with wealth is what you do with it. (John D. Rockefeller Sr.: U.S. business magnate and philanthropist who is widely considered the wealthiest U.S. American of all time, and the richest person in modern history, 1839-1937) Categories: WEALTH

Rockefeller, John D. Sr.: The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well. (John D. Rockefeller Sr.: U.S. business magnate and philanthropist who is widely considered the wealthiest U.S. American of all time, and the richest person in modern history, 1839-1937) Categories: INSPIRATION, SUCCESS, UNCOMMONNESS

Rodin, Auguste: Patience is also a form of action. (Auguste Rodin: French sculptor, 1840-1917) Categories: PATIENCE

Rodin, Auguste: To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. (Auguste Rodin: French sculptor, 1840-1917) Categories: ARTISTS, NATURE

Rodriguez, Silverio: Addiction is suicide in slow motion. (Silverio Rodriguez: Mexican-American shoe-repairman, Born 1966) Categories: ADDICTION

Roethke, Theodore: What’s madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? (Theodore Roethke: U.S. poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1908-1963) Categories: NON-CONFORMITY

Rogers, Carl: The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn . . . and change. (Carl Rogers: U.S. psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach in psychology, 1902-1987) Categories: CHANGE, EDUCATION, LEARNING

Rogers, Carl: There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in. (Carl Rogers: U.S. psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach in psychology, 1902-1987) Categories: AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE

Rogers, Fred: I don’t want to eat anything that has a mother. (Fred Rogers: U.S. television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, and minister, 1928-1993) Categories: ANIMALS, FOOD

Rogers, Fred: Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. (Fred Rogers: U.S. television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, and minister, 1928-1993) Categories: CHANGE, OPPORTUNITIES

Rogers, Fred: There are many kinds of food—Music for the hearing, Painting for the seeing, Books for the soul, and Loving other people for the spirit. (Fred Rogers: U.S. television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, and minister, 1928-1993) Categories: FOOD, NOURISHMENT

Rogers, Samuel: Never less alone than when alone. (Samuel Rogers: English poet who during his lifetime one of widely celebrated, 1763-1855) Categories: ALONENESS

Rogers, Will: A king can stand people's fighting, but he can't last long if people start thinking. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP

Rogers, Will: Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: DIPLOMACY

Rogers, Will: Don't let yesterday take up too much of today, (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: PAST, REGRETS

Rogers, Will: Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: ACTION, PERSEVERANCE

Rogers, Will: Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: IGNORANCE

Rogers, Will: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: EXPERIENCE, JUDGMENT

Rogers, Will: If you find yourself in a hole, quit digging (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: ADVICE, SELF-DAMAGE

Rogers, Will: Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: BEHAVIOR, GOSSIP

Rogers, Will: Never let yesterday use up too much of today. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: TIME, YESTERDAY

Rogers, Will: Never miss a good chance to shut up. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: SILENCE

Rogers, Will: Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: POLITICS

Rogers, Will: The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: LIARS, TAXATION (U.S.A.)

Rogers, Will: When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad things you did do—well, that's memoirs. (Will Rogers: U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935) Categories: MEMOIRS

Rohn, Jim: Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: ACHIEVEMENT, DISCIPLINE, GOALS

Rohn, Jim: Either you run the day or the day runs you. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: PLANNING, SELF-DETERMINATION

Rohn, Jim: Happiness is not by chance but by choice. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: HAPPINESS

Rohn, Jim: If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories:

Rohn, Jim: It is how you set the sails that determines your direction in life, not just the winds' forces. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: PREPARATION, SELF-DETERMINATION

Rohn, Jim: Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Rohn, Jim: We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. (Jim Rohn: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, 1930-2009) Categories: DISCIPLINE, PAIN, REGRETS

Rollins, Henry: It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. (Henry Rollins: U.S. singer, actor, presenter, comedian, and activist, Born 1961) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

Rolston, Holmes III: Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live. (Holmes Rolston III: U.S. professor of environmental ethics whose contributions include the relationship between science and religion, Born 1932) Categories: ECOLOGY

Romanian Proverb: The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. (Romanian Proverb: ) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WOUNDING

Rommel, Erwin: Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. (Erwin Rommel: German general and military theorist who served as field marshal in the armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II, 1891-1944) Categories: DANGER, MOTIVATION

Romulo, Carlos P.: Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival. (Carlos P. Romulo: Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist, and author, 1899-1985) Categories: BROTHERHOOD, FRIENDSHIP

Rooney, Andy: A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. (Andy Rooney: U.S. radio and television writer and broadcaster, 1919-2011) Categories: SMILES

Rooney, Andy: Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make easier don't need to be done. (Andy Rooney: U.S. radio and television writer and broadcaster, 1919-2011) Categories: COMPUTERS

Rooney, Andy: Nothing in fine print is ever good news. (Andy Rooney: U.S. radio and television writer and broadcaster, 1919-2011) Categories: FINE PRINT

Rooney, Andy: One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them. (Andy Rooney: U.S. radio and television writer and broadcaster, 1919-2011) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Rooney, Andy: When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. (Andy Rooney: U.S. radio and television writer and broadcaster, 1919-2011) Categories: BITTERNESS

Rooney, Mickey: You always pass failure on the way to success. (Mickey Rooney: U.S. actor, singer, and dancer, 1920-2014) Categories: FAILURE, SUCCESS

Roosevelt, Eleanor: A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Roosevelt, Eleanor: A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: RESILIENCE

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: CHARACTER-BUILDING

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Do one thing every day that scares you. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: FEAR, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, CHALLENGE

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: GOSSIP

Roosevelt, Eleanor: I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: CURIOSITY

Roosevelt, Eleanor: If life were predictable, it would cease to be life — and without flavour. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: LIFE, PREDICTABILITY

Roosevelt, Eleanor: It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: REQUESTS

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: FRIENDS

Roosevelt, Eleanor: No leader can be too far ahead of his followers. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Roosevelt, Eleanor: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Some people are going to leave a mark on this world, while others will leave a stain. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: LEGACIES

Roosevelt, Eleanor: The future begins to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: DREAMS, FUTURE

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: AGING

Roosevelt, Eleanor: What you don't do can be a destructive force. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: CHOICES, DECISIONS, INACTION

Roosevelt, Eleanor: Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: SOCIETY

Roosevelt, Eleanor: You must do things you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt: U.S. political figure, diplomat, and activist who served as the First Lady of the U.S. during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving U.S. First Lady, 1884-1962) Categories: COURAGE, VOLITION

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: CRUELTY, GOVERNMENT

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: SKILLFULNESS

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: ENEMIES, JUDGMENT

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: INEQUITY, LUCK

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Political equality is meaningless in the face of economic inequality. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: ECONOMICS, EQUALITY, POLITICS

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: POVERTY

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: FEAR

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: GOVERNMENT, PROGRESS

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. (Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. politician and statesman who served as the 32nd U.S. President, 1882-1945) Categories: DESPERATION, PERSEVERANCE

Roosevelt, Theodore: A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: VOTING

Roosevelt, Theodore: Believe you can and you’re halfway there. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Roosevelt, Theodore: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: DETERMINATION

Roosevelt, Theodore: Justice for all alike—a square deal for every man, great or small, rich or poor. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: EQUALITY, JUSTICE (U.S.A.)

Roosevelt, Theodore: Neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: NEUTRALITY

Roosevelt, Theodore: No man is above the law, and no man is below it. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: LAW

Roosevelt, Theodore: Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: COMPASSION

Roosevelt, Theodore: Speak softly and carry a big stick. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: AUTHORITY, NEGOTIATIONS, POLITICS

Roosevelt, Theodore: The welfare of each of us is dependent upon the welfare of all of us. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: EQUITY

Roosevelt, Theodore: To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. (Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th U.S. president, 1858-1919) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.), MORALITY (U.S.A.)

Roosevelt-Longworth, Alice: I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. (Alice Roosevelt-Longworth: U.S. socialite and daughter of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, known for her wit, trendsetting, and her political influence, 1884-1980) Categories: LIFE

Rorem, Ned: Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. (Ned Rorem: U.S. composer and diarist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his music, Born 1923) Categories: INSPIRATION

Rose, Joseph: It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. (Joseph Rose: U.S. journalist and Episcopal priest, Born 1969) Categories: PATIENCE, SUCCESS

Rose, Kevin: If you believe in something, work nights and weekends. It won't feel like work. (Kevin Rose: U.S. Internet entrepreneur, Born 1977) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, PERSEVERANCE

Rosen, Christine: Will we . . . become too easily accustomed to verisimilar rather than true things, preferring appearance to reality? (Christine Rosen: U.S. senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advance Studies in Culture, Born 1973) Categories: TECHNOLOGY, TRUTH, DEPICTIONS, IMAGES

Rosenberg, Marshall: Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need. (Marshall Rosenberg: U.S. psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher who developed the Non-violent Communication (NVC) process for helping to resolve conflict, 1934-2015) Categories: ANGER

Rosenberg, Marshall: If you want to enjoy intimacy, you must learn to enjoy pain. (Marshall Rosenberg: U.S. psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher who developed the Non-violent Communication (NVC) process for helping to resolve conflict, 1934-2015) Categories: INTIMACY, PAIN

Rosenberg, Marshall: Most of us grow up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgments rather than to be aware of what we are feeling and needing. (Marshall Rosenberg: U.S. psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher who developed the Non-violent Communication (NVC) process for helping to resolve conflict, 1934-2015) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS

Rosenberg, Marshall: We criticize people for not giving us what we ourselves are afraid to ask for. (Marshall Rosenberg: U.S. psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher who developed the Non-violent Communication (NVC) process for helping to resolve conflict, 1934-2015) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Ross, Ronald: The Panama Canal was dug with a microscope [alluding to the research done to get rid of the mosquito]. (Ronald Ross: British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work on the transmission of malaria via the mosquito, 1857-1932) Categories: MOSQUITOES, RESEARCH, MICROSCOPE

Rossetti, Christina: Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. (Christina Rossetti: English children's poet, 1830-1894) Categories: GOALS, INACTION, INCOMPLETENESS, PROJECTS

Rossetti, Christina: For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather / To cheer one on the tedious way / To fetch one if one goes astray / To lift one if one totters down / To strengthen whilst one stands. (Christina Rossetti: English children's poet, 1830-1894) Categories: SISTERS

Rossini, Gioacchino: How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. (Gioacchino Rossini: Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, 1792-1868) Categories: MUSIC, OPERA

Rossini, Gioacchino: Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour. (Gioacchino Rossini: Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, 1792-1868) Categories: MUSIC, SYMPHONIES

Rosten, Leo C.: The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised, or even loved. And that perhaps is what make him different from others. (Leo C. Rosten: U.S. writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography, 1908-1997 Born: April 11, 1908, Łódź, Poland Died: February 19, 1997 (age 88 years), New York, NY) Categories: WRITERS

Roth, Philip: It's best to give while your hand is still warm. (Philip Roth: U.S. novelist and short story writer, 1933-2018) Categories: AGING, CHARITY, GIVINGNESS, PHILANTHROPY

Roth, Philip: The Jewish man with parents still alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die. (Philip Roth: U.S. novelist and short story writer, 1933-2018) Categories: FAMILY

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose work influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution, 1712-1778) Categories: OPPRESSION

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? (Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose work influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution, 1712-1778) Categories: KINDNESS

Roux, Joseph: Evil often triumphs, but never conquers. (Joseph Roux: French Catholic parish priest, poet, and philologist, 1834-1905) Categories: EVIL

Roux, Joseph: Science is for those who learn; poetry for those who know. (Joseph Roux: French Catholic parish priest, poet, and philologist, 1834-1905) Categories: POETRY, SCIENCE

Rowling, J. K.: It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: DREAMS, LIVING

Rowling, J. K.: It is our choices and attitudes that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: ATTITUDES, CHOICES

Rowling, J. K.: It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: BRAVERY, FRIENDSHIP

Rowling, J. K.: The best of us must sometimes eat our words. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Rowling, J. K.: The world is only what you shape it to be. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: CREATIVITY, INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE

Rowling, J. K.: We all have both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are. (J. K. Rowling: British novelist who is best known for writing the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series., Born 1965) Categories: CHARACTER

Roy, Arundhati: Another world is not only possible, she is on her way; on a quiet day I can hear her breathing. (Arundhati Roy: Indian author and political activist in human rights and environmental causes, Born 1961) Categories: OPPRESSION, POSSIBILITIES, PROTEST

Roy, Arundhati: Do we need weapons to fight wars? Or do we need wars to create markets for weapons? (Arundhati Roy: Indian author and political activist in human rights and environmental causes, Born 1961) Categories: ECONOMICS, WAR, WEAPONRY

Roy, Arundhati: Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. (Arundhati Roy: Indian author and political activist in human rights and environmental causes, Born 1961) Categories: FLAGS, SYMBOLS

Roy, Arundhati: People rarely win wars; governments rarely lose them. (Arundhati Roy: Indian author and political activist in human rights and environmental causes, Born 1961) Categories: WAR

Roy, Arundhati: There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced or the preferably unheard. (Arundhati Roy: Indian author and political activist in human rights and environmental causes, Born 1961) Categories: OPPRESSION, VOICELESSNESS

Royal, Darrell: You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum. (Darrell Royal: U.S. college football player, coach, and athletics administrator, 1924-2012) Categories: LUCK

Royce, Josiah: Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. (Josiah Royce: U.S. pragmatist and objective idealist philosopher and the founder of American idealism, 1855-1916) Categories: COMMITMENT, LOYALTY

Rubenstein, Helena: I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit. (Helena Rubenstein: Polish American businesswoman, art collector, philanthropist, and founder of famous cosmetics company,1872-1965) Categories: DILIGENCE, WRINKLES

Rubenstein, Leonard S.: Curiosity is a willing, proud, and eager confession of ignorance. (Leonard S. Rubenstein: U.S. lawyer and professor, 1922-2013) Categories: CURIOSITY

Rubin, Gretchen: The days are long, but the years are short. (Gretchen Rubin: U.S. author, blogger, and public speaker, Born 1965) Categories: PARENTING

Rubin, Jerry: The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. (Jerry Rubin: U.S. activist and author, 1938-1994) Categories: LEADERSHIP, POWER

Rubin, Theodore: Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. (Theodore Rubin: U.S. psychiatrist, author, and a past president of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1923-2019) Categories: KINDNESS, WISDOM

Ruckleshaus, Jill: The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society. (Jill Ruckleshaus: U.S. former special White House assistant and head of the White House Office of Women's Programs and a feminist activist, Born 1937) Categories: FAMILY

Rudner, Rita: If you like easygoing, monogamous men, stay away from billionaires. (Rita Rudner: U.S. comedian, Born 1953) Categories: BILLIONAIRES

Ruffini, Giovanni: The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself. (Giovanni Ruffini: Italian poet, 1807-1881) Categories: TEACHERS

Ruiz, Don M.: When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where the power is. (Don M. Ruiz: Mexican author of Toltec spiritualist and neo-shamanistic texts, Born 1952) Categories: SELF-CONTROL, APPROPROPRIATENESS

Rumi: Be melting snow / Wash yourself of yourself. (Rumi: 13th-century Persian 13th century poet, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic, 1207-1273) Categories: EGO, CLEANSING, TRANSCENDENCE

Rumi: Heart is sea, language is shore. Whatever sea includes will hit the shore. (Rumi: 13th-century Persian 13th century poet, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic, 1207-1273) Categories: LANGUAGE, SEASHORE

Rumi: I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life. (Rumi: 13th-century Persian 13th century poet, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic, 1207-1273) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LIFE

Rumi: Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. (Rumi: 13th-century Persian 13th century poet, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic, 1207-1273) Categories: OCCUPATION

Runbeck, Margaret L.: Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. (Margaret L. Runbeck: U.S. author, 1905-1956) Categories: HAPPINESS

Rushdie, Salman: A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. (Salman Rushdie: British Indian novelist and essayist, Born 1947) Categories: BOOKS

Rushdie, Salman: We can sing the truth and name the liars.... We must work to overturn the false narrative of tyrants. (Salman Rushdie: British Indian novelist and essayist, Born 1947) Categories: ACTIVISM, OPPOSITION, TRUTH

Rusk, Dean: One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them. (Dean Rusk: United States Secretary of State, and one of the longest serving individuals in that office, 1909-1994) Categories: LISTENING

Ruskin, John: Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: POSSESSIONS

Ruskin, John: Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: ART

Ruskin, John: He who repairs not his gutter repairs his whole house. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: NEGLECT, REPAIRS

Ruskin, John: Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: EDUCATION, PRISONS

Ruskin, John: The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: EMPLOYMENT, SELF-SATISFACTION

Ruskin, John: When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: CONCEIT

Ruskin, John: When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: MASTERPIECE

Ruskin, John: Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil. (John Ruskin: English art critic, as well as art patron, prominent social thinker, and philanthropist. 1819-1900) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, VISION

Russell, Bertrand: An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: LIFESPAN, MATURATION

Russell, Bertrand: And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: GOD

Russell, Bertrand: Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural—while it was recent. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: CIVILIZATION, PROGRESS

Russell, Bertrand: Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: CRUELTY, FEAR

Russell, Bertrand: First, they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: FASCISM

Russell, Bertrand: I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: BULLYING, OPPRESSION

Russell, Bertrand: It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: POSSESSIONS

Russell, Bertrand: It's a healthy thing to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: SKEPTICISM

Russell, Bertrand: More powerful than the desire for survival is the will to get the better of the other fellow (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: COMPETITION, CONQUEST

Russell, Bertrand: Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: CERTAINTY, EVIL

Russell, Bertrand: Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: BELIEFS, COMMITMENT

Russell, Bertrand: One must care about a world one will not see. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: FUTURE

Russell, Bertrand: Real life is, to most men . . . a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: COMPROMISE, LIFE

Russell, Bertrand: Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: REASON, RELIGION, SCIENCE

Russell, Bertrand: Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: PHILOSOPHY

Russell, Bertrand: Sin is geographical. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: CULTURE, SIN, GEOGRAPHY

Russell, Bertrand: The central problem of our age is how to act decisively in the absence of certainty. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: DECISIONS, UNCERTAINTY

Russell, Bertrand: The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: MAJORITY, OPINIONS

Russell, Bertrand: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: DOUBT, IGNORANCE, SKEPTICISM

Russell, Bertrand: The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: TIME, WASTED TIME

Russell, Bertrand: The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: CERTAINTY, DOUBT

Russell, Bertrand: The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: FUTURE

Russell, Bertrand: There was never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: MALES

Russell, Bertrand: To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: PHILOSOPHY, UNCERTAINTY, HESITATION

Russell, Bertrand: We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: EDUCATION

Russell, Bertrand: What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: ZEST

Russell, Bertrand: William James used to preach the 'will-to-believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will-to-doubt.' What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. (Bertrand Russell: British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970) Categories: BELIEFS, CURIOSITY, SKEPTICISM

Russell, Foster M.: Every story has three sides to it - yours, mine and the facts. (Foster M. Russell: U.S. author) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Russian Proverb: Abundance, like want, ruins many. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: ABUNDANCE, WEALTH

Russian Proverb: Bargains are something you can't use at a price you can't resist. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: BARGAINS

Russian Proverb: He who does not risk will never drink champagne. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: RISK

Russian Proverb: Men show their superiority inside; animals, outside. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: ANIMALS, STRENGTHS, HUMANS

Russian Proverb: Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: FRIENDS

Russian Proverb: The church is close, but the road is ice-covered. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: CHOICES

Russian Proverb: The rifle fires the bullet, but the wind carries it. (Russian Proverb: ) Categories: PARENTHOOD, TEACHING

Rustin, Bayard: When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. (Bayard Rustin: African American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights, 1912-1987) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, PROTESTS

Rutherford, Ernest: Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting. (Ernest Rutherford: New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the 'Father of Nuclear Physics,' 1871-1937) Categories: PHYSICS

Rutherford, Mark: The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness. (Mark Rutherford: British composer and producer, 1831-1913) Categories: CERTAINTY, WEAKNESS

Rutstein, Nathan: Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance (Nathan Rutstein: U.S. author, lecturer, college educator, and former network journalist, known for his promotion of the oneness of humanity, 1930-2006) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Ruyle, Dan: Why is it that the more brain cells you lose, the more you understand, and the more you understand, the less things make sense. (Dan Ruyle: U.S. general contractor, road traveler, writer, Born 1950) Categories: AGING, AWARENESS

Rwandan proverb: You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. (Rwandan proverb: ) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS