Tacitus: A bad peace is even worse than war. (Tacitus: Roman senator and historian, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56—117 A.D.) Categories: PEACE, WAR
Tacitus: Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions. (Tacitus: Roman senator and historian, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56—117 A.D.) Categories: POWER, LUST
Tacitus: Things forbidden have a secret charm. (Tacitus: Roman senator and historian, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56—117 A.D.) Categories: RISK, TEMPTATION
Tagore, Rabindranath: Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY
Tagore, Rabindranath: By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: BEAUTY, IMPERMANENCE
Tagore, Rabindranath: Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: BEGINNINGS, DEATH
Tagore, Rabindranath: I slept and dreamt that life was joy / I awoke and saw that life was service / I acted and behold / Service was joy. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: SERVICE
Tagore, Rabindranath: If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: SADNESS, TEARS
Tagore, Rabindranath: Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: CRUELTY
Tagore, Rabindranath: Most butterflies live only 8–10 days but they count not months but moments, And have time enough. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: MOMENTS, TIME, BUTTERFLIES
Tagore, Rabindranath: The soil, in return for her service, keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: NATURE
Tagore, Rabindranath: The Sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: EMPATHY, ENVY
Tagore, Rabindranath: We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. (Rabindranath Tagore: a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941) Categories: HUMILITY
Taher, Omar: Home is not where you were born; it is where all of your attempts to escape cease. (Omar Taher: Egyptian writer and filmproducer, Born, 1973) Categories: HOME, ORIGINS
Talbert, Bob: Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best (Bob Talbert: U.S. sportswriter, editor, and columnist, 1936-1999) Categories: PARENTS, TEACHERS
Taleb, Nasim: Skin in the game (Nasim Taleb: Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist, Born 1960) Categories: INVESTMENT, INVOLVEMENT
Taleb, Nasim: The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it. (Nasim Taleb: Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist, Born 1960) Categories: DATA
Tallentyre, S.C.: The crowning blessing of life—to be born with a bias to some pursuit (S.C. Tallentyre: ) Categories: ABILITIES, TALENT
TALMAGE, T. D.: Mother! That was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. (T. D. TALMAGE: U.S. preacher and clergyman who held pastorates in the Reformed Church in America and Presbyterian Church, 1832-1902) Categories: MOTHERHOOD
Talmud: The burden is equal to the horse's strength. (Talmud: Compilation of ancient teachings regarded as sacred and normative by Jews) Categories: BURDENS
Talmud: To save one life is to save a world entire (Talmud: Compilation of ancient teachings regarded as sacred and normative by Jews) Categories: LIFE-SAVING
Tan, Amy: If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. (Amy Tan: U.S. writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience, Born 1952) Categories: ATTITUDES, FATE, SELF-RELIANCE
Tatel, David S.: Don't deny your challenges. Embrace them! (David S. Tatel: U.S. lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Born 1942) Categories: CHALLENGES, PERSEVERANCE
Tawney, R. H.: Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. (R. H. Tawney: English economic historian, social critic, and ethical socialist, 1880-1962) Categories: ENVY, RELATIONSHIPS
Taylor, A. J. P.: There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting. (A. J. P. Taylor: English historian, 1906-1990) Categories: COMPLICITY, POLITICS
Taylor, Bert L.: A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. (Bert L. Taylor: U.S. columnist, humorist, poet, and author, 1866-1921) Categories: DULLARD
Taylor, Jeremy: Love is friendship on fire. (Jeremy Taylor: British cleric in the Church of England who is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language, 1613-1667) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, LOVE
Taylor, W. M.: Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. (W. M. Taylor: ) Categories: TEMPTATION
Teasdale, Sara: No one worth possessing / Can be quite possessed. (Sara Teasdale: U.S. lyric poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection of 'Love Songs,' 1884-1933) Categories: LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS
TELEGRAPHY: What hath God wrought? (TELEGRAPHY: The official first Morse code message transmitted in the U.S., May 24, 1844) Categories: INVENTIONS, TELEGRAPHY
Tennyson, Alfred L.: 'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: LOVE
Tennyson, Alfred L.: Believing is where we cannot prove. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: BELIEFS
Tennyson, Alfred L.: I sometimes hold it half a sin / To put in words the grief I feel / For words, like nature, half reveal / And half conceal the Soul within. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: WORDS, WRITING
Tennyson, Alfred L.: Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: WISDOM
Tennyson, Alfred L.: So many worlds / so much to do / So little done / such things to be. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: FUTURE
Tennyson, Alfred L.: There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892) Categories: DOUBT, FAITH, RELIGION
Tenuta, Judy: My mother said, "You won't amount to anything because you procrastinate." I said, "Just wait." (Judy Tenuta: U.S. comedian noted for her brash onstage persona, Born 1956) Categories: PATIENCE, PROCRASTINATION
Tepper, Sheri S.: Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality. (Sheri S. Tepper: U.S. writer known known for her feminist science fiction, which explored themes of sociology, gender, and equality, (1929-2016)) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, OPINIONS
Terence: A word to the wise is sufficient. (Terence: Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent, c. 170—160 B.C.E.) Categories: WORDS
Terence: As you cannot do what you wish, you should wish what you can do. (Terence: Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent, c. 170—160 B.C.E.) Categories: ABILITIES, WISHES
Terence: Fortune favors the bold. (Terence: Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent, c. 170—160 B.C.E.) Categories: BOLDNESS, FORTUNE
Terence: How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy. (Terence: Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent, c. 170—160 B.C.E.) Categories: INEQUITY, TAXATION
Terence: Words gain credibility by deed. (Terence: Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent, c. 170—160 B.C.E.) Categories: ACTION, WORDS, DEEDS
Terkel, Studs: Do you know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist. (Studs Terkel: U.S. author and historian who received the Pulitzer Prize, 1912-2008) Categories: AGNOSTICISM, ATHEISM
Tesla, Nikola: I do not think there is any thrill like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfold into success. Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love—everything. It’s a pity, too, for sometimes we feel so lonely. (Nikola Tesla: Serbian-U.S inventor, engineer, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system, 1856-1943) Categories: INVENTORS
Tew, Robert: Work for a cause, not applause. Live life to express, not impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt. (Robert Tew: Australian professional rugby player) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, LIFE
Thackeray, William M.: Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. (William M. Thackeray: British novelist, 1811-1863) Categories: HUMOR, PERSONALITY
Thackeray, William M.: People hate as they love, unreasonably. (William M. Thackeray: British novelist, 1811-1863) Categories: HATRED, LOVE
Thackeray, William M.: The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. (William M. Thackeray: British novelist, 1811-1863) Categories: PERCEPTION
Thatcher, Margaret: Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. (Margaret Thatcher: British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office - nicknamed the 'Iron Lady,' 1925-2013) Categories: COURAGE, INDIVIDUALITY, PRINCIPLES
Thatcher, Margaret: If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. (Margaret Thatcher: British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office - nicknamed the 'Iron Lady,' 1925-2013) Categories: GENDER
Thatcher, Margaret: It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. (Margaret Thatcher: British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office - nicknamed the 'Iron Lady,' 1925-2013) Categories: GENDER
Thayer, Mary D.: It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him, that determines the quality of your friendship. (Mary D. Thayer: U.S. author, 1855-1944) Categories: FRIENDSHIP
The Hidden Tribes (non-profit group): By understanding our perception gaps, working to overcome our mistrust of the other side, and resisting the forces that seek to divide us, we can advance towards a future that we all want. (The Hidden Tribes (non-profit group): ) Categories: MISPERCEPTION, MISTRUST, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY
Theophrastus: Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. (Theophrastus: Greek philosopher and student of Aristotle who credited Theophrastus for his ‘divine style of expression,’ Died 278 B.C.E.) Categories: TIME
Thich Nhat Hanh: Because you are alive, everything is possible (Thich Nhat Hanh: Vietnamese-American Buddhist spiritual leader and peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher who was known as the 'Father of Mindfulness' and was a major influence on western practices of Buddhism, 1926-2022) Categories: LIFE, OPPORTUNITIES, POSSIBILITIES
Thich Nhat Hanh: No mud, no lotus (Thich Nhat Hanh: Vietnamese-American Buddhist spiritual leader and peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher who was known as the 'Father of Mindfulness' and was a major influence on western practices of Buddhism, 1926-2022) Categories: BALANCE, SUFFERING
Thich Nhat Hanh: We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. (Thich Nhat Hanh: Vietnamese-American Buddhist spiritual leader and peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher who was known as the 'Father of Mindfulness' and was a major influence on western practices of Buddhism, 1926-2022) Categories: LIBERTY, RESPONSIBILITY
Thiry, Paul: Buildings should be good neighbors. (Paul Thiry: U.S. architect most active in Washington state, known as the 'Father of architectural modernism in the Pacific Northwest,' 1904-1993) Categories: ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING
Thomas, Lewis: Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures. (Lewis Thomas: U.S. physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher, 1913-1993) Categories: CATS
Thomas, Lewis: We haven't yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses. (Lewis Thomas: U.S. physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher, 1913-1993) Categories: CIVILITY, CROWDS, DEMONSTRATORS
Thompson, Robert: The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not. (Robert Thompson: Canadian water polo player and coach who competed in the 1972 Olympics on Munich, Born 1947) Categories: CANADIANS
Thoreau, Henry David: A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: CHOICES
Thoreau, Henry David: Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: ADVENTURE, EXPLORATION, SHARING
Thoreau, Henry David: Be not simply good; be good for something. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: IMPACT, MORALITY
Thoreau, Henry David: City life—millions of people being lonesome together. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: CITIES, LONESOMENESS
Thoreau, Henry David: Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: DISOBEDIENCE, OBEDIENCE
Thoreau, Henry David: Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Thoreau, Henry David: Every generation laughs at the old fashions but religiously follows the new. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: FASHION
Thoreau, Henry David: I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: SOLITUDE
Thoreau, Henry David: I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: BUSINESS
Thoreau, Henry David: I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: INDEPENDENCE, SELF-AWARENESS
Thoreau, Henry David: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: INDIVIDUALISM, NON-CONFORMITY
Thoreau, Henry David: If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: ENVIRONMENT
Thoreau, Henry David: If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: GOALS, FOLLOW-THROUGH
Thoreau, Henry David: It is never too late to give up our prejudices. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY
Thoreau, Henry David: It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: PERCEPTION
Thoreau, Henry David: Man is the artificer of his own happiness. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Thoreau, Henry David: Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: GOALS, SELF-AWARENESS
Thoreau, Henry David: Men have become the tools of their tools. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, VULNERABILITY
Thoreau, Henry David: Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: MONEY
Thoreau, Henry David: None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: AGING
Thoreau, Henry David: Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: FEAR
Thoreau, Henry David: Only that day dawns to which we are awake. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: AWARENESS
Thoreau, Henry David: So we defend ourselves . . . and maintain slavery. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: SLAVERY
Thoreau, Henry David: Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: BUSYNESS, SUCCESS
Thoreau, Henry David: The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: LISTENING
Thoreau, Henry David: The man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: PLEASURE
Thoreau, Henry David: The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: DESPERATION, HOPELESSNESS
Thoreau, Henry David: The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: CRITICISM
Thoreau, Henry David: There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: REFORM, SOLUTIONS
Thoreau, Henry David: Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: GOVERNMENT, JUSTICE
Thoreau, Henry David: Water is the only drink for a wise man. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: BEVERAGES
Thoreau, Henry David: What is the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: ENVIRONMENT
Thoreau, Henry David: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862) Categories: ACHIEVEMENT, GOALS
Thucydides: The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. (Thucydides: Athenian historian and military general, c. 460 B.C.E.—400 B.C.E.) Categories: INEQUALITY, SOCIETY
Thurber, James: Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961) Categories: HUMOR, MEMORY
Thurber, James: It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961) Categories: QUESTIONS-ANSWERS
Thurber, James: There are two kinds of light—the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961) Categories: LIGHT, OPPOSITES
Thurber, James: You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961) Categories: NEGOTIATION, RISK
Tilberis, Liz: A love of fashion makes the economy go round (Liz Tilberis: British fashion magazine editor of Manx and English ancestry, 1947-1999) Categories: ECONOMY, FASHION
Tillich, Paul: Fear is the absence of faith. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965) Categories: FAITH, FEAR
Tillich, Paul: Power without love cannot be just; similarly, love that doesn't take power seriously can never achieve justice. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965) Categories: JUSTICE, LOVE, POWER
Tillich, Paul: Religion is a state of being grasped with an infinite concern. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965) Categories: RELIGION
Tillich, Paul: The first duty of love is to listen. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965) Categories: LISTENING, LOVE
Tillich, Paul: The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965) Categories: AUTHORITARIANISM
Tizon, Robert: I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love. (Robert Tizon: U.S. guitarist, 1989-2008) Categories: HEARTFULNESS
Tocqueville, Alexis de: Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: CHANCE
Tocqueville, Alexis de: No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories:
Tocqueville, Alexis de: Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: FREEDOM
Tocqueville, Alexis de: The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: GOVERNMENT (U.S.A.)
Tocqueville, Alexis de: The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: CITIZENRY, DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION
Tocqueville, Alexis de: The most tragic legacy that slavery bequeathed to America is one the country has yet to overcome The two races are fastened to each other without intermingling; and they are also unable to separate entirely or combine. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: RACISM, SLAVERY (U.S.A.)
Tocqueville, Alexis de: There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)
Tocqueville, Alexis de: There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war and to end it. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: WAR
Tocqueville, Alexis de: There is hardly any political question in the U.S. that is not soon or later turned into a judicial question. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)
Tocqueville, Alexis de: When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809) Categories: FUTURE, PAST
Todorov, Tzvetan: We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found. (Tzvetan Todorov: Bulgarian-French historian, geologist, and philosopher, 1939-2017) Categories: CERTAINTY
Toffler, Alvin: Change is not merely necessary to life—it is life. (Alvin Toffler: U.S. writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the the communication revolution, 1928-2016) Categories:
Toffler, Alvin: The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. (Alvin Toffler: U.S. writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the the communication revolution, 1928-2016) Categories: LEARNING, 21ST CENTURY
Tolkien, J. R. R.: Not all those who wander are lost. (J. R. R. Tolkien: English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, 1892-1973) Categories: WANDERERS
Tolkien, J. R. R.: Still round the corner there may wait / a new road or a secret gate. (J. R. R. Tolkien: English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, 1892-1973) Categories: CHANGE, HOPE
Tolkien, J. R. R.: Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate. (J. R. R. Tolkien: English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, 1892-1973) Categories: AMBITION, HOPE
Tolle, Eckhart: Creativity arises out of the state of thoughtless presence in which you are much more awake than when you are engrossed in thinking. (Eckhart Tolle: German-born resident of Canada, an influential spiritual writer, Born 1948) Categories: CREATIVITY
Tolle, Eckhart: The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. (Eckhart Tolle: German-born resident of Canada, an influential spiritual writer, Born 1948) Categories: MEMORY, PAST
Tolstoy, Leo: Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: CHRISTIANITY
Tolstoy, Leo: Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: BEHAVIOR, CHANGE
Tolstoy, Leo: Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE
Tolstoy, Leo: Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: HAPPINESS, PERCEPTION
Tolstoy, Leo: If I want to aid the poor, that is, to help the poor not to be poor, I ought not make them poor (through exploitation). (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: ECONOMY, EXPLOITATION
Tolstoy, Leo: It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: BEAUTY, DELUSIONS
Tolstoy, Leo: Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: IMMORTALITY, CHRISTIANITY
Tolstoy, Leo: One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: LIES, SILENCE
Tolstoy, Leo: The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: LEADERSHIP, PATIENCE, TIME
Tolstoy, Leo: There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: ADJUSTMENTS, FLEXIBILITY
Tolstoy, Leo: There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: EXCELLENCE, GREATNESS
Tolstoy, Leo: Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: CLARIFICATION, TRUTH
Tolstoy, Leo: We imagine that others’ sufferings are one thing and our life another. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SUFFERING
Tolstoy, Leo: What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: BEAUTY, DELUSIONS
Tolstoy, Leo: Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910) Categories: WORK
Tomlin, Lily: For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. (Lily Tomlin: U.S. actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, Born 1939) Categories: HEALTH
Tomlin, Lily: The road to success is always under construction. (Lily Tomlin: U.S. actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, Born 1939) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, CHALLENGES, SUCCESS
Tomlin, Lily: We're all in this together . . . alone. (Lily Tomlin: U.S. actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, Born 1939) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE
Tonnelle, Alfred: The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is. (Alfred Tonnelle: French writer, 1831-1858) Categories: ARTISTS
Torquato Tasso: Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing. (Torquato Tasso: Italian poet of the 16th century, 1544-1595) Categories: LOVE
Torrance, Bob: You never want to try to strengthen a weakness if it weakens your strength. (Bob Torrance: Scottish soccer player, 1888-1917) Categories: STRENGTH, WEAKNESS
Tournier, Paul: Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. (Paul Tournier: Swiss physician and author, 1898-1986) Categories: LONELINESS, SECRECY
Towne, Laura M.: Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or in colleges. (Laura M. Towne: Ul.S. abolitionist and educator who is best known for forming the first freedmen's schools, 1825-1901) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LEARNING, WORK
Toynbee, Arnold: Civilization is a movement - not a condition; a voyage - not a harbour. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: CIVILIZATION
Toynbee, Arnold: Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: CIVILIZATION
Toynbee, Arnold: Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: CIVILIZATIONS, UNIFORMITY
Toynbee, Arnold: The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: LIFE, PLAY, WORK
Toynbee, Arnold: We are in the first age since the dawn of civilization in which people have dared to think it practicable to make the benefits of civilization available to the whole human race. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: CIVILIZATION, HUMANKIND
Toynbee, Arnold: We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domestic plants and animals, but rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. (Arnold Toynbee: British professor, historian, and leading specialist in international affairs, 1889-1975) Categories: POPULATION
Tracy, Brian: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What’s in it for me?' (Brian Tracy: Canadian-U.S. motivational public speaker and self-development author, Born 1944) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, GOALS
Tracy, Brian: In the sales profession, the real work begins after the sale is made. (Brian Tracy: Canadian-U.S. motivational public speaker and self-development author, Born 1944) Categories: IMPLEMENTATION
Travers, Pamela L.: A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. (Pamela L. Travers: Australian-British writer who is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, 1899-1996) Categories: AUTHORS, WRITING
Trench, Richard C.: Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. (Richard C. Trench: Anglican archbishop and poet, 1807-1886) Categories: LANGUAGE
Trine, Ralph W.: He alone fails who gives up and lies down. (Ralph W. Trine: U.S. 'New Thought' writer, philosopher, and animal welfare activist, 1866-1958) Categories: ABANDONMENT, GOALS
Trollope, Anthony: Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. . . . People will take you very much at your own reckoning. (Anthony Trollope: English novelist whose works revolve around political, social, and gender issues, 1815-1882) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY
Trollope, Anthony: Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself. (Anthony Trollope: English novelist whose works revolve around political, social, and gender issues, 1815-1882) Categories: SELF-IMAGE
Trollope, Anthony: The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. (Anthony Trollope: English novelist whose works revolve around political, social, and gender issues, 1815-1882) Categories: BOOKS, READING
Trollope, Anthony: They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes. (Anthony Trollope: English novelist whose works revolve around political, social, and gender issues, 1815-1882) Categories: APPEARANCE, CLOTHING, FASHION, STYLE
Truman, Harry S.: A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: OPPORTUNITY, OPTIMISM, PESSIMISM
Truman, Harry S.: Do your best; history will do the rest. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: COMMITMENT, GOALS
Truman, Harry S.: I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: FORTHRIGHTNESS, TRUTH
Truman, Harry S.: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: PRESSURE
Truman, Harry S.: The buck stops here. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: LEADERSHIP, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
Truman, Harry S.: Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: DICTATORSHIP, GOVERNMENT
Truman, Harry S.: Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. (Harry S. Truman: U.S. politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, 1884-1972) Categories: PRESIDENCY (U.S.A.)
Tuchman, Barbara: Books are humanity in print. (Barbara Tuchman: U.S. historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, 1912-1989) Categories: BOOKS
Tuchman, Barbara: War is the unfolding of miscalculations. (Barbara Tuchman: U.S. historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, 1912-1989) Categories: WAR
Turchin, Peter: Civilization represents a repeating, intertwining cycle of chaos, violence, and order. Wars drive technological progress and tighten the bonds that hold us together. Little wonder it is so hard to kick the habit. (Peter Turchin: Russian-American scientist specializing in the statistical analysis of cultural evolution, Born 1957) Categories: CIVILIZATION, WAR
Turchin, Peter: The onset of agriculture and the emergence of village life was civilization, itself (Peter Turchin: Russian-American scientist specializing in the statistical analysis of cultural evolution, Born 1957) Categories: AGRICULTURE, CIVILIZATION
Turgenev, Ivan: A pictures show me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound. (Ivan Turgenev: Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator, and popularizer of Russian literature in the West, 1818-1883) Categories: ART, PHOTOGRAPHY
Turkish Proverb: Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: COFFEE
Turkish Proverb: No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: CHOICES, MISTAKES
Turkish Proverb: One arrow does not bring down two birds. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: GOALS, TARGETS
Turkish Proverb: The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: CLEVERNESS, DECEPTION, FRAUDULENCE
Turkish Proverb: When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: LEADERSHIP, MONARCHIES
Turkish Proverb: Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: FRIENDS
Turkish Proverb: Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless. (Turkish Proverb: ) Categories: FRIENDSHIP
Turner, Dale: Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future. (Dale Turner: U.S. singer-songwriter and rock musician, noted for his sophisticated song-craft) Categories: FUTURE, MISTAKES, PAST
Turow, Scott: If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. (Scott Turow: author and lawyer, Born 1949) Categories: FICTION
Turow, Scott: Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe? (Scott Turow: author and lawyer, Born 1949) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY
Tusser, Thomas: Look ere thou leap, see ere thou go. (Thomas Tusser: English poet and farmer, 1524-1580) Categories: PLANNING, PREPARATION
Tusser, Thomas: Sweet April showers, Do bring May flowers. (Thomas Tusser: English poet and farmer, 1524-1580) Categories: SPRING
Tutu, Desmond: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu: South African Anglican Archbishop known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist and the first black African to hold the position, Born 1931) Categories: NEUTRALITY, OPPRESSION
Tutu, Desmond: My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in what is yours. . . . . We say, "A person is a person through other persons —UBUNTU" (Desmond Tutu: South African Anglican Archbishop known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist and the first black African to hold the position, Born 1931) Categories: MUTUALITY, RELATIONSHIPS, UBUNTU
Tutu, Desmond: We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. (Desmond Tutu: South African Anglican Archbishop known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist and the first black African to hold the position, Born 1931) Categories: CAUSES, PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS
Tutu, Desmond: When the white missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land. (Desmond Tutu: South African Anglican Archbishop known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist and the first black African to hold the position, Born 1931) Categories: MISSIONARIES
Twain, Mark: A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CONSCIENCE, MEMORY
Twain, Mark: A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: HABITS
Twain, Mark: A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: LIES, TRUTHS
Twain, Mark: A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: READING, ILLITERACY
Twain, Mark: Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: AGING
Twain, Mark: Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: ANGER
Twain, Mark: Education is the path from cocky arrogance to miserable uncertainty. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: EDUCATION, IGNORANCE, UNCERTAINTY
Twain, Mark: Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: WEATHER
Twain, Mark: Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: HUMANKIND
Twain, Mark: Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: EXAMPLES, ROLE MODELS
Twain, Mark: Golf is a good walk spoiled. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: GOLF
Twain, Mark: Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: DECISIONS, EXPERIENCE
Twain, Mark: Habit is habit, and not to be thrown out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: HABITS
Twain, Mark: History doesn't always repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: HISTORY
Twain, Mark: I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: COMPLIMENT
Twain, Mark: I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: EDUCATION
Twain, Mark: I have studied the dictionary often, but I never could discover the plot. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: DICTIONARIES
Twain, Mark: If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: NEWSPAPERS, MISINFORMATION
Twain, Mark: If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: TRUTH
Twain, Mark: In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: PRAYER, PROFANITY
Twain, Mark: In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: MORALITY, POLITICS
Twain, Mark: It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CERTAINTY, IGNORANCE
Twain, Mark: It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: COURAGE, PRINCIPLES
Twain, Mark: It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: FOOLISHNESS
Twain, Mark: Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: KINDNESS
Twain, Mark: Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them, the rest of us could not succeed. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: FOOLS
Twain, Mark: Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: DEATH
Twain, Mark: Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: AGING, LIFE
Twain, Mark: Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CERTAINTY, OPINIONS
Twain, Mark: Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: MODESTY, BLUSHING
Twain, Mark: Necessity is the mother of taking chances. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: RISK
Twain, Mark: Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CRUELTY, SPORTS
Twain, Mark: Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: PATRIOTISM
Twain, Mark: Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CHANGE, POLITICIANS
Twain, Mark: Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the grade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: ADVENTURE, TRAVEL
Twain, Mark: The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: ROYALTY
Twain, Mark: The only difference between fiction and non-fiction is that fiction should be completely believable. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: BOOKS, FICTION, WRITING, NON-FICTION
Twain, Mark: The only person who likes change is a wet baby. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CHANGE
Twain, Mark: The secret of getting ahead is getting started. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: GOALS, INITIATIVE
Twain, Mark: The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you found out why. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING
Twain, Mark: The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: LONELINESS, SELF-IMAGE
Twain, Mark: There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: COWARDICE, RISK, TEMPTATION
Twain, Mark: There is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: TRAVEL MATES
Twain, Mark: There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless voyage. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: SAILING, TRAVEL
Twain, Mark: There is nothing so annoying as to have two people go right on talking when you're interrupting. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: COMMUNICATION
Twain, Mark: There isn't a single square inch of the world that hasn't been stolen. In other words, there is no place in the world that has not been stolen or taken from someone else. Countries talk about hereditary borders, but such talk is nonsense There has always been someone else there before. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM
Twain, Mark: There's nothing gained by the second kick of a mule. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: CONSEQUENCES, PUNISHMENT, REPETITION
Twain, Mark: To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: JOY, SHARING
Twain, Mark: To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: GOVERNMENT
Twain, Mark: To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: IGNORANCE, SUCCESS, CONFIDENCE
Twain, Mark: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one corner of the earth all one's lifetime. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: EXPLORATION, TRAVEL
Twain, Mark: We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change places with an easy and blessed facility. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY
Twain, Mark: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant . . . . But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: YOUTH, MATURATION, FATHERHOOD
Twain, Mark: When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: MEMORY, YOUTH
Twain, Mark: Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: DECISIONS, MAJORITY
Twain, Mark: Why not go out on a limb? That is where the fruit is. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: RISK
Twain, Mark: Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: IDEAS, WIT
Twain, Mark: Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: PLAY, WORK
Twain, Mark: Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: SMILES, WRINKLES
Twain, Mark: You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910) Categories: IMAGINATION, PERCEPTION, SENSES, VISION
Tweedie, Jill: The day that moral issues cease to be fought over is the day the word human disappears from the race. (Jill Tweedie: British feminist, writer, and broadcaster 1936-1993) Categories: MORALITY
Tyger, Frank: Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. (Frank Tyger: U.S. author of puns and quotes, newspaper columnist, and editorial cartoonist, 1929-2011) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE
Tynan, Kenneth: A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. (Kenneth Tynan: English theater critic and writer, 1927-1980) Categories: CRITICS
Tynan, Kenneth: A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you’re keeping. (Kenneth Tynan: English theater critic and writer, 1927-1980) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, NEUROSES
Tyson, Neil d.: Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. (Neil d. Tyson: U.S. astrophysicist and author, Born 1958) Categories: COMMUNICATION, MENTORING
Tyson, Neil d.: For me, the fact that there's a rise of flat-Earthers is evidence of two things. One, we live in a country that protects free speech, and, two, we live in a country with a failed educational system (Neil d. Tyson: U.S. astrophysicist and author, Born 1958) Categories: EDUCATION