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HABITS : A birthday is a good time to begin anew: throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again. (Bronson Alcott: U.S. teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer, 1799-1888)

HABITS : 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)

HABITS : Chaos often brings life while order brings habit. (Unknown Source: )

HABITS : Custom, that unwritten law, by which the people keep even kings in awe. (Charles Davenport: U.S. prominent eugenicist and biologist, 1866-1944)

HABITS : Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937)

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

HABITS : 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)

HABITS : Habit with him was all the test of truth, / It must be right: I've done it from my youth. (George Crabbe: English poet, surgeon, and clergyman, 1754-1832)

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

HABITS : Ill habits gather by unseen degrees / as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. (John Dryden: English poet, literary critic, translator, playwright, and England's first Poet Laureate, 1631-1700)

HABITS : In taming our inner dragons, the energy of old—and, often, unconscious habits and personal complexes—may too frequently overpower our fragile intentions. (: )

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

HABITS : Laws are never as effective as habits. (Adlai Stevenson II: U.S. lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 1900-1965)

HABITS : 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)

HABITS : The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

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

HABITS : The habits we form from childhood make no small difference. They make all the difference. (Takao Hensch: U.S. joint Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University's Center for Brain Science)

HABITS : The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. (Diane Comtesse: French aristocrat, writer, courtier, and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Élisabeth of France, 1829-1899)

HABITS : We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. (Will Durant: U.S. writer, historian, and philosopher, 1885-1981)

HABITS : You censure with difficulty because you have allowed it to become customary. (St. Jerome: Dalmatian Roman Catholic priest best known for his translation of most of the "Bible" into Latin 347-420)

HABITUATION : We only start to value things that we have when we start losing them (Unknown Source: )

HAIRCUT : Some things are as irrevocable as a haircut. (Lynwood L. Giacomini: U.S. publishing representative and a bibliophile, 1913-1991)

HANDICAPS : I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HAPPINESS : Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910)

HAPPINESS : Call no man happy till he is dead. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.)

HAPPINESS : Happiness can exist only in acceptance. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950)

HAPPINESS : Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. (Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist and philosopher, 1828-1910)

HAPPINESS : Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne: English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864)

HAPPINESS : Happiness is having a large, loving, close-knit family—in another city. (George Burns: U.S. comedian, actor, singer, and writer whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television, 1896-1996)

HAPPINESS : Happiness is not a destination; it is the attitude with which you choose to travel. (Amrit Desai: Indian-American Yoga instructor who brought the authentic teachings of Yoga to the West, Born 1932)

HAPPINESS : Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. (Daphne du Maurier: English novelist and playwright, 1907-1989)

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

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

HAPPINESS : Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. (Dalai Lama: 14th Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

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

HAPPINESS : Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. (Zhuang Zhou: Chinese philosopher, 369-286 B.C.E.)

HAPPINESS : If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her nose all the time. (Josh Billings: U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

HAPPINESS : Independence is happiness. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906)

HAPPINESS : It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. (Charles H. Spurgeon: English Particular Baptist preacher who opposed the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day, 1834-1892)

HAPPINESS : It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness. (Viktor Frankl: Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, as well as a Holocaust survivor, 1905-1997)

HAPPINESS : I’ll tell you a secret about being happy . . . . Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it becomes real. (: )

HAPPINESS : Love, you know, seeks to make happy rather than to be happy. (Ralph Connor: Canadian novelist and church leader, 1860-1937)

HAPPINESS : Man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. (Unknown Source: )

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

HAPPINESS : Never expect to find happiness in the same place you lost it. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Nothing lasts forever, neither pain nor happiness. It’s just a matter of time to heal or seal. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. (Chuang-tzu: Influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States period, a period of great development in Chinese philosophy)

HAPPINESS : Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. (Nicolas de Chamfort: French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms, 1741-1794)

HAPPINESS : Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. (Hosea Ballou: U.S. Universalist clergyman, 1771-1852)

HAPPINESS : Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. (Roy L. Goodman: English violinist and free-lance music conductor, Born 1951)

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

HAPPINESS : Some pursue happiness, others create it. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Sometimes we can't find the thing that will make us happy, because we can't let go of the thing that was supposed to. (Robert Brault: U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

HAPPINESS : Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. (Albert Schweitzer: French-German philosopher, physician, musician, and Nobel Laureate, 1875-1965)

HAPPINESS : That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of a life (Euripides: One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles, who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, c.485—406 B.C.E.)

HAPPINESS : The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

HAPPINESS : The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim: U.S. poet and novelist, 1882-1932)

HAPPINESS : The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. (Allan K. Chalmers: Scottish writer, 1759-1834)

HAPPINESS : The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. (William Saroyan: Award-winning Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer, 1908-1981)

HAPPINESS : The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. (Dan Dennett: U.S. philosopher and cognitive scientist, 1942-2024)

HAPPINESS : There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. (Alexandre Dumas: French novelist and playwright who is one of the most widely read French authors, 1802-18870)

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

HAPPINESS : There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. (Ogden Nash: U.S. poet well known for his light and humorous verse,1902-1971)

HAPPINESS : They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. (Francis Bacon: English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

HAPPINESS : They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. (Confucius: Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher, 551–479 B.C.E.)

HAPPINESS : Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719)

HAPPINESS : To live happily is an inward power of the soul. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.)

HAPPINESS : True happiness consists in making others happy. (Unknown Source: )

HAPPINESS : Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. (John S. Mill: British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

HAPPINESS : We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. (George B. Shaw: Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)

HAPPINESS : What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? (Adam Smith: Scottish economist and moral philosopher who laid the foundations of classical free market economic theory 1723-1790)

HARBORS : A harbor . . . is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. (Sarah O. Jewett: U.S. poet and novelist, 1849-1909)

HARDSHIP : Everyone is broken by life, but afterward many are strong in the broken places. (Ernest Hemingway: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

HARDSHIP : Experience is the extract of suffering. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875)

HARDSHIP : If there were no clouds, we would not enjoy the sun. (Unknown Source: )

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

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

HARDSHIP : 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)

HARDSHIP : We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HARDSHIPS : Most of the fear that spoils our life comes from attacking difficulties before we get to them. (Frank Crane: U.S. clergyman and popular writer, 1861-1928)

HARDSHIPS : Out of difficulties grow miracles. (Jean d. Bruyere: French philosopher and moralist, 1645-1696)

HARDSHIPS : There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

HARMONY : I truly believe that when head and heart work in harmony, we can attain our true human potential. (Jane Goodall: English primatologist, anthropologist, and advocate of environmental conservation, who is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Born 1934)

HASTE : Haste makes waste. (Unknown Source: )

HASTE : Make haste slowly. (Unknown Source: )

HASTINESS : Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855)

HATE : Forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgiveness is freedom from hate. (Valarie Kaur: U.S. activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader, Born 1981)

HATE : I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

HATE : 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)

HATRED : A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. (Nelson Mandela: South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa and received the Nobel Prize for promoting peace, 1918-2013)

HATRED : Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. (George W. Carver: U.S. agricultural scientist, inventor, and professor, 1863-1941)

HATRED : From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. (Unknown Source: )

HATRED : Hate is a cancer, but each of us holds the cure. (John M. Green: U.S. technology instructor, poet, and short-story writer)

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

HATRED : Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

HATRED : Hatred corrodes the container it's carried in. (Unknown Source: )

HATRED : Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

HATRED : I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate. (Max Frisch: Swiss architect, playwright, and novelist, 1911-1991)

HATRED : I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates and anger so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate or anger is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

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

HATRED : Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. (Unknown Source: )

HATRED : Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he's potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God. (Benjamin Spock: U.S. pediatrician and author, 1903-1998)

HATRED : No medicine exists that can cure hatred. (African Proverb: )

HATRED : No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961)

HATRED : Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

HATRED : People hate as they love, unreasonably. (William M. Thackeray: British novelist, 1811-1863)

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

HATRED : The worst hatred is that of relatives. (Unknown Source: )

HATRED : We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. (Charles C. Colton: English cleric, writer, and collector, well known for his eccentricities, 1780-1832)

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

HAUGHTINESS : Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. (Jefferson Davis: U.S. politician who served as the president of the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War, 1808-1889)

HEALING : Healing happens when you get your thoughts, feelings, and actions into alignment. (Rhea Zakich: U.S. communications consultant and creator of the 'Ungame,' Born 1935)

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

HEALTH : A drink a day keeps the shrink away. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989)

HEALTH : A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. (Unknown Source: )

HEALTH : All sorrows are bearable, if there is bread. (Miguel de Cervantes: Spanish writer whose novel, "Don Quixote," has been translated into over 140 languages and dialects-making it, after the "Bible," the most translated book in the world, 1547-1616)

HEALTH : An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

HEALTH : Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow. (John Neale: Former British professional footballer who also played for the Republic of Ireland where he finished top scorer, Born 1966)

HEALTH : Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

HEALTH : For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. (Lily Tomlin: U.S. actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, Born 1939)

HEALTH : For sleep, riches, and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. (Unknown Source: )

HEALTH : Good health is not something we can buy, but it can be an extremely valuable savings account. (Anne W. Schaef: U.S. author, speaker, consultant, and seminar leader, Born 1935)

HEALTH : He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. (Unknown Source: )

HEALTH : Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind. (Mary B. Eddy: U.S. writer and leader who established the Church of Christ Scientist, founded 'The Christian Science Monitor,' a global newspaper that has won seven Pulitzer Prizes, and was an inductee to the Women's National Hall of Fame, 1821-1910)

HEALTH : If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself. (Mickey Mantle: U.S. professional baseball player with the New York Yankees, nicknamed ‘The Commerce Comet,’ 1931-1995)

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

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

HEALTH : Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. (Julia Child: U.S. chef, author and television personality who is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the U.S. public, 1912-2004)

HEALTH : Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. (H. G. Bohn: British publisher and founder of Bohns Libraries, 1796-1884)

HEALTH : Prevention is better than cure. (Unknown Source: )

HEALTH : Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. (Thomas Dekker: U.S. film, television actor, and musician, Born 1993)

HEALTH : The body manifests what the mind harbors. (Jerry Augustine: U.S. professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues, Born 1952)

HEALTH : The first wealth is health. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

HEALTH : The forests are my lungs outside the body. (Joanna Macy: U.S. environmental activist, author, scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, Born 1929)

HEALTH : The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. (Cyril Connolly: English literary critic, writer, and editor, 1903-1974)

HEALTH : The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. (Henry Maudsley: British psychiatrist. 1835-1918)

HEALTH : There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman. (Margaret Mead: U.S. cultural anthropologist, author, and speaker on the mass media, 1901-1978)

HEARING : Music has charms to soothe a savage beast / To soften rocks / or bend a knotted oak. (William Congreve: English playwright and poet of the Restoration period who is known for his clever, satirical dialogue, 1670-1729)

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

HEART : A heart can be broken, but it will keep beating just the same. (Fannie Flagg: U.S. comedian and author, Born 1944)

HEART : All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

HEART : In the small matters, trust the mind; in the large ones, the heart. (Sigmund Freud: Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939)

HEART : It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. (Antoine de Saint-Expery: French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator, 1900-1944)

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

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

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

HEART : There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. (Michel de Montaigne: French philosopher and essayist, whose work contains some of the most influential essays ever written, 1533-1592)

HEART : Where my heart lies, let my brain lie also. (Robert Browning: English poet and playwright, 1812-1889)

HEARTEDNESS : 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)

HEARTFELTEDNESS : I do believe there is many a tear in the heart that never reaches the eyes. (Norman MacEwan: U.S. writer, Born 1943)

heartfeltness : The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HEARTFULNESS : 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)

HEARTFULNESS : Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold. (Zelda Fitzgerald: U.S. socialite, novelist, and painter, 1900-1948)

HEARTFULNESS : The heart has always the pardoning power. (Anne-Sophie Swetchine: Russian mystic, famous for her salon in Paris, 1782-1857)

HEAVEN : In Heaven, all the interesting people are missing. (Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

HEAVEN : Mankind must make heaven before we can 'go to heaven.’ (Florence Nightingale: English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, 1820-1910)

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

HEIRS : When leaving an inheritance to one's heirs, the perfect amount is enough money so they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing. (Warren Buffett: U.S. business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Born 1930)

HELL : Hell is truth seen too late. (Unknown Source: )

HELL : If you are going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

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

HELPING : 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)

HELPING : Sometime helping someone actually harms them because it deprives them of learning their lesson. (Rhea Zakich: U.S. communications consultant and creator of the 'Ungame,' Born 1935)

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

HERITAGE : The apple never falls far from the tree. (English proverb: )

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

HEROES : A hero is someone who has given his or her own life to something bigger than oneself. (Joseph Campbell: U.S. mythologist, writer, and lecturer, 1904-l987)

HEROES : Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. (Emily P. Bissell: U.S. social worker and activist, 1861-1948)

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

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

HEROES : I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. (Bob Dylan: U.S. Nobel Prize laureate, singer, painter, and songwriter of "The Times They Are A-Changin,' Born 1941)

HEROES : It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes. (Lajos Kossuth: Hungarian statesman who served as Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-49 revolution, 1802-1894)

HEROES : Nature made him, and then broke the mold. (Ludovico Ariosto: Italian poet. 1474-1533)

HEROES : Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. (Edwin H. Chapin: U.S. poet and preacher, 1814-1880)

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

HEROES : Some heroes are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. (Unknown Source: )

HEROES : The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HEROINES : Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. (Emily P. Bissell: U.S. social worker and activist, 1861-1948)

HEROISM : Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. (Socrates: Classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought, c. 470-399 B.C.E.)

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

HIGHWAYS : The U.S.'s national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford: U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)

HINDSIGHT : Advice should be viewed from behind. (Swedish Proverb: )

HINDSIGHT : It could've been. (Unknown Source: )

HIRING : One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it. (Peter Drucker: Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, 1909-2005)

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

HISTORIANS : The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies. (James A. Froude: English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor, 1818-1894)

HISTORIANS : Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013)

HISTORY : A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the 'truth.' (Mao Zedong: Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist, and founder of the People's Republic of China, 1893-1976)

HISTORY : A page of history is worth a volume of logic. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

HISTORY : A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots. (Marcus Garvey: Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator, 1887-1940)

HISTORY : An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them. (Lucius A. Seneca (the Younger): Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

HISTORY : As a president, you are essentially a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961)

HISTORY : Biography is the only true history. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HISTORY : Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. (Lucius A. Seneca (the Younger): Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

HISTORY : Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HISTORY : History doesn't always repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

HISTORY : History is a distillation of rumor. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HISTORY : History is a novel whose author is the people. (Alfred de Vigny: French poet, playwright, and novelist, 1797-1863)

HISTORY : History is a pack of lies we play on the dead. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : History is a vast early warning system. (Norman Cousins: U.S. political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate, 1915-1990)

HISTORY : 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)

HISTORY : 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)

HISTORY : History is often overly informed by memory rather than by assessing the facts, telling the story, and rendering a judgment. (Shelby Foote: U.S. historian and novelist who wrote a three-volume history of the American Civil War, 1916-2005)

HISTORY : History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all the surveys. (John Dalberg-Acton: English Catholic historian, politician, and writer, 1834-1902)

HISTORY : 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)

HISTORY : History is who we are and why we're the way we are. (David McCullough: U.S. popular historian who was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, as well as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award (1933-2022))

HISTORY : History is written by the victors. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY : How a country faces the future depends in large part on how it faces its past. (Ms. Song: Chinese Deputy Principal of a Beijing Girl’s School, Born 1949)

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

HISTORY : If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome, we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people. (Felix Frankfurter: Austrian-American professor and lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-1965)

HISTORY : It is a sad world that exists only in the present, unaware of the long procession that brought us here. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. (Barbara Kingsolver: U.S. novelist, essayist, and poet, Born 1955)

HISTORY : Journalism is history on the run. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : Journalism provides the first draft of history. (Gerard Baker: British-American journalist and editor- in-chief of the 'Wall Street Journal,')

HISTORY : Language is the archives of history. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

HISTORY : Law's history is the history of the moral development of the race. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.: U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

HISTORY : Life is to be lived forward, but understood backward. (Soren, Kierkegaard: Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855)

HISTORY : Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.)

HISTORY : News is the first rough draft of history. (Benjamin Bradlee: U.S. newspaperman and long-term executive editor of 'The Washington Post,' 1921-2014)

HISTORY : Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened. (Gerald W. Johnson: U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980)

HISTORY : Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. (Gore Vidal: U.S. writer and political pundit, 1925-2012)

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

HISTORY : People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke: Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)

HISTORY : Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. (Matsuo Basho: Japanese poet who is recognized as the greatest master of Haiku, 1644-1694)

HISTORY : Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. (Thurgood Marshall: U.S. civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice, 1908-1993)

HISTORY : Study the past if you divine the future. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : The apparent serenity of the past is an oil spread by time. (Lloyd Frankenberg: U.S. poet critic, anthologist, and Guggenheim Fellow in the Creative Arts, 1907-1970)

HISTORY : The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY : The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HISTORY : The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. (Ernest Dimnet: French priest, writer, and lecturer, 1866-1954)

HISTORY : The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. (Georg W. Hegel: German philosopher whose canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized, 1770-1831)

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

HISTORY : The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch—free from the past or un-indebted to others—could not conceivably be more wrong. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : The palest ink is better than the best memory. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living. (Roy T. Bennett: U.S. inspirational author, 1957-2018)

HISTORY : The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. (Max Beerbohm: English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist, 1872-1956)

HISTORY : The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HISTORY : The past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

HISTORY : The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. (Henry W. Beecher: U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

HISTORY : The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian, and Caribbean history of the United States. (Carlos Fuentes: Mexican novelist, essayist, and diplomat, 1928-2012)

HISTORY : There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

HISTORY : There is no one “history.” Rather, there are just historical perspectives by individuals and/or groups that help piece together chains of events that help explain the past. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : There is no shame in accepting the mistakes of one's country; the shame is in concealing the mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in. (Tony Angastiniotis: Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966)

HISTORY : There’s no reason to repeat bad history. (Eleanor H. Norton: U.S. politician serving as a non-voting Delegate to the U.S House of Representatives, representing the District of Columbia, Born 1937)

HISTORY : Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana: U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, 1863-1952)

HISTORY : Those who prevent history being taught fully intend to repeat it. (Unknown Source: )

HISTORY : Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history. (John Dalberg-Acton: English Catholic historian, politician, and writer, 1834-1902)

HISTORY : We are not makers of history. We are made by history. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

HISTORY : We learn from history that we do not learn from history. (Georg W. Hegel: German philosopher whose canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized, 1770-1831)

HISTORY : What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte: French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

HISTORY : Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950)

HISTORY : Words, when written, crystallize history; their very structure gives permanence to the unchangeable past. (Francis Bacon: English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

HOLIDAYS : I wanted to become an atheist but I gave it up. They have no holidays. (Henry Youngman: English-American comedian and musician, 1906-1988)

HOME : A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. (Margaret Fuller: U.S. author, critic, and women's rights advocate, 1810-1850)

HOME : 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)

HOME : Home is the place where, when you have to go there / They have to take you in. (Robert Frost: U.S. poet who received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and who was named the U.S. Poet Laureate, 1874-1963)

HOME : There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened, and maintained. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HOME : There is nothing . . . more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home. (Fyodor Dostoevsky: Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and philosopher, 1821-1881)

HOMOGENEITY : Birds of a feather will gather together. (Robert Burton: English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic,"The Anatomy of Melancholy," 1577-1640)

HONESTY : Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923)

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

HONESTY : Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

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

HONESTY : Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide. (Zip Ziglar: U.S. author, salesman, and motivational speaker, 1926-2012)

HONESTY : Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity. (Erich Fromm: German-American psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, and humanistic philosopher, 1900-1980)

HONESTY : Know your truth and tell your truth. (Kent Matthies: U.S. psychotherapist)

HONESTY : The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. (Anthony Ashley-Cooper: British philanthropist and social reformer, 1801-1885)

HONESTY : The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. (Groucho Marx: U.S. writer, comedian, stage, film and television star, 1890-1977)

HONESTY : To thine own self be true / Thou canst not then be false to any man. (William Shakespeare: English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, 1564-1616)

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

HONOR : Honor is the reward of virtue. (Marcus Cicero: Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and philosopher whose principles led to the establishment of the Roman Empire, 106-43 B.C.E.)

HONOR : I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating (Sophocles: Greek playwright who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, 496—406 B.C.E.)

HOPE : A leader is a dealer in hope. (Napoleon Bonaparte: French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

HOPE : A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope. (Epictetus: Greek Stoic philosopher who was born into slavery and then lived in Rome until his banishment, Died 135 A.D.)

HOPE : All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope! (Alexandre Dumas: French novelist and playwright who is one of the most widely read French authors, 1802-18870)

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

HOPE : Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968)

HOPE : Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

HOPE : Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. (Arnold H. Glasow: U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

HOPE : Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. (Benedict Spinoza: Dutch Enlightenment philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi origin who was inspired by ground-breaking ideas of Rene Descartes, 1632-1677)

HOPE : Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. (Michel de Montaigne: French philosopher and essayist, whose work contains some of the most influential essays ever written, 1533-1592)

HOPE : He who does not hope to win has already lost. (Jose J. Olmedo: President of Ecuador, 1780-1847)

HOPE : He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible. (William S. Coffin: U.S. Christian clergyman, long-time peace activist, and CIA officer, 1924-2006)

HOPE : Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope is a form of resistance. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. (Francis Bacon: English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

HOPE : Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. (Thomas C. Haliburton: Nova Scotian politician, member of the British Parliament, judge, author, and the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada, 1796-1865)

HOPE : Hope is a waking dream. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.)

HOPE : Hope is belief in the plausibility of the possible, as opposed to the necessity of the probable. (Moses Maimonides: Spanish Sephardic Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, astronomer, jurist, and physician who worked in Egypt and Morocco, c. 1135-1204)

HOPE : Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. (Walter Scott: Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright, and historian, 1771-1832)

HOPE : Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one. (Ambrose Bierce: U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

HOPE : Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. (Lin Yutang: Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher, and inventor, 1895-1976)

HOPE : Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality. (L. J. Suenens: Belgian Catholic Cardinal(, 1904-1996)

HOPE : Hope is oxygen to the human spirit (Jane Olson: U.S. volunteer humanitarian who chaired the International Board of Human Rights Watch and who has been the recipient of multiple awards for her service, Born 1943)

HOPE : Hope is passion for what is possible. (Soren Kierkegaard: Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author, 1813-1855)

HOPE : Hope is patience with the lamp lit. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope is the ability to listen to the music of the future. (Ruben Alves: French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director, Born 1980)

HOPE : Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope is the second soul of the unhappy. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

HOPE : Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. (Emily Dickinson: U.S. poet, 1830-1886)

HOPE : Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man. (Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

HOPE : Hope lights the candle instead of cursing the darkness. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. (Unknown Source: )

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

HOPE : I feel like an aeroplane at the end of a long flight, in the dusk . . . in search of a safe landing. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

HOPE : I steer my bark with hope in my heart, leaving fear astern. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

HOPE : If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (Percy B. Shelley: English Romantic poet, who is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language, 1792-1822)

HOPE : In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. (Albert Camus: French philosopher, author, and journalist, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second youngest recipient in history, 1913-1960)

HOPE : In the face of uncertainty, there is nothing wrong with hope (Bernie S. Siegel: U.S. writer and retired pediatric surgeon, Born 1932)

HOPE : It takes only a little light to put out darkness (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870)

HOPE : It’s always darkest just before dawn. (Thomas Fuller: English theologian, historian, and prolific writer, 1608-1661)

HOPE : Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. (Ruth Graham: U.S. Christian author, most well known as the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, 1943-2007)

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

HOPE : No night but hath its morn. (J.C.F Von Schiller: German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright, 1864-1937)

HOPE : None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. (Pearl Buck: U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

HOPE : Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow. (Julia Dorr: U.S. author and poet, 1825-1913)

HOPE : 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)

HOPE : 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)

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

HOPE : The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961)

HOPE : The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it. (Harvey Milk: U.S. politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California—until his assassination, 1930-1978)

HOPE : The miserable have no medicine but hope. (William Shakespeare: English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, 1564-1616)

HOPE : The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963)

HOPE : There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : There never was night that had no morn. (Dinah M. Craik: English poet and novelist, 1826-1887)

HOPE : Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719)

HOPE : We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

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

HOPE : We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963)

HOPE : Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalm of the U.S. civil rights movement) (Bible: Psalm 30:5: )

HOPE : When all else is lost, the future still remains. (Christian Bovee: U.S. writer of aphorisms, 1820-1904)

HOPE : When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after. (Pearl Buck: U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

HOPE : When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. (Unknown Source: )

HOPE : Where flowers bloom, so does hope. (Lady B. Johnson: U.S. socialite and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1912-2007)

HOPE : Without hope, we live in desire. (Alighieri Dante: Italian poet of the Middle Ages, 1265-1321)

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

HOPELESSNESS : The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862)

HOPELESSNESS : There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. (Albert Camus: French philosopher, author, and journalist, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second youngest recipient in history, 1913-1960)

HORSE-RACING : Horse-racing: The only man who makes money following the races is the one who does so with a broom and shovel. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915)

HORSEPOWER : Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it. (Unknown Source: )

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

HOSPITALITY : Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

HOSPITALITY : The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

HOSPITALITY : Unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gone. (William Shakespeare: English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, 1564-1616)

HOTELS : The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life. (George B. Shaw: Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)

HOUSEKEEPING : Life is too short to fold fitted sheets. (Lisa Quinn: U.S. television host, artist, and author, Born 1967)

HOUSES : A house without books is like a house without windows. (Horace Mann: U.S. politician and educational reformer, 1796-1859)

HOUSEWIVES : The toughest thing about being a housewife is you have no place to stay home from. (Patricia C. Beudoin: U.S. writer)

HOUSEWORK : Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it. (Evan Esar: U.S. humorist who wrote 'Esar's Comic Dictionary,' 1899-1995)

HUGGING : The greatest thing about a hug is you can't get one without giving one. (Unknown Source: )

HUMAN BRAIN : The human brain is its own universe. It is a distinctively , incorrigibly human activity that is a complex combination of conscious and unconscious, rational, and intuitive logical and emotional reflection. (Michael Ignatieff: Canadian academic, author, and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Born 1947)

HUMANITY : The only real nation is humanity. (Tracy Kidder: U.S. writer of nonfiction books and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Born 1945)

HUMANITY : We didn't all come over on the same ship, but we're all in the same boat. (Bernard Baruch: U.S. financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant, 1870-1965)

HUMANKIND : A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. (George Santayana: U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, 1863-1952)

HUMANKIND : All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. (Samuel Butler: English author, 1835-1902)

HUMANKIND : All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They. (Rudyard Kipling: English journalist, short-story writer, poet, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1865-1936)

HUMANKIND : All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. (William Shakespeare: English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, 1564-1616)

HUMANKIND : All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers . . . . Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born. (Francois de Fenelon: French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet, and writer, 1651-1715)

HUMANKIND : Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. (Margaret Mead: U.S. cultural anthropologist, author, and speaker on the mass media, 1901-1978)

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

HUMANKIND : Birds of a feather will gather together. (Robert Burton: English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic,"The Anatomy of Melancholy," 1577-1640)

HUMANKIND : Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests. (James A. Garfield: U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination, 1831-1881)

HUMANKIND : Compassion . . . can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. (Albert Schweitzer: French-German philosopher, physician, musician, and Nobel Laureate, 1875-1965)

HUMANKIND : Custom reconciles us to everything. (Edmund Burke: Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)

HUMANKIND : Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition. (: )

HUMANKIND : Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. (Alphonse Karr: French literary figure, known as a critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

HUMANKIND : 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)

HUMANKIND : God hath made of one blood all nations of men. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : God must have a sense of humor. He created people. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. (Thomas Deloney: English novelist and balladist, 1543-1600)

HUMANKIND : Humanity either breeds or tolerates all its afflictions. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : Humankind is but one thread of the web of life. All things are bound together. All things connect. (Chief Seattle: Suquamish and Duwamish Indian chief who was a leading figure among his people who pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, for which the city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named, Died 1866)

HUMANKIND : I am a man; I count nothing human foreign to me. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. (Socrates: Classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought, c. 470-399 B.C.E.)

HUMANKIND : I believe that the welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HUMANKIND : I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

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

HUMANKIND : If a man is made of earth, water, air, and fire, so is this body of earth. (Leonardo da Vinci: Italian Renaissance polymath whose interests were inventing, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, mathematics, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, history, and cartography, 1452-1519)

HUMANKIND : If all pulled in the same direction, the world would topple over. (Yiddish Proverb: )

HUMANKIND : If we opened up people, we would find a landscape. (Agnes Varda: Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist, 1928-2019))

HUMANKIND : Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. (Benjamin Disraeli: British writer and conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1804-1881)

HUMANKIND : It is easier to know mankind in general than man individually. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : It is lamentable that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. (Voltaire: French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

HUMANKIND : It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man! (George Gamow: Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist, 1904-1968)

HUMANKIND : 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)

HUMANKIND : Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he's potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God. (Benjamin Spock: U.S. pediatrician and author, 1903-1998)

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

HUMANKIND : Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him? (Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

HUMANKIND : 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)

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

HUMANKIND : Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal. (James A. Froude: English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor, 1818-1894)

HUMANKIND : Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed off wings where he never ventures. (Francois Mauriac: French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, 1885-1970)

HUMANKIND : My humanity is tied to your humanity. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : On the outer limits of cruelty humanity begins. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : Our country is the world -- our countrymen are all mankind. (William L. Garrison: U.S. abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer, 1805-1879)

HUMANKIND : 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))

HUMANKIND : Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us. (Sargent Shriver: U.S. politician, activist, the driving force behind the U.S. Peace Corps, and founder of the Job Corps and Head Start, 1915-2011)

HUMANKIND : People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the ground-breaking book, "Death and Dying," 1926-2004)

HUMANKIND : People are people! (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : People at birth are inherently good. (Chinese Proverb: )

HUMANKIND : People can be divided into three groups: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

HUMANKIND : Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence are wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality; science without humanity; worship without sacrifice; and politics without principle. (Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India who employed nonviolent civil disobedience, and who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

HUMANKIND : The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. (Emile Zola: French writer, 1840-1902)

HUMANKIND : The land and the sea are the chief; man is their servant. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

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

HUMANKIND : The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. (Mohamed ElBaradei: Egyptian diplomat and Nobel laureate, Born 1942)

HUMANKIND : The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

HUMANKIND : The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan: Before exploring Outer Space, To find the Inner Man. (Yip Harburg: Popular song lyricist and librettist, 1896-1981)

HUMANKIND : There are three kinds of people in the world: those who make things happen: and those who watch things happen; and those who wonder what happened. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

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

HUMANKIND : We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. (Konrad Adenauer: German statesman, 1876-1967)

HUMANKIND : 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)

HUMANKIND : We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. (Stephen Hawking: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942)

HUMANKIND : We are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike. (Unknown Source: )

HUMANKIND : We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

HUMANKIND : We're all only fragile threads, but what a tapestry we make. (Jerry Ellis: U.S. author of fiction and non-fiction works best known for the book 'Walking the Trail' written after he walked the 900 mile route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, Born 1947)

HUMANKIND : When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

HUMANKIND : You are my other me, we are mirrors of each other. If I do harm to you, I do harm to myself. If I love and respect you, I love and respect myself. (Unknown Source: )

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

HUMILIATION : The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone. (Mian Kundera: Czech-born French writer, Born 1829)

HUMILITY : A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead. (Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

HUMILITY : A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him. (Edgar W. Howe: U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937)

HUMILITY : Goethe said there would be little left of him if he were to discard what he owed to others. (Charlotte Cushman: U.S. stage actress, 1816-1876)

HUMILITY : Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows. (Helen Nielsen: U.S. author of mysteries and television scripts for dramas, 1918-2002)

HUMILITY : If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover. (Helen Van Slyke: U.S. best-selling author, newspaper and magazine editor, and business executive, 1919-1979)

HUMILITY : If only I may grow firmer, simpler—quieter, warmer. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961)

HUMILITY : Life is a long lesson in humility. (James M. Barrie: Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of "Peter Pan," 1860-1937)

HUMILITY : Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. (Lord Chesterfield: British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time, 1694-1773)

HUMILITY : Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. (Jefferson Davis: U.S. politician who served as the president of the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War, 1808-1889)

HUMILITY : The role of religion should be to inculcate a sense not of infallibility but of humility. (Reinhold Niebuhr: U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

HUMILITY : Those who travel the high road of humility . . . are not bothered by heavy traffic. (Alan Simpson: U.S. politician, born 1931)

HUMILITY : 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)

HUMILITY : Work hard in your silence. (Unknown Source: )

HUMOR : A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs—jolted by every pebble in the road. (Henry W. Beecher: U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

HUMOR : A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. (Unknown Source: )

HUMOR : Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. (Peter Ustinov: British actor, writer, filmmaker, columnist, radio broadcaster, and television presenter, 1921-2004)

HUMOR : God must have a sense of humor. He created people. (Unknown Source: )

HUMOR : Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. (William M. Thackeray: British novelist, 1811-1863)

HUMOR : He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh. (Unknown Source: )

HUMOR : He who laughs, lasts. (John Heywood: English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs, 1497-1580)

HUMOR : Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

HUMOR : Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961)

HUMOR : 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)

HUMOR : Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. (Alan Simpson: U.S. politician, born 1931)

HUMOR : I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive. (Anne W. Schaef: U.S. author, speaker, consultant, and seminar leader, Born 1935)

HUMOR : It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. (Max Eastman: U.S. journalist and poet, 1883-19691)

HUMOR : Jokes of the proper kind . . . can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992)

HUMOR : Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. (Victor Borge: Danish comedian and pianist, 1909-2000)

HUMOR : Sometimes laughter hurts, but humor and mockery are our only weapons. (Jean Cabu: French cartoonist and co-founder of the publication ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ 1938-2015)

HUMOR : The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself. (Friedrich Schiller: German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, playwright, and close friend and colleague of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1759-1805)

HUMOR : The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. (Richard B. Sheridan: Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, 1751-1816)

HUMOR : 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)

HUNCHES : A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. (Frank Capra: Italian-born U.S. film director, producer, and writer who received an Academy Award for Best Director, 1897-1991)

HUNGER : A hungry man is not a free man. (Adlai Stevenson II: U.S. lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 1900-1965)

HUNGER : Hunger is the best sauce. (Miguel de Cervantes: Spanish writer whose novel, "Don Quixote," has been translated into over 140 languages and dialects-making it, after the "Bible," the most translated book in the world, 1547-1616)

HUNGER : If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two, he replies four loaves. (Unknown Source: )

HUNTERS : Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013)

HUNTERS : When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man, we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman. (Joseph W. Krutch: U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

HUNTING : Is hunting really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on? (Bill Maher: U,S. comedian, political commentator, and television host, Born 1956)

HURT : Those things that hurt, instruct. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

HURTFULNESS : It takes a friend and an enemy, working in concert, to hurt you to the core—the enemy to slander you and the friend to tell you about it. (Unknown Source: )

HYBRIDIZATION : Africa always brings forth something new. (Greek Proverb: )

HYPOCRISY : For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible. (John Milton: English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, 'Paradise Lost,' 1608-1674)

HYPOCRISY : 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)

HYPOTHESES : The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. (Thomas H. Huxley: English biologist and anthropologist specializing in comparative anatomy and was an advocate of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, 1825-1895)

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

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