Wadsworth, Charles: By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. (Charles Wadsworth: U.S. classical pianist and musical promoter, born 1929) Categories: FATHERHOOD, GENERATIONS

Wainwright, John: There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. (John Wainwright: British columnist and crime novelist of 83 books [pen name of Jack Ripley], 1921-1995) Categories: BRAVERY, FEAR

Waisman, Friedrich: I have always suspected that correctness is the last refuge of those who have nothing to say. (Friedrich Waisman: Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher who is best known as one of the key theorists in logical positivism, 1896-1959) Categories: COMMUNICATION, CRITICS

Waitley, Denis: “ There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. (Denis Waitley: U.S. motivational speaker, writer, and consultant, Born 1933) Categories: CHOICES, LIFE

Wales, Jimmy: Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. (Jimmy Wales: Internet entrepreneur and the co-founder of Wikipedia, the online non-profit encyclopedia, Born 1966) Categories: KNOWLEDGE, LITERACY

Walker, Alice M.: Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet. (Alice M. Walker: U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944) Categories: ACTIVISM, VOLUNTEERISM

Walker, Alice M.: Keep in mind always the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want. (Alice M. Walker: U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944) Categories: GOALS, VISION

Walker, Alice M.: The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. (Alice M. Walker: U.S. author and awardee of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Born 1944) Categories: POWER, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Walker, Darren: Inequality asphyxiates hope! (Darren Walker: U.S. nonprofit executive who serves as president of the Ford Foundation, Born 1959) Categories: HOPELESSNESS, INEQUALITY

Wallace, David F.: There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard's vote. (David F. Wallace: U.S. novelist, essayist, and short -story writer, 1962-2008) Categories: VOTING

Wallace, Mike: Motivation triggers luck. (Mike Wallace: U.S. journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality, 1918-2012) Categories: INITIATIVE, LUCK, MOTIVATION

Wallace, William R.: Every man dies. Not every man really lives. (William R. Wallace: U.S. poet, 1819-1881) Categories: LIFE, MEANINGFULNESS, PURPOSEFULNESS

Wallace, William R.: For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. (William R. Wallace: U.S. poet, 1819-1881) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Waller, Edmund: Vexed sailors curse the rain for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. (Edmund Waller: English poet and politician, 1606-1687) Categories: WEATHER

Walpole, Horace: People are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit and seldom draw to their full extent. (Horace Walpole: English novelist and art historian,1717-1797) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, RESOURCES

Walpole, Horace: This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. (Horace Walpole: English novelist and art historian,1717-1797) Categories: ATTITUDES, FEELNG

Walsch, Neale Donald: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. (Neale Donald Walsch: U.S. author, author, actor, screenwriter, and speaker, Born 1943) Categories: ANXIETY, RISK

Walters, Barbara: A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life. (Barbara Walters: U.S. broadcast journalist, author, and television personality, Born 1929) Categories: CAREERS, WORK

Walters, Barbara: Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. (Barbara Walters: U.S. broadcast journalist, author, and television personality, Born 1929) Categories: GOSSIP

Walters, Dottie: Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase. (Dottie Walters: U.S. leading motivational keynote speaker, lecturer, and author, 1925-2007) Categories: CHALLENGES, SUCCESS

Wangchuk, Sonam: Indian engineer, innovator, and education reformist, Born 1965 (Sonam Wangchuk: Indian engineer, innovator, and education reformist, Born 1965) Categories: CURIOSITY, EDUCATION

Ward, William A.: A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: ATTITUDE, DISPOSITION

Ward, William A.: Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: ADVERSITY, LEADERSHIP

Ward, William A.: Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: ENCOURAGEMENT

Ward, William A.: Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: FORGIVENESS

Ward, William A.: Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: OPPORTUNITY

Ward, William A.: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: SUCCESS

Ward, William A.: The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: TEACHERS

Ward, William A.: The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; but the realist adjusts the sails. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: ATTITUDES, FLEXIBILITY, LEADERSHIP

Ward, William A.: We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or . . . build with them. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: CHALLENGES

Ward, William A.: When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SENSITIVITY

Ward, William A.: Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. (William A. Ward: U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994) Categories: DECISIONS, ECONOMICS, MONEY

Warhol, Andy: They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. (Andy Warhol: U.S. leading figure in the 1960s Pop Art movement and is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, 1928-1987) Categories: CHANGE, SELF-INITIATIVE

Warner, Charles D.: It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives. (Charles D. Warner: U.S. essayist and novelist, 1820-1900) Categories: EXPECTATIONS, GOALS

Warner, Charles D.: Politics makes strange bedfellows. (Charles D. Warner: U.S. essayist and novelist, 1820-1900) Categories: POLLITICS, RELATIONSHIPS

Warner, Charles D.: The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. (Charles D. Warner: U.S. essayist and novelist, 1820-1900) Categories: TAXATION

Warner, Charles D.: What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge on it. (Charles D. Warner: U.S. essayist and novelist, 1820-1900) Categories: GARDENING

Warnock, Raphael: Justice is what love looks like in public. (Raphael Warnock: U.S. Baptist pastor, Born 1969) Categories: JUSTICE

Warren, Earl: I always turn to the sports page first which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but people's failures. (Earl Warren: U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974) Categories: MEDIA, NEWSPAPERS

Warren, Earl: In the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. (Earl Warren: U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974) Categories: EQUALITY, INEQUITY

Warren, Earl: Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. (Earl Warren: U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974) Categories: ENTITLEMENT, POLITICS (U.S.A.), SOCIALISM

Warren, Rick,: We don’t fight fire with fire. We drown it with water. (Rick, Warren: U.S. pastor at Saddleback Church, Orange County, California, Born 1954) Categories: SOLIDARITY

Warren, Robert P.: For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. (Robert P. Warren: U.S. poet, novelist, literary critic, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1905-1989) Categories: POETRY

Warren, Robert P.: History is all explained by geography. (Robert P. Warren: U.S. poet, novelist, literary critic, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1905-1989) Categories: GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY

Warren, Robert P.: History is what you can’t resign from. (Robert P. Warren: U.S. poet, novelist, literary critic, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1905-1989) Categories: HISTORY

Warwick, Sally: Skin is the largest organ of the human body. (Sally Warwick: U.S. physical therapist, Born 1938) Categories: TOUCHING, SKIN

Washington, Booker T.: I shall permit no man . . . to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. (Booker T. Washington: U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915) Categories: CONTEMPT, HATE

Washington, Booker T.: If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. (Booker T. Washington: U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915) Categories: ASSISTANCE, EMPATHY, ENCOURAGEMENT

Washington, Booker T.: Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed. (Booker T. Washington: U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915) Categories: SUCCESS, OBSTACLES

Washington, Booker T.: There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. (Booker T. Washington: U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915) Categories: AUTHORITY, POLITICS, POWER, STRENGTH

Washington, Booker T.: You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him. (Booker T. Washington: U.S. educator, author, orator, advisor to presidents of the United States, and the dominant leader in the African-American community, 1856-1915) Categories: OPPRESSION

Washington, George: Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: FAMILY, FRIENDS, TRUST

Washington, George: Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: COURAGE, POLITICS, BRIBERY

Washington, George: It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

Washington, George: Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called CONSCIENCE. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Washington, George: Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: COMMISERATION, EMPATHY, EQUITY

Washington, George: Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: GOVERNMENT, HUMANKIND

Washington, George: To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: PEACE, WAR

Washington, George: Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise. (George Washington: U.S. politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, 1732-1799) Categories: COMMITMENT

Washington, Martha: The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. (Martha Washington: U.S. wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States, 1731-1802) Categories: ATTITUDE, DISPOSITION

Watson, Lilla: If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. (Lilla Watson: Australian visual artist, activist and academic working in the field of women's issues and Aboriginal epistemology, Born 1940) Categories: HELPING, SERVICE

Watson, Thomas J.: A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps. (Thomas J. Watson: U.S. businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM - International Business Machines. 1874-1956) Categories: BUSINESS

Watterson, Bill: The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't attempted to contact us. (Bill Watterson: U.S. cartoonist and the author of the comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbes,' Born 1958) Categories: INTELLIGENCE, UNIVERSE

Watts, Alan: I would suggest that today, we know about as much concerning the human mind as we knew about the galaxy in 1300. (Alan Watts: British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. 1915-1973) Categories: BIOLOGY, MIND, RESEARCH

Watts, Alan: The attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. (Alan Watts: British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. 1915-1973) Categories: FAITH, TRUTH

Watts, Alan: The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. (Alan Watts: British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. 1915-1973) Categories: CHANGE, INVOLVEMENT

Watts, Alan: Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is. (Alan Watts: British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. 1915-1973) Categories: SPIRITUALITY, ZEN

Watts, Isaac: How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour / And gather honey all the day from every opening flower. (Isaac Watts: English Christian minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician, 1674-1748) Categories: BEES, NATURE, WORK

Waugh, Evelyn: It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. (Evelyn Waugh: English writer of novels, travel books, and biographies, 1903-1966) Categories: RELIGION, EXPECTATIONS

Wayne, John: Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday. (John Wayne: U.S. actor, filmmaker, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 1907-1979) Categories: PAST, LEARNING

Weatherford, Jack: A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words. (Jack Weatherford: U.S. Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota., Born 1946) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Weaver, Sigourney: Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner. (Sigourney Weaver: U.S. actress known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy films, Born 1949) Categories: CAUTION

Webster, Daniel: Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. (Daniel Webster: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1782-1852) Categories: COMMITMENT, FAILURE

Webster, Daniel: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. (Daniel Webster: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1782-1852) Categories: LIBERTY, UNIFICATION

Webster, Daniel: There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession. (Daniel Webster: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1782-1852) Categories: CONFESSION, SUICIDE

Webster, Daniel: When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. (Daniel Webster: U.S. politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1782-1852) Categories: AGRICULTURE, FARMERS

Webster, Noah Jr.: Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground. (Noah Webster Jr.: U.S. lexicographer and English-language spelling reformer, 1758-1843) Categories: LANGUAGE

Webster, Noah Jr.: Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God. (Noah Webster Jr.: U.S. lexicographer and English-language spelling reformer, 1758-1843) Categories: LANGUAGE, SPEECH

Wedgwood, C. V.: Discontent and disorder were signs of energy and hope, not of despair. (C. V. Wedgwood: English historian, 1910-1997) Categories: DISCONTENT, HOPE

Weil, Simone: Man, alone, can enslave man. (Simone Weil: French philosopher and political activist for the working class, 1909-1943) Categories: SLAVERY

Weil, Simone: Pain is the root of knowledge. (Simone Weil: French philosopher and political activist for the working class, 1909-1943) Categories: ADVERSITY, DISCOVERY, KNOWLEDGE, PAIN

Weinberg, Steven: With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion. (Steven Weinberg: U.S. theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in physics, 1933-1921) Categories: RELIGION

Weiner, Brian: History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it . . . It’s not yours to erase or destroy. (Brian Weiner: U.S. political theorist, with a doctorate from U.C. Berkeley) Categories: HISTORY, POLITICS

Weinreich, Max: A language is a dialect that has an army and a navy. (Max Weinreich: Yiddish linguist and author, 1894-1969) Categories: COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE

Weller, Francis W.: The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other. (Francis W. Weller: U.S. author of children's books) Categories: GRATITUDE, GRIEF, MATURITY

Welles, Orson: I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. (Orson Welles: U.S. director, actor, screenwriter, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre, and film, 1915-1985) Categories: ARTISTS

Wellesley, Arthur: Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. (Arthur Wellesley: British military and political figure, the Duke of Wellington, who served twice as Prime Minister and won a notable victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, 1769-1852) Categories: WAR

Wells, Carolyn: Happiness is the ability to recognize it. (Carolyn Wells: U.S. writer and poet, 1862-1942) Categories: HAPPINESS

Wells, H. G.: Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. (H. G. Wells: ) Categories: ADAPTATION, ADJUSTMENTS, FLEXIBILITY

Wells, H. G.: Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. (H. G. Wells: ) Categories: BICYCLES, TRANSPORTATION

Wells, H. G.: Our true nationality is mankind. (H. G. Wells: English writer in many genres, but is now best remembered as the 'Father of Science Fiction,' 1866-1946)) Categories: HUMANKIND, NATIONALITY

Wellstone, Paul: We all do better when we all do better. (Paul Wellstone: U.S. academic and politician, 1944-2002) Categories: EGALITARIANISM, EQUITY

Welsh Proverb: Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild (Welsh Proverb: ) Categories: LOVE, GRANDCHILDREN

Welty, Eudora: All serious daring starts from within. (Eudora Welty: U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South, 1909-2001) Categories: DARINGNESS, INITIATIVE, SELF-DISCOVERY

Wesley, John: Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness. (John Wesley: English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism, 1703-1791) Categories: CLEANLINESS

West, Cornel: Never forget . . . that justice is what love looks like in public. (Cornel West: U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953) Categories: JUSTICE

West, Cornel: The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people. (Cornel West: U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953) Categories: RIOTS

West, Cornel: There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie. (Cornel West: U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953) Categories: LIES, TRUTHS

West, Cornel: To engage in serious discussion of race in America, we must begin not with the problems of people of color, but with the flaws of American society—flaws rested in historic inequalities and stereotypes. (Cornel West: U.S. philosopher, political activist, social critic, and author, Born 1953) Categories: RACISM (U.S.A.)

West, Jessamyn: A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. (Jessamyn West: U.S. author of short stories and novels, who was of Quaker background and a Founder of the Palmer Society, 1902-1984) Categories: WORDS, WOUNDS

West, Jessamyn: A railroad is a big iron needle stitching the country together. (Jessamyn West: U.S. author of short stories and novels, who was of Quaker background and a Founder of the Palmer Society, 1902-1984) Categories: CONNECTEDNESS, TRANSPORTATION, RAILROADS

West, Mae: I speak two languages, Body and English. (Mae West: U.S. actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, 1893-1980) Categories: COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE

West, Mae: Sex is an emotion in motion. (Mae West: U.S. actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, 1893-1980) Categories: SEX

West, Mae: You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. (Mae West: U.S. actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, 1893-1980) Categories: BEHAVIOR, LIFE, FULFILLMENT

West, Rebecca: I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or prostitute. (Rebecca West: British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer, 1892-1983) Categories: FEMINISM, WOMEN

West, Rebecca: If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to him. (Rebecca West: British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer, 1892-1983) Categories: GOD

West, Rebecca: Nothing succeeds like failure. (Rebecca West: British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer, 1892-1983) Categories: FAILURE, LESSONS, RESILIENCE

Westmoreland, William: War is fear —— cloaked in courage. (William Westmoreland: U.S. Army general, most notably commander of U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, 1914-2005) Categories:

Wharton, Edith: As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. (Edith Wharton: Novelist, short story writer, and designer, whose work portrayed the lives and morals of the Gilded Age, 1862-1937) Categories: PAIN, UNCERTAINTY

Wharton, Edith: Sometimes I think that two people who love each other can be saved from madness only by the things that come between them: children, duties, visits, bores, relations, the things that protect married people from each other. (Edith Wharton: Novelist, short story writer, and designer, whose work portrayed the lives and morals of the Gilded Age, 1862-1937) Categories: MARRIAGE

Wharton, Edith: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. (Edith Wharton: Novelist, short story writer, and designer, whose work portrayed the lives and morals of the Gilded Age, 1862-1937) Categories: LEADERSHIP, TEACHING

Whately, Richard: Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it. (Richard Whately: English rhetorician, logician, economist, academic, and theologian, 1787-1863) Categories: MORNINGS, SCHEDULING

White, Byron: The 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right to speak, not to spend. (Byron White: U.S. lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1917-2002) Categories: FREE SPEECH, LAW (U.S.A.)

White, E. B.: Hard writing is easy reading; easy writing is hard reading. (E. B. White: U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children's book, "Charlotte'sWeb," 1899-1985) Categories: READING, WRITING

White, E. B.: I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. (E. B. White: U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children's book, "Charlotte'sWeb," 1899-1985) Categories: ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENT

White, E. B.: I would feel more optimistic about man . . . if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. (E. B. White: U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children's book, "Charlotte'sWeb," 1899-1985) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, NATURE

White, E. B.: There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. (E. B. White: U.S. writer and author of the highly acclaimed children's book, "Charlotte'sWeb," 1899-1985) Categories: AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATION

White, Jerry: Landmines are weapons of mass destruction in slow motion. (Jerry White: U.S. Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia and co-founder of Landmine Survivor Network, Born 1963) Categories: DESTRUCTION, LANDMINES, WEAPONS

White, William A.: America—the best poor man's country in the world. (William A. White: U.S.newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive Movement, 1868-1944) Categories: POVERTY, U.S.A.

White, William A.: Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. (William A. White: U.S.newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive Movement, 1868-1944) Categories: HUMANKIND, LIBERTY

Whitehead, Alfred N.: A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: SOCIETY

Whitehead, Alfred N.: A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: AUDIENCES, WRITING

Whitehead, Alfred N.: Ideas won’t keep; something needs to be done about them. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: IDEAS, INITIATIVE

Whitehead, Alfred N.: Morality is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: MAJORITY, MORALITY

Whitehead, Alfred N.: Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: IGNORANCE, KNOWLEDGE

Whitehead, Alfred N.: The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: PROGRESS, CHANGE

Whitehead, Alfred N.: The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: YOUTH

Whitehead, Alfred N.: The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. (Alfred N. Whitehead: English mathematician and philosopher whose studies have found application to a wide variety of disciplines, 1861-1947) Categories: HUMOR, BIBLE

Whitehorn, Katharine: Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone. (Katharine Whitehorn: British journalist, writer, and columnist. (Born 1928)) Categories: LAUGHTER, SNORING

Whiteman, Paul: Jazz came to America 300 years ago in chains. (Paul Whiteman: U.S. bandleader, composer, and orchestral director, often referred to as the 'King of Jazz,' 1890-1967) Categories: MUSIC, JAZZ (U.S.A.)

Whitman, Walt: Have you learn’d lessons only of those who admired you? Have you also learn’d great lessons from those who reject you, and brace themselves against you? (Walt Whitman: U.S. essayist, journalist, and poet, known as the 'Father of Free Verse,' 1819-1992) Categories: EXPERIENCE, LEARNING, LIFE

Whitman, Walt: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey—work of the stars. (Walt Whitman: U.S. essayist, journalist, and poet, known as the 'Father of Free Verse,' 1819-1992) Categories: UNIVERSE, NATURE

Whitman, Walt: Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you. (Walt Whitman: U.S. essayist, journalist, and poet, known as the 'Father of Free Verse,' 1819-1992) Categories: ATTITUDES, LIFE

Whitman, Walt: Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. (Walt Whitman: U.S. essayist, journalist, and poet, known as the 'Father of Free Verse,' 1819-1992) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, HABITS, NATURE

Whitman, Walt: The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. (Walt Whitman: U.S. essayist, journalist, and poet, known as the 'Father of Free Verse,' 1819-1992) Categories: BOOKS, CENSORSHIP

Whittier, John G.: For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!" (John G. Whittier: U.S. poet, Quaker, and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892) Categories: MEMORY, REGRET, RISK

Whittier, John G.: Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew. (John G. Whittier: U.S. poet, Quaker, and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-1892) Categories: PEACE

Whitton, Charlotte: Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. (Charlotte Whitton: Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa, the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, who was also a journalist and writer, 1896-1975) Categories: WOMEN

Whyte, Barbara: It’s difficult to really fix what you aren’t being transparent about. (Barbara Whyte: U.S. Intelligence Committee's chief diversity and inclusion officer) Categories: SOLUTIONS, TRANSPARENCY

Whyte, David: All friendships of any length are based on a continual, mutual forgiveness; (David Whyte: English poet, Born 1955) Categories: FRIENDSHIP, FORGIVENESS

Wiesel, Elie: In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. (Elie Wiesel: Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016) Categories: SUFFERING, INDIFFERENCE

Wiesel, Elie: Most people think that shadows follow, precede, or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. (Elie Wiesel: Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016) Categories: PERCEPTION, SHADOWS

Wiesel, Elie: Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel: Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016) Categories: SILENCE, NEUTRALITY

Wiesel, Elie: There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. (Elie Wiesel: Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016) Categories: COURAGE, PROTEST

Wiggs, Susan: When you have a book, you’re never alone. (Susan Wiggs: U.S. author of historical and contemporary romance novels, Born 1958) Categories: ALONENESS, BOOKS

Wilbur, Richard: What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you. (Richard Wilbur: U.S. poet and literary translator whose work was marked by wit and gentlemanly elegance, 1921-2017) Categories: LONELINESS, RELATIONSHIPS

Wilcox, Ella W.: And from the discontent of man the world's best progress springs. (Ella W. Wilcox: U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919) Categories: PROGRESS, DISCONTENT

Wilcox, Ella W.: Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. (Ella W. Wilcox: U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919) Categories: LAUGHTER, WEEPING

Wilcox, Ella W.: So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. (Ella W. Wilcox: U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919) Categories: RELIGION, KINDNESS

Wilcox, Ella W.: There are two kinds of people on earth—the people who lift and the people who lean. (Ella W. Wilcox: U.S. author and poet, 1850-1919) Categories: RESPONSIBILITY, DEPENDENCY

Wilcox, Frederick B.: You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. (Frederick B. Wilcox: U.S. businessman and author, 1882-1959) Categories: PROGRESS, RISK

Wilde, Oscar: A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: CYNICISM

Wilde, Oscar: A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: ENEMIES

Wilde, Oscar: Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: BORROWING, PESSIMISTS

Wilde, Oscar: Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: FORGIVENESS, ENEMIES

Wilde, Oscar: America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar: Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: HISTORIANS

Wilde, Oscar: Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY

Wilde, Oscar: Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: CONSCIENCE, COWARDICE

Wilde, Oscar: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: IMAGINATION, CONSISTENCY

Wilde, Oscar: Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: DISCONTENT

Wilde, Oscar: Every saint has a past and every sinner a future. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: SAINTS, SINNERS

Wilde, Oscar: Everyone should keep someone else's diary. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, DIARIES

Wilde, Oscar: Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: EXPERIENCE, MISTAKES

Wilde, Oscar: Give a man a mask and he will show his true face. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: AUTHENTICITY, COMMUNICATION, MASKS

Wilde, Oscar: I can resist everything except temptation. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: RESISTANCE, TEMPTATION

Wilde, Oscar: I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do the day after. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: PROCRASTINATION

Wilde, Oscar: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: IMITATION

Wilde, Oscar: It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: ART, AUCTIONS

Wilde, Oscar: It is the confession, not the priest, that give us absolution. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: CONFESSION

Wilde, Oscar: No man is rich enough to buy back his past. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: LIFE, REGRET

Wilde, Oscar: Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Wilde, Oscar: One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: MARRIAGE

Wilde, Oscar: Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: RELIGION

Wilde, Oscar: Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: BEHAVIOR, HAPPINESS

Wilde, Oscar: The books that the world calls immoral books are books that show the world its own shame. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: BOOKS, MORALITY

Wilde, Oscar: The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: INTENTIONS, KINDNESS

Wilde, Oscar: The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: TRUTH

Wilde, Oscar: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: BOOKS, CENSORSHIP

Wilde, Oscar: There’s no sin except for stupidity. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: SIN, STUPIDITY

Wilde, Oscar: To have been well brought up is a great drawback nowadays. It shuts one out from so much. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: DIVERSITY, YOUTH

Wilde, Oscar: To know everything about oneself one must know all about others. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: HUMANKIND, RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-AWARENESS

Wilde, Oscar: True friends stab you in the front. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: FORTHRIGHTNESS, FRIENDSHIP

Wilde, Oscar: Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: OPINIONS, RELIGION

Wilde, Oscar: When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: CRITICS

Wilde, Oscar: Women are made to be loved, not understood. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: WOMEN

Wilde, Oscar: Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to b faithless and cannot. (Oscar Wilde: Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900) Categories: YOUTH, MORALITY, AGING

Wilder, Laura I.: Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. (Laura I. Wilder: U.S. novelist, 1867-1957) Categories: COMMUNICATION, PERCEPTION

Wilder, Thornton: If you write to impress, it will always be bad, but if you write to express, it will be good. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: WRITING

Wilder, Thornton: Many plays, certainly mine, are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: DRAMA, PLAYWRITING

Wilder, Thornton: Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: PETS, LOVE

Wilkie, Wendell L.: Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy. (Wendell L. Wilkie: U.S. lawyer, politician, and corporate executive, 1892-1944) Categories: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Wilkie, Wendell L.: The Constitution does not provide for first- and second-class citizens. (Wendell L. Wilkie: U.S. lawyer, politician, and corporate executive, 1892-1944) Categories: CONSTITUTION (U.S.A.), INEQUALITY (U.S.A.)

Wilkinson, Richard: If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark (Richard Wilkinson: British social epidemiologist, author, advocate, and left-wing political activist, Born 1943) Categories: U.S.A.

Will, George: The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. (George Will: U.S. conservative political commentator and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Born 1941) Categories: PERFECTION, PERSISTENCE

Will, George: World War II was the last government program that really worked. (George Will: U.S. conservative political commentator and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Born 1941) Categories: GOVERNMENT, WORLD WAR II

Williams, Betty: I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging. (Betty Williams: Irish peace activist and Nobel laureate , Born 1943) Categories: WEAPONS

Williams, Dakin: Tennessee Williams said if he got rid of his demons, he would lose his angels. (Dakin Williams: U.S. attorney, politician, author, and brother of the playwright, Tennessee Williams, 1919-2008) Categories: ANGELS, DEMONS, WRITING

Williams, Eston: I’d rather be excluded for who I include, than be included for who I exclude. (Eston Williams: U.S. Methodist pastor) Categories: ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION, RESPECT, SELF-ASSURANCE

Williams, Mary Lou: Jazz arises from a spirit of love; it comes from the mind and heart and goes through the fingertips. (Mary Lou Williams: U.S. versatile pianist who worked with jazz greats of all fields, stretching from stride to boogie-woogie to bop, 1910-1981) Categories: JAZZ, MUSIC

Williams, Robin: Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always. (Robin Williams: U.S. actor and comedian, 1951-2014) Categories: KINDNESS

Williams, Robin: No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. (Robin Williams: U.S. actor and comedian, 1951-2014) Categories: IDEAS, IMPACT

Williams, Serena: I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall. (Serena Williams: U.S. professional award-winning tennis player, Born 1981) Categories: CHAMPIONS, FAILURE

Williams, Serena: You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. (Serena Williams: U.S. professional award-winning tennis player, Born 1981) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-CONFIDENCE

Williams, Tennessee: All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. (Tennessee Williams: U.S. playwright and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1911-1983) Categories: CRUELTY, FRANKNESS

Williams, Tennessee: The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite. (Tennessee Williams: U.S. playwright and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1911-1983) Categories: HYPOCRISY

Williams, Tennessee: We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. (Tennessee Williams: U.S. playwright and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1911-1983) Categories: ALONENESS

Williams, Tennessee: When so many are lonely . . . it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.. (Tennessee Williams: U.S. playwright and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1911-1983) Categories: LONELINESS

Williams, William C.: It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. (William C. Williams: Puerto Rican-American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism, 1883-1963) Categories: POETRY

Williams, William C.: What power has love but forgiveness? (William C. Williams: Puerto Rican-American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism, 1883-1963) Categories: FORGIVENESS, LOVE

Williamson, Marianne: People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs. (Marianne Williamson: U.S. author, speaker, and political activist, Born 1952) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Wilmot, John: Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. (John Wilmot: English Earl and poet, 1647-1680) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Wilson, Colin: A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. (Colin Wilson: English writer, philosopher and novelist, 1931-2013) Categories: MUSIC, SYMPHONY

Wilson, E. O.: Destroying rainforests for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. (E. O. Wilson: U.S. biologist, naturalist, and author, known as ‘The Darwin of the 21st century,’ Born 1929) Categories: ENVIRONMENT

Wilson, Edmund: I think with my right hand. (Edmund Wilson: U.S. writer and critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes and who influenced many U.S. authors, 1895-1972) Categories: WRITING

Wilson, Edmund: No two persons ever read the same book. (Edmund Wilson: U.S. writer and critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes and who influenced many U.S. authors, 1895-1972) Categories: BOOKS, INTERPRETATION, READING

Wilson, E. O.: If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology. (E. O. Wilson: U.S. biologist, researcher, and theorist, Born 1929) Categories: SCIENCE, FAITH

Wilson, Flip: You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. (Flip Wilson: U.S. comedian, actor, and host of his television series, for which he earned a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards, 1933-1998) Categories: RISK, INVESTMENT

Wilson, Harold: He who rejects change is the architect of decay. (Harold Wilson: British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, 1916-1995) Categories: CHANGE, PROGRESS

Wilson, Harold: One man's wage rise is another man's price increase. (Harold Wilson: British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, 1916-1995) Categories:

Wilson, Oliver: What poison is to food, self-pity is to life. (Oliver Wilson: English professional golfer, Born 1980) Categories: SELF-PITY

Wilson, Robert A.: Everyone has a belief system, B.S., the trick is to learn not to take anyone's B.S. too seriously, especially your own. (Robert A. Wilson: U..S. author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic., 1932-2007) Categories: BELIEFS, OPINIONS

Wilson, William G.: Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear. (William G. Wilson: U.S. businessman who conceived and co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, with fellow co-founder Bob Smith, 1895-1971) Categories: FEAR, SELF-DECEPTION

Wilson, Woodrow: Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. (Woodrow Wilson: U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Wilson, Woodrow: I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. (Woodrow Wilson: U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924) Categories: INFORMATION, LEADERSHIP, SHARING

Wilson, Woodrow: If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. (Woodrow Wilson: U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924) Categories: CHARACTER, GOODNESS

Wilson, Woodrow: The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. (Woodrow Wilson: U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924) Categories: CHALLENGES, OPPOSITION

Wilson, Woodrow: The world must be made safe for democracy. (Woodrow Wilson: U.S. politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924) Categories: DEMOCRACY, WAR

Winchell, Walter: A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. (Walter Winchell: U.S. syndicated newspaper columnist and radio news commentator, 1897-1972) Categories: FRIENDS

Winfrey, Oprah: If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: GRATITUDE, SELF-AWARENESS

Winfrey, Oprah: Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: LUCK

Winfrey, Oprah: Passion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: COMMITMENT, PASSION

Winfrey, Oprah: There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: PURPOSE, PROFESSIONAL CALLING

Winfrey, Oprah: Turn your wounds into wisdom. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: CHALLENGES, LEARNING, RESILIENCE

Winfrey, Oprah: You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY

Winkler, Henry: Assumptions are the termites of relationships. (Henry Winkler: U.S. actor, director, comedian, producer, and author, Born 1945) Categories: ASSUMPTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS

Winsor, Kathleen: Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful. (Kathleen Winsor: U.S. author who is best known for her first historical book, "Forever Amber," a racy novel, that became a runaway bestseller, 1919-2003) Categories: CHARM

Winters, Jonathan: If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. (Jonathan Winters: U.S. comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist, 1925-2013) Categories: INITIATIVE

Winters, Shelley: I'm not overweight, I'm just nine inches too short. (Shelley Winters: U.S. film actress whose career spanned seven decades, which included winning two Academy Awards, 1920-2006) Categories: OVERWEIGHT

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. (Ludwig Wittgenstein: Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951) Categories: COMMUNICATION, WORDS

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Everyday language is a part of the human organism and is no less complicated than it. (Ludwig Wittgenstein: Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951) Categories: LANGUAGE

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. (Ludwig Wittgenstein: Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951) Categories: LIFE

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: If eternity is understood not as endless duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present. (Ludwig Wittgenstein: Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951) Categories: ETERNITY, TIMELESSNESS

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for. (Ludwig Wittgenstein: Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951) Categories: WORDS, LANGUAGE

Wodehouse, P. G.: The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. (P. G. Wodehouse: English novelist and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, 1881-1975) Categories: APOLOGIES

Wolfberg, Dennis: There's one advantage to being 102. There's no peer pressure. (Dennis Wolfberg: U.S. stand-up comedian and actor, 1946-1994) Categories:

Wolfe, Humbert: Like a small gray coffee pot / sits the squirrel. (Humbert Wolfe: Italian-born British poet, man of letters, and civil servant, 1885-1940) Categories: SQUIRRELS, UNREPENTANCE

Wolfe, Thomas: Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you. (Thomas Wolfe: U.S. novelist of the early 20th century who wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas, 1900-1938)) Categories: LIFE

Wolfe, Thomas: Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone? (Thomas Wolfe: U.S. novelist of the early 20th century who wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas, 1900-1938)) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Wolfe, Thomas: You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. (Thomas Wolfe: U.S. novelist of the early 20th century who wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas, 1900-1938)) Categories:

Wolfe, Tom K. Jr.: A cult is a religion with no political power. (Tom K. Wolfe Jr.: U.S. author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, 1930-2018) Categories: CULTS

Wolfenden, John: Schoolmasters and parents exist to be grown out of. (John Wolfenden: British educationalist who supported the decriminalization of homosexuality, 1906-1985) Categories: MATURATION, PARENTS, TEACHERS

Wolff, Ruth: The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any. (Ruth Wolff: U.S. playwright and screenwriter, 1927-2016) Categories: CONSCIENCE

Wollstonecraft, Mary: It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. (Mary Wollstonecraft: English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, 1759-1797) Categories: CHARITY, JUSTICE

Wollstonecraft, Mary: The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. (Mary Wollstonecraft: English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, 1759-1797) Categories: REASON

Wolpe, David: Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us. (David Wolpe: U.S. Jewish rabbi, named the most influential rabbi in the U.S. by 'Newsweek' magazine and identified as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the 'Jerusalem Post,' Born 1958) Categories: CONVICTIONS, FAITH, MYSTERY

Wolpe, David: The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in. (David Wolpe: U.S. Jewish rabbi, named the most influential rabbi in the U.S. by 'Newsweek' magazine and identified as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the 'Jerusalem Post,' Born 1958) Categories: SADNESS, HEARTEDNESS

Wong, Jan: In Chinese, the word for crisis is weiji, composed of the character wei, which means danger, and ji, which means opportunity. (Jan Wong: Canadian academic, journalist, and writer, Born 1952) Categories: CRISIS

Wood, Eleanor C.: Living is the art of getting used to what we didn’t expect. (Eleanor C. Wood: U.S. author and therapist, 1918-2015) Categories: EXPECTATIONS, LIFE, ADJUSTMENTS

Wooden, John: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation us merely what others think you are. (John Wooden: U.S. basketball coach who at UCLA held an unprecedented record of NCAA national championships, 1910-2010) Categories: CHARACTER

Wooden, John: Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life. (John Wooden: U.S. basketball coach who at UCLA held an unprecedented record of NCAA national championships, 1910-2010) Categories: CAREERS, LIFE

Wooden, John: Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. (John Wooden: U.S. basketball coach who at UCLA held an unprecedented record of NCAA national championships, 1910-2010) Categories: ABILITIES, GOALS

Wooden, John: The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success. (John Wooden: U.S. basketball coach who at UCLA held an unprecedented record of NCAA national championships, 1910-2010) Categories: CHALLENGES, FAILURE, SUCCESS

Woodlock, Thomas A.: Times of stress and difficulty are seasons of opportunity when the seeds of progress are sown. (Thomas A. Woodlock: U.S. editor of the 'Wall Street Journal' and a member of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 1866-1945) Categories: HARDSHIP, PROGRESS, STRESS

Woolf, Virginia: Arrange whatever pieces come your way. (Virginia Woolf: English writer, considered to be a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, 1882-1941) Categories: FLEXIBILITY

Woolf, Virginia: Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. (Virginia Woolf: English writer, considered to be a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, 1882-1941) Categories: HUMOR, LANGUAGE

Woolf, Virginia: If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people (Virginia Woolf: English writer, considered to be a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, 1882-1941) Categories: PERCEPTION, SELF-IMAGE

Woolf, Virginia: Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. (Virginia Woolf: English writer, considered to be a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, 1882-1941) Categories: FRIENDS

Woollcott, Alexander: All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening (Alexander Woollcott: U.S. drama critic and commentator, and a prominent radio personality, 1887-1943) Categories: PREFERENCES

Woollcott, Alexander: All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. (Alexander Woollcott: U.S. drama critic and commentator, and a prominent radio personality, 1887-1943) Categories: BEHAVIOR

Wordsworth, William: Faith is a passionate intuition. (William Wordsworth: English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850) Categories: FAITH, PASSION

Wordsworth, William: The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. (William Wordsworth: English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850) Categories: KINDNESS, THOUGHTFULNESS

Wordsworth, William: The child is father of the man. (William Wordsworth: English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850) Categories: CHILDHOOD, PARENTHOOD

Wordsworth, William: We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. (William Wordsworth: English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, 1770-1850) Categories: GRIEF, MEMORY, PAST

Wotton, Henry: An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. (Henry Wotton: English author, diplomat, and politician, 1568-1639) Categories: DIPLOMACY

Wotton, Henry: Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. (Henry Wotton: English author, diplomat, and politician, 1568-1639) Categories: TRUTH

Wright, Camron: Poetry came before reading and writing. (Camron Wright: U.S. author) Categories: POETRY

Wright, Frank L.: An idea is salvation by imagination. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: IDEAS, IMAGINATION

Wright, Frank L.: I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: GOD, NATURE

Wright, Frank L.: No house should ever be on a hill, or on anything. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together, each the happier for the other. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: COMMUNITY, ARCHITECTURE

Wright, Frank L.: Television is chewing gum for the eyes. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: TELEVISION, PASTIME

Wright, Frank L.: The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: ARCHITECTURE

Wright, Frank L.: To define it is to confine it. (Frank L. Wright: U.S. architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, 1867-1959) Categories: DEFINING, CONFINEMENT

Wright, Steven A.: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. (Steven A. Wright: U.S. stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer, Born 1955) Categories: EXPERIENCE

Wright, Steven A.: If you fail, good, you learned. Do it better next time. (Steven A. Wright: U.S. stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer, Born 1955) Categories:

Wrigley, William: A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies. (William Wrigley: U.S. chewing gum industrialist who, in 1891, founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company .) Categories: DOUBTS, ENEMIES, FEARS

Wycliffe, John: Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul (John Wycliffe: English scholastic philosopher and theology professor at the University of Oxford, Died 1384) Categories: MONEY, ROBBERY

Wyse, Lois: If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first. (Lois Wyse: U.S. advertising executive, author, and columnist, 1926-2007) Categories: GRANDCHILDREN