RACE : I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one ‘race’ – the human race – and that we are all members of it. (Margaret Atwood: Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor, Born 1939)

RACE : The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them. (James W. Johnson: U.S. writer, civil rights activist, and a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1871-1938)

RACE : This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

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

RACISM : I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one ‘race’ – the human race – and that we are all members of it. (Margaret Atwood: Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor, Born 1939)

RACISM : I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. (Dick Gregory: U.S. comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, and writer who mocked bigotry and racism, 1932-2017)

RACISM : If we do not learn the lessons of history and choose a radically different path forward, we may lose our last chance of creating a truly inclusive, and egalitarian democracy. (Michelle Alexander: U.S. professor, civil rights advocate, and author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," Born 1967)

RACISM : If you’re born in America with a black skin, you’re born in prison. (Malcolm X: U.S. African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. 1925-1965)

RACISM : Ignorance comes in all colors; not all blacks are criminals; not all whites are racists. (Unknown Source: )

RACISM : In a racist society it is not enough to be 'non-racist.' We must be 'anti-racist.' (Angela Davis: U.S. activist, author, and professor, Born 1944)

RACISM : It’ll be the ballot or the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. (Malcolm X: U.S. African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. 1925-1965)

RACISM : My race needs no special defense, for the past history of them in this country proves them to be equal of anyone. All they need is an equal shot at the battle of life. (Robert Smalls: African American politician, publisher, businessman, and naval pilot, 1839-1915)

RACISM : People who don’t believe in inter-racial marriage should all get an ancestry DNA kit. (Unknown Source: )

RACISM : Racism is a system, not an event. (Kehaulani J. Kauanui: U.S. (native Hawaiian) author, editor, radio producer, educator, and is one of six co-founders of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Born 1968)

RACISM : Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority. (Ruth Benedict: U.S. anthropologist and folklorist, 1887-1948)

RACISM : The destiny of the colored American . . . is the destiny of America. (Frederick Douglass: African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, and statesman, 1818-1895)

RACISM : The evils of free-market capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. (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)

RACISM : The most tragic legacy that slavery bequeathed to America is one the country has yet to overcome The two races are fastened to each other without intermingling; and they are also unable to separate entirely or combine. (Alexis de Tocqueville: French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809)

RACISM : The ‘American Dream’ comes at the expense of the American Negro. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

RACISM : To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

RACISM : To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. (Ibram X. Kendi: U.S. author, historian, recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for the Humanities, and leading scholar of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S., Born 1982)

RACISM : White silence—white consent. (Unknown Source: )

RACISM : Without capitalism, the world might never have experienced racial discrimination. (Oliver C. Cox: Trinidadian-U.S. sociologist who was often misconceived as a Marxist due to his focus on class conflict and capitalism; however, Cox fundamentally disagreed with Marx's analysis of Capitalism, 1901-1974)

RACISM : You've got to be twice as good to get half as far. (Negro Proverb: )

RACISM (U.S.A.) : As an African American, "We'll try to accept you if you'll try to understand us." (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

RACISM (U.S.A.) : At no point in my life have I ever felt as though I were an American. (Toni Morrison: U.S. African-American novelist, editor, professor, social reformer, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1931-2019)

RACISM (U.S.A.) : The law can’t make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me. (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)

RACISM (U.S.A.) : The treatment of the Negro is America’s greatest and most conspicuous scandal. (Gunnar Myrdal: Swedish economist and sociologist, 1898-1987)

RACISM (U.S.A.) : 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)

RAGE : You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit. (Julie Gassman: U.S. magazine editor and author of children's books)

RAILROADS : 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)

RAINBOWS : A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning; But a rainbow at night Is the Shepherd's delight. (Unknown Source: )

RAINFALL (U.S.A.) : The people of Seattle deny they get much rain, while the rest of the country thinks of it as America's bladder. (Unknown Source: )

RANDOMNESS : I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general. (Christian Morgenstern: German author and poet, 1871-1914)

RANKING : Where you stand depends on where you sit. (Rufus Miles: U.S. author and Federal administrator who served as an assistant secretary under three presidents, 1910-1996)

RAPE : Pornography is the theory, and rape is the practice. (Robin Morgan: poet, author, political theorist, activist, journalist, lecturer, and key leader of the American Women’s Movement, Born 1941)

RATIONALE : We tell ourselves stories in order to live. (Joan Didion: U.S. writer and nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography, Born 1934)

REACTION : Now that my house is burned down, I have a much better view of the moon. (Japanese Haiku: )

REACTIONS : There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness. (Unknown Source: )

READINESS : Death tugs at my ear and says, "Live, I am coming." (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894)

READINESS : In most states you can get a driver's license when you're sixteen years old, which made a lot of sense to me when I was sixteen years old but now seems insane. (Phyllis Diller: U.S. actress and stand-up comedian, 1917-2012)

READINESS : Luck is being ready for the chance. (Unknown Source: )

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

READING : A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973)

READING : A child who reads will be an adult who thinks. (Unknown Source: )

READING : A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

READING : 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)

READING : If you don't read, you will only know your opinion. (Unknown Source: )

READING : 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)

READING : Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. Reading gives us some place to go when wee have to stay where we are. (Mason Cooley: U.S. aphorist, Born 1927)

READING : Reading is going somewhere without ever taking a train or ship, an unveiling of new, incredible worlds. It’s living a life you weren’t born into and a chance to see everything colored by someone else’s perspective. (Madeline Martin: U.S. Canadian actress, Born 1993)

READING : Reading is seeing by proxy. (Herbert Spencer: English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist, 1820-1903)

READING : Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. (Arthur Helps: English writer, 1813-1875)

READING : Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719)

READING : Reading print is one form of literacy, but there are many types of literacy. Some indigenous groups such as native Americans can read the clouds, or Pacific Islanders are said to be able to read the waves and swells of the ocean. (Nikki Giovanni: U.S. poet, writer, activist, and educator, Born 1943)

READING : The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. (Anthony Trollope: English novelist whose works revolve around political, social, and gender issues, 1815-1882)

READING : There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind. (Mary W. Montague: English aristocrat, writer, and poet, 1689-1762)

READING : To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. (Somerset W. Maugham: English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who was among the most popular writers of his era, 1874-1965)

READING : To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry. (Vilhelm Eklund: Swedish poet, 1880-1949)

READING : What is reading a book but silent conversation? (Walter S. Landor: English writer, poet, and activist, 1775-1864)

READING : What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print. (Isadora Duncan: U.S. and French dancer who performed to acclaim throughout Europe, 1877-1927)

REALITY : All our interior world is reality—and perhaps more so than our apparent world. (Marc Chagall: Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin whose creations include virtually every artistic format, 1887-1985)

REALITY : Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit. (G. K. Chesterton: English writer, philosopher, literary and art critic, known as the 'Prince of Paradox,' 1874-1936)

REALITY : Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. (Philip K. Dick: U.S. science-fiction writer whose authorship included 44 published novels, 1928-1982)

REALITY : The death of dogma is the birth of reality. (Immanuel Kant: German philosopher whose views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804)

REALITY : We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. (Anais Nin: French-Cuban American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica, 1903-1977)

REALITY : We suffer more from imagination than reality. (Lucius A. Seneca (the Younger): Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

REALITY : You can't get blood out of a turnip. (Unknown Source: )

REALITY : You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. (Unknown Source: )

REALITY : You cannot make a crab walk straight. (Unknown Source: )

REALITY : You eat from trees you did not plant and are obliged to plant trees you will not eat from. (Laila Ibrahim: U.S. novelist)

REALIZATION : Do not believe everything you hear: Real eyes realize real lies. (Tupac Shakur: U.S. musical artist who is widely considered one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide, 1971-1996)

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

REASON : As sight is in the body, so is reason in the soul. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.)

REASON : Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed. (Unknown Source: )

REASON : I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. (Unknown Source: )

REASON : 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)

REASON : It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. (Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric, 1667-1745)

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

REASON : Reason can in general do more than blind force. (Unknown Source: )

REASON : Reason is also choice. (John Milton: English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, 'Paradise Lost,' 1608-1674)

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

REASON : Reason is the enemy of faith. (Martin Luther: German professor of theology, composer, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, 1483-1546)

REASON : Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. (Josh Billings: U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

REASON : Reason, with most people, means their own opinions. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830)

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

REASON : The arrogance of reason has separated us from the essence of love. (Unknown Source: )

REASON : 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)

REASON : 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)

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

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

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

REASON : You can't reason someone out of something he didn't reason himself into. (Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric, 1667-1745)

REASONING : In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642)

REBELLION : Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. (Edmund Burke: Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)

REBELLION : The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. (Erich Fromm: German-American psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, and humanistic philosopher, 1900-1980)

REBIRTH : If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs. (John Clare: English poet (1793-1864))

RECEIVING : It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Jesus: The the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion 6-4 B.C.E.-A.D.33)

RECEPTIVITY : The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. (John Berry: U.S. country music artist, Born 1959)

RECIPROCATION : You eat from trees you did not plant and are obliged to plant trees you will not eat from. (Laila Ibrahim: U.S. novelist)

RECIPROCITY : When we show respect for other living things, they show respect for us. (Unknown Source: )

RECOGNITION : Better to be first in a village than second in Rome. (Unknown Source: )

RECOGNITION : Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth. (Archimedes: Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 B.C.E.)

RECOGNITION : In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. (William Osier: Canadian physician, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, and known ast he 'Father of Modern Medicine,' 1849-1919)

RECOGNITION : 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)

RECONCILIATION : You can only move forward until you get out of reverse, such as through the Truth and Reconciliation process. (Unknown Source: )

RECOVERY : Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. (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)

RECOVERY : 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)

RECOVERY : Life is a series of relapses and recoveries. (George Ade: U.S. writer, 1866-1944)

RECOVERY : Nobody is ever too far gone to recover; it's just a matter of finding the right people to bring you back to a better version of who you want to be. (Lauren Justice: U.S. local Case Manager of City Net, a non-profit organization to help end homelessness)

RECOVERY : Now that my house is burned down, I have a much better view of the moon. (Japanese Haiku: )

RECOVERY : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993)

RECTIFICATION : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993)

RECTIFYING : Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. (Meister Eckhart: German theologian, philosopher, and mystic, 1260-1327)

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

REFLECTION : Some say it’s holding on that makes you strong. Sometimes it’s letting go. (Herman Hesse: German-born poet, painter, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize In Literature, whose works include "Steppenwolf," and "Siddhartha," 1877-1962)

REFLECTIONS : At the end of our life, our questions are simple. 'Did I live fully?' 'Did I love well?' (Jack Kornfield: U.S. author, teacher, and Buddhist monk who trained in Thailand, Burma, and India, Born 1945)

REFLECTIONS : Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. (Theodore Seuss: U.S. political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books [with pen name of Dr. Seuss], 1904-1991)

REFLECTIONS : The best mirror is an old friend. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923)

REFORM : A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton: English writer and politician who coined the phrases 'the great unwashed,' 'the pursuit of the almighty dollar,' and 'the pen is mightier than the sword,' 1803-1873)

REFORM : All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing. (Thomas Carlyle: Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

REFORM : Failure is often the fire that forges the steel. (Paul T. Jones: U.S. financier and philanthropist, Born 1954)

REFORM : Life begins on the other side of despair. (John-Paul Sartre: French philosopher, writer, and literary critic, 1905-1980)

REFORM : Remorse begets reform. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800)

REFORM : The hole and the patch should be commensurate. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

REFORM : The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. (Bono: Irish lead singer for the popular Irish rock band U2, recipient of 20 Grammy Awards, and a prominent human rights activist, Born 1960)

REFORM : There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862)

REFORM : There is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it. (Rosalynn Carter: U.S. activist who served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Jimmy Carter, Born 1927)

REFUGE : To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. (Somerset W. Maugham: English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who was among the most popular writers of his era, 1874-1965)

REGARD : Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them. (Roy T. Bennett: U.S. inspirational author, 1957-2018)

REGRET : 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)

REGRET : If you worry about what might be and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is. (Unknown Source: )

REGRET : I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. (Simone Biles: U.S. artistic gymnast whose 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, Born 1997)

REGRET : Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. (Arthur Miller: U.S. playwright and essayist, 1915-2005)

REGRET : No doing without some ruing. (Sigrid Undset: Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1882-1949)

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

REGRET : On your deathbed, you regret what you didn't do rather than what you did do. (Unknown Source: )

REGRET : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993)

REGRET : Regret can be a good teacher if you learn from that emotion, but not if you wallow in it. (Laila Ibrahim: U.S. novelist)

REGRET : Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing. (Katherine Mansfield: New Zealand modernist short-story writer and poet, 1888-1923)

REGRET : Remorse begets reform. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800)

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

REGRET : 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)

REGRET : The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. (Harriet B. Stowe: U.S. abolitionist and author, 1811-1896)

REGRET : The depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future. (Joel Osteen: U.S. pastor, televangelist, businessman, and author, Born 1963)

REGRET : The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881)

REGRET : We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. (Fulton Oursler: U.S. journalist, playwright, editor, and writer, 1893-1952)

REGRET : Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret? (L. E. Landon: English poet and novelist, 1802-1838)

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

REGRETS : Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity (Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb: Arabic caliph, Muslim jurist, and father-in-law of the islamic prophet, Muhammad, c. 583 or 584 C.E. - 644 C.E.)

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

REGRETS : You’re not old until your dreams become regrets. (John Barrymore: U.S. actor on stage, screen, and radio (1882-1942)

REGULATIONS : Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. (John P. Curran: Irish orator, politician, lawyer, and judge, 1750-1817)

REGULATIONS : If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)

REHABILITATION : Falling down is part of life; getting back up is living. (Jose N. Harris: U.S. neuropsychologist and family law mediator, Born 1962)

REINCARNATION : A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. (Antoine de Saint-Expery: French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator, 1900-1944)

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

REJECTION : When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them. (Karen E. Miller: U.S. best-selling author, contributor to 'The Huntington Post')

REJECTION : You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. (Ray Bradbury: U.S. author and screenwriter who wrote in a variety of genres, 1920-2012)

REJUVENATION : In nature, there is no such thing as death. From each sad moment of decay, some forms of life arise. (Charles Mackay: Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter, 1814-1889)

RELATIONSHIPS : A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. (Marilyn Monroe: U.S. actress, model, and singer, 1926-1962)

RELATIONSHIPS : A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple. (Danish Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : A husband always prefers his wife's mother-in-law to his own. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : A lie can unravel the whole tapestry of a relationship. (Danielle Steel: U.S. internationally bestselling novelist, Born 1947)

RELATIONSHIPS : A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. (Ken Keyes: U.S. personal growth author and lecturer, 1921-1995)

RELATIONSHIPS : A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. (Charles E. Hughes: U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948)

RELATIONSHIPS : A man is known by the company he keeps. (Aesop Fable: )

RELATIONSHIPS : A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to exercise her own. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (Thomas H. Bayly: English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer, 1797-1839)

RELATIONSHIPS : Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. (Robert L. Stevenson: Scottish novelist and travel writer, 1850-1924)

RELATIONSHIPS : Accept me as I am; only then will we discover each other. (Marcello Mastroianni: Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century, 1924-1996)

RELATIONSHIPS : All relationships are important because they reveal the true nature of the relationship we have with ourselves. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : An acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. (Ambrose Bierce: U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

RELATIONSHIPS : Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents. (Alan Dundes: U.S. folklorist who spent much of his career as a professional academic and has been hailed as 'the most renowned Folklorist of his time,' 1934-2005)

RELATIONSHIPS : Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words. (Joyce Brothers: U.S. psychologist, television personality, and columnist who wrote a daily newspaper advice column for 53 years, 1927-2013)

RELATIONSHIPS : Anybody who tries to be something to everybody is nobody to anybody. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : As humans we strain to escape our straightjackets, to bend, and entwine— and thus cross-fertilization occurs in the form of enriched science, literature, food, etc. (Pallavi Aiyar: Indian journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : Barr The great difference between voyages rests not in ships but in the people you meet on them.- (Amelia Barr: British teacher and novelist who wrote about the capacity of women to be successful, 1831-1919)

RELATIONSHIPS : Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. (Madeleine L'Engle: U.S. writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, 1918-2007)

RELATIONSHIPS : Birds of a feather flock together. (English proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. (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)

RELATIONSHIPS : Blood is thicker than water. (German Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. (R. H. Tawney: English economic historian, social critic, and ethical socialist, 1880-1962)

RELATIONSHIPS : Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899)

RELATIONSHIPS : Death ends a life, not a relationship. (Mitch Albom: U.S. author, journalist, and musician, Born 1958)

RELATIONSHIPS : Distance is a great promoter of admiration! (Denis Diderot: French Enlightenment philosopher and art critic, 1713-1784)

RELATIONSHIPS : Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. (Leo Buscaglia: U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998)

RELATIONSHIPS : Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. (Kenny Ausubel: U.S. social entrepreneur, investigative journalist, and award-winning filmmaker, Born 1949)

RELATIONSHIPS : Either mend or end. (Unknown Source: )

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

RELATIONSHIPS : Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace. (Anna H. Shaw: leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and one of the first women to be ordained as a Methodist minister, 1847-1919)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : Go often to the house of your friend, for weeds choke up the unused path. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

RELATIONSHIPS : He drew a circle that shut me out / But love and I had the wit to win / We drew a circle that took him in. (Edwin Markham: U.S. social protest poet and Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon, 1852-1940)

RELATIONSHIPS : He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. (English proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. (William Congreve: English playwright and poet of the Restoration period who is known for his clever, satirical dialogue, 1670-1729)

RELATIONSHIPS : Hurt people hurt other people. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : I can generally bear separation, but I don't like the leave-taking. (Samuel Butler: English author, 1835-1902)

RELATIONSHIPS : I didn’t marry you with the thought of spending lunch times together—just breakfast and dinners. (Marlys Davis: U.S. social ecologist and court reporter, Born 1960)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : If men and women really suit each other . . . they should live next door—and just visit now and then. (Katharine Hepburn: U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003)

RELATIONSHIPS : If the past is not resolved, future relationships will suffer. Let your heart heal, before you open the door to another. (Leon Brown: U.S. writer and social justice advocate. Born 1995)

RELATIONSHIPS : If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. (George D. Aiken: U.S. senator, 1892-1984)

RELATIONSHIPS : If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp. (Latin Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014)

RELATIONSHIPS : In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to. (Robert Brault: U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

RELATIONSHIPS : It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. (Benjamin Disraeli: British writer and conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1804-1881)

RELATIONSHIPS : 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)

RELATIONSHIPS : 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: )

RELATIONSHIPS : It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. (Marilyn Monroe: U.S. actress, model, and singer, 1926-1962)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : It’s so windy that it’s as cold as a mother-in-law’s kiss. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Let each one of you be alone. Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931)

RELATIONSHIPS : Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Stand together, yet not too near together. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931)

RELATIONSHIPS : Letting people be okay without us is how we get to be okay without them. (Merrit Malloy: U.S. television movie producer, Born 1950)

RELATIONSHIPS : Life is livable because we know that wherever we go most of the people we meet will be restrained in their actions toward us by an almost instinctive network of taboos. (Havelock Ellis: English physician, writer, and progressivesocial reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle. (Sam Levenson: U.S. humorist, television host, and journalist, 1911-1980)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ( (Ursula Le Guin: U.S. author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works, 1929-2018)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love is a battle in which two free subjects each try to get hold of the other’s freedom while at the same time trying to free themselves from the hold of the other. (John-Paul Sartre: French philosopher, writer, and literary critic, 1905-1980)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone—but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. (Bette Davis: U.S. actress of film, television, and theater, 1908-1989)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. (H. Jackson Brown: U.S. author who was best known for his inspirational book, 'Life's Little Instruction Book', which was a New York Times Best Seller, 1940-2021)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931)

RELATIONSHIPS : Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. (Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American writer in both Arabic and English, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931)

RELATIONSHIPS : Make yourself necessary to somebody. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

RELATIONSHIPS : Man is a social animal. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in what is yours. . . . . We say, "A person is a person through other persons —UBUNTU" (Desmond Tutu: South African Anglican Archbishop known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist and the first black African to hold the position, Born 1931)

RELATIONSHIPS : Never cut what you can untie. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

RELATIONSHIPS : Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. (Phyllis Diller: U.S. actress and stand-up comedian, 1917-2012)

RELATIONSHIPS : Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : No one worth possessing / Can be quite possessed. (Sara Teasdale: U.S. lyric poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection of 'Love Songs,' 1884-1933)

RELATIONSHIPS : Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves. But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910)

RELATIONSHIPS : People come into your life for a reason, for a season, or for a lifetime. (Unknown Source: )

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

RELATIONSHIPS : Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone . . . who alone can deliver us from solitude. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person. (Wayne W. Dyer: U.S. author and motivational speaker, 1940-2015)

RELATIONSHIPS : Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory. (Violeta B. Chamorro: Nicaraguan politician who served from 10 to 197as the president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 as the country's first female president., 1929-2025)

RELATIONSHIPS : Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. (Dalai Lama: 14th Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

RELATIONSHIPS : Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. (Banana Yoshimoto: Japanese writer, born 1964)

RELATIONSHIPS : Sometimes you have to love people from a distance and give them the space and time to get their minds right before you let them back into your life. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : That was then, this is now. (Chinese Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : The best mirror is an old friend. (George Herbert: English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923)

RELATIONSHIPS : The difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are wanted. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10,000 people. The hardest is with one. (Joan Baez: U.S. singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice, Born 1941)

RELATIONSHIPS : The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (Arabic Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. (Virginia Satir: U.S. psychotherapist and author, 1916-1988)

RELATIONSHIPS : The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. (Benjamin Disraeli: British writer and conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1804-1881)

RELATIONSHIPS : The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two. (Anne-Sophie Swetchine: Russian mystic, famous for her salon in Paris, 1782-1857)

RELATIONSHIPS : The ideal person is not the one with whom one can be happy, but the one without whom one can’t be happy. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : The irony of love is that it guarantees some degree of anger, fear and criticism. (Harold H. Bloomfield: U.S. psychiatrist and author, Born 1944)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : The man who feels that he must be hopeful and cheerful to get along ignores the careers of some pretty successful misanthropes. (Henry S. Haskins: U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

RELATIONSHIPS : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : The possession of a highly social conscience about large-scale issues is no guarantee whatever of reasonable conduct in private relations. (Lewis Hastings: U.S. organic chemist, 1917-1999)

RELATIONSHIPS : There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself-an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly- (Antisthenes: Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates, 445 B.C.E.-- 365 B.C.E.)

RELATIONSHIPS : There are people whom one would like to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

RELATIONSHIPS : There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. (Ivy Compton-Burnett: English novelist, 1884-1969)

RELATIONSHIPS : There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. (Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

RELATIONSHIPS : Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. (William Hazlitt: English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830)

RELATIONSHIPS : Through others, we become ourselves. (Lev Vygotsky: Russian social psychologist, 1896-1934)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die. (Thomas Campbell: Scottish poet, co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, and an initiator of what became the University College London, 1777-1844)

RELATIONSHIPS : To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. (Brandi Snyder: U.S. entrepreneur, Born 1974)

RELATIONSHIPS : We all act as hinges—fortuitous links between other people. (Penelope Lively: British writer and recipient of both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for British books, Born 1933)

RELATIONSHIPS : We are in the world in relationship with others. Our capacity to realize our own objectives is inextricably wrapped up with the capacity of others to realize theirs. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIONSHIPS : We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. (Somerset W. Maugham: English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who was among the most popular writers of his era, 1874-1965)

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

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

RELATIONSHIPS : We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. (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)

RELATIONSHIPS : We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon. (Walter Bagehot: British journalist and businessman, 1826-1877)

RELATIONSHIPS : 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)

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

RELATIONSHIPS : When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. (German Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick. (Bill Lemley: U.S. writer, Born 1954)

RELATIONSHIPS : When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window. (Seventeenth Century Proverb: )

RELATIONSHIPS : Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910)

RELATIONSHIPS : You are a part of me I do not yet know. (Valarie Kaur: U.S. activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader, Born 1981)

RELATIONSHIPS : You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. (Antoine de Saint-Expery: French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator, 1900-1944)

RELATIONSHIPS : You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed. (Ken Kersey: Canadian jazz pianist who spent most of his life working in the United States, 1916-1983)

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

RELATIVES : Fate chooses our relatives; we choose our friends. (Jacques Delile: French poet, 1738-1813)

RELATIVES : God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. (Ethel Mumford: U.S. author, 1876-1940)

RELATIVES : No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. (Unknown Source: )

RELATIVES : One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. (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.)

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

RELATIVITY : What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of the missing drop. (Greg Mortenson: U.S. professional speaker, writer, and mountaineer who served as a co-founder of the non-profit Central Asia Institute, Born 1957)

RELAXATION : Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. (Anatole France: French poet, journalist, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1844-1924)

RELAXATION : The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986)

RELAXATION : The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. (Sydney J. Harris: U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986)

RELIABILITY : Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. (Edsger Dijkstra: Dutch computer scientist, 1930-2002)

RELIABILITY : The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. (Marcus Cicero: Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and philosopher whose principles led to the establishment of the Roman Empire, 106-43 B.C.E.)

RELIGION : A good life is the only religion. (Thomas Fuller: English theologian, historian, and prolific writer, 1608-1661)

RELIGION : A religious person is likely to do what he is told . . . not what is right . . . whereas a spiritual person will do what is right . . . no matter what he is told. (Unknown Source: )

RELIGION : Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith. (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)

RELIGION : All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All religions, separated from government, are compatible with liberty. (Henry Clay: U.S. attorney, statesman, and orator, 1777-1852)

RELIGION : Almost always religion seemed to stand for blind belief and reaction, dogma and bigotry, superstition, exploitation and the preservation of vested interests. (Jawaharal Nehru: India's first Prime Minister as a secular democratic republic, one who was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence, 1889-1964)

RELIGION : Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

RELIGION : Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. (George Santayana: U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, 1863-1952)

RELIGION : Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. (Dan Barker: U.S. atheist but former preacher, musician, Born 1949)

RELIGION : Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. (Billy Sunday: U.S. athlete and pastor, considered the most influential U.S. evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century, 1862-1935)

RELIGION : Gullibility and credulity are considered undesirable qualities in every department of human life—except religion. (Christopher Hitchens: Anglo-American columnist, social critic, and journalist, 1949-2011)

RELIGION : Hatred of Judaism is at bottom hatred of Christianity (Sigmund Freud: Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : I do not feel obliged to believe that that the same God that has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642)

RELIGION : I don't see why religion and science can't get along. What's wrong with counting our blessings with a computer? (Robert Orben: U.S. professional comedy writer, magician, and presidential speech writer, Born 1927)

RELIGION : I don't think that by studying science you will be forced to conclude that there must be a God. But if you have already found God, then you can say, from understanding science, "Ah, I see what God has done in the world." (Carl Feit: U.S. cancer biologist at Yeshiva University and a Talmudic scholar, Born 1946)

RELIGION : I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose. (Clarence Darrow: U.S. leading member of the Civil Rights Union and attorney in the famous Leopold-Loeb trial, as well as the Scopes ‘Monkey’ trial, 1857-1938)

RELIGION : I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. (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)

RELIGION : I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

RELIGION : I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible. (Sean O'Casey: Irish dramatist and memoirist who was a committed socialist, 1880-`964)

RELIGION : I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. (Jawaharal Nehru: India's first Prime Minister as a secular democratic republic, one who was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence, 1889-1964)

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

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

RELIGION : If people are generous, empathic, and charitable, does it matter whether they believe in a messiah or a prophet? (Anna Quindlen: U.S. author, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist, Born 1952)

RELIGION : If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. (Voltaire: French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

RELIGION : If you are okay with having Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu students sit through Christian prayer in public school, and not okay with having Christian students sit through a Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu prayer, then it’s NOT religious freedom — it’s religious oppression. (Nicholas Ferroni: U.S. award-winning, nationally recognized educator and activist)

RELIGION : If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. (Thomas Szasz: Hungarian-American academic, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, 1920-2012)

RELIGION : If you view religion as necessary for ethics, you've reduced us to the ethical level of four-year-olds. "If you follow these commandments you'll go to heaven, if you don't you'll burn in hell" is just a spectacular version of the carrots and sticks with which you raise your children. (Unknown Source: )

RELIGION : Imagine there's no country . . . Nothing to kill or die for / And no religion, too / Imagine all the people / Living life in peace. (John Lennon: English musician, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the rock band, the Beatles, 1940-1980)

RELIGION : In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice. (Jerry Coyne: U.S. scientist and biology professor, known for his numerous publications on the theory of evolution, Born, 1949)

RELIGION : It has been said that even if we believed God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. (Robert A. Heinlein: U.S. science-Fiction writer, often called the 'dean of science-fiction writers,' 1907-1988)

RELIGION : 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)

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

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

RELIGION : My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. (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)

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

RELIGION : O senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm and yet will make Gods by the dozen. (: )

RELIGION : One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. (Arthur C. Clarke: U.S. science fiction writer and undersea explorer, 1917-2008)

RELIGION : One religion is as true as another. (Henry Burton: English puritan whose ears were cut off for writing pamphlets attacking the views of the British Archbishop, 1578-1648)

RELIGION : Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. (Guy de Maupassant: French writer, remembered as a master of the short-story form, 1850-1893)

RELIGION : Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. (Edmund Burke: Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)

RELIGION : Religion is a state of being grasped with an infinite concern. (Paul Tillich: German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, 1886-1965)

RELIGION : Religion is at its best when it relies on the strength of argument; it is at its worst when it seeks to impose truth by force. (Jonathan Sachs: British rabbi, philosopher, and scholar, Born 1948)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : Religion is not removed by removing superstition. (Marcus Cicero: Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and philosopher whose principles led to the establishment of the Roman Empire, 106-43 B.C.E.)

RELIGION : Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. (Unknown Source: )

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

RELIGION : Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. (Jiddu Krishnamurti: Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

RELIGION : Religion is the opiate of the people. (Karl Marx: German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary whose name is associated with the social theory - 'Marxism,' 1818-1883)

RELIGION : Religious canons all too often lead to cannons! (Unknown Source: )

RELIGION : Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand. (Dan Brown: U.S. novelist, Born 1964)

RELIGION : Science investigates; religion interprets . . . . The two are not rivals. (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)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : Someone is Hindu, someone is Muslim, someone is Christian / Everyone is hell-bent on not becoming a human being. (Nida Fazli: Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, lyricist, and dialogue writer, 1938-2016)

RELIGION : Spiritual truth is universal; as such, it is the property of no one religion. (Unknown Source: )

RELIGION : The Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things. (Marcus J. Borg: U.S. New Testament scholar and theologian who was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity, 1942-2015)

RELIGION : The Indian sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God’s. (Charles [Ohiyesa] Eastman: U.S. physician and the first Native American to be certified in western medicine, who was also He a writer, national lecturer, and reformer, 1858-1919)

RELIGION : The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain agnostic. (Charles Darwin: English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, 1809-1882)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit. (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)

RELIGION : There are no atheists in the foxholes. (William T. Cummings: U.S. military Chaplain who served in the Philippines during WW II, 1903-1945)

RELIGION : There can be no peace in the world until there is peace among the world's religions. (Hans Kung: Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author who was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic, 1928-2021)

RELIGION : There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. (Alfred L. Tennyson: British poet who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during most of Queen Victoria's reign, 1809-1892)

RELIGION : There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience, and recent scientific findings. (: )

RELIGION : This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. (Dalai Lama: 14th Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

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

RELIGION : True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. (Louis Nizer: U.S. lawyer, author, artist, lecturer, and advisor to those in the worlds of politics, business, and entertainment, 1902-1994)

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

RELIGION : We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government. (James Madison: Father of the U.S. Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, 1751-1836)

RELIGION : We cannot see injustice and say nothing, do nothing! Not if we are really to be authentically spiritual rather than simply pious actors in the game called ‘church.’ (Joan Chittister: U.S. Benedictine nun, theologian, author, speaker, and co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women.)

RELIGION : When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life. (Sigmund Freud: Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939)

RELIGION : When religion turns men into murderers, God weeps. Too often in the history of religion, people have killed in the name of the God of life, waged war in the name of the God of peace, hated in the name of the God of love, and practical cruelty in the name of the God of compassion. (Jonathan Sachs: British rabbi, philosopher, and scholar, Born 1948)

RELIGION : Where it is a duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. (John Morley: British Liberal statesman, writer, and newspaper editor, 1838-1923)

RELIGION : 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)

RELIGION : With soap, baptism is a good thing. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899)

RELIGION (U.S.A.) : The essence of our America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between “to” and freedom “from.” (MARILYN V. SAVANT: U.S. columnist, author, and company executive who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient in the Guinness Book of Records, Born 1946)

RELIGION (U.S.A.) : This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848)

RELINQUISHMENT : Some say it’s holding on that makes you strong. Sometimes it’s letting go. (Herman Hesse: German-born poet, painter, novelist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize In Literature, whose works include "Steppenwolf," and "Siddhartha," 1877-1962)

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

RELINQUISHMENT : We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. (Joseph Campbell: U.S. mythologist, writer, and lecturer, 1904-l987)

RELUCTANCE : Once bitten, twice shy. (English proverb: )

REMEDIES : Some remedies are worse than the disease. (Publilus Syrus: Syrian writer who as a slave was brought to Italy to be educated, best known for his moral sayings of aphorisms and maxims, 85—43 B.C.E.)

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

RENEWAL : If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. (Bernie S. Siegel: U.S. writer and retired pediatric surgeon, Born 1932)

RENEWAL : Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match. (Ingrid Bengis: U.S. teacher, business woman, and writer about love, hate, and sexuality, 1944-2017)

RENEWAL : Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory. (Violeta B. Chamorro: Nicaraguan politician who served from 10 to 197as the president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 as the country's first female president., 1929-2025)

RENEWAL : 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)

RENEWAL : Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. (Albert Schweitzer: French-German philosopher, physician, musician, and Nobel Laureate, 1875-1965)

RENEWAL : You live a new life for every new language you speak. (Unknown Source: )

RENUNCIATION : No good deed goes unpunished. (U.S. Proverb: )

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

REPARATIONS : Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. (James E. Sweeney: U.S. Licensed psychologist, 1942-2023)

REPETITION : It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crops. (George Eliot: English novelist [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, 1819-1880)

REPETITION : There's nothing gained by the second kick of a mule. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

replacement : I succeed him; no one could replace him. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

replacement : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993)

REPRESSION : Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words. (Joyce Brothers: U.S. psychologist, television personality, and columnist who wrote a daily newspaper advice column for 53 years, 1927-2013)

REPUTATION : A halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose. (Unknown Source: )

REPUTATION : Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. (Bill Bradley: U.S. politician and former professional basketball player, Born 1943)

REPUTATION : Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. (Unknown Source: )

REPUTATION : If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake. (Louisa M. Alcott: U.S. novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel "Little Women," 1832-1888)

REPUTATION : No man has a prosperity so high or firm, but that two or three words can dishearten it. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

REPUTATION : Popular applause veers with the wind. (John Bright: British orator and radical liberal statesman, 1811-1889)

REPUTATION : The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind. (Bonaventure: Italian scholastic theologian and philosopher, c.1221-1274)

REPUTATION : The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character. (Emma D. Kelley: U.S. writer, 1863-1938)

REPUTATION : What other people think and say about you is none of your business. (Roy T. Bennett: U.S. inspirational author, 1957-2018)

REPUTATION : Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. (Madeleine Albright: U.S. diplomat, politician, and the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, Born 1937)

REPUTATION : When I did well, I heard it never; When I did ill, I heard it ever. (Unknown Source: )

REPUTATION : Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself? (Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

REPUTATION : Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career. (Angelo Sotira: U.S. entrepreneur who co-founded the online community DeviantArt, Born 1981)

REQUESTS : Ask and you shall receive. (Bible, Matthew 7:7: )

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

REQUESTS : Many things are lost for want of asking. (Unknown Source: )

RESCUE : People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching. (Buckminster Fuller: U.S. architect, designer, and inventor, 1895-1983)

RESEARCH : 'Google' is not a synonym for research. (Dan Brown: U.S. novelist, Born 1964)

RESEARCH : Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer. (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.: U.S. historian, social critic, public intellectual, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, 1917-2007)

RESEARCH : Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. (Werner Von Braun: German-American aerospace engineer and space architect, 1912-1977)

RESEARCH : How do I work? I grope. (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)

RESEARCH : How do you look for life that may not be life as we know it? (Ken Farley: U.S. geochemist and chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary sciences at the California Institute of Technology, Born 1964)

RESEARCH : I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. (Werner Von Braun: German-American aerospace engineer and space architect, 1912-1977)

RESEARCH : 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)

RESEARCH : If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if her will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. (Francis Bacon: English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

RESEARCH : If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? (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)

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

RESEARCH : Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. (Marston Bates: U.S. zoologist who contributed to the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever in South America, 1906-1974)

RESEARCH : The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. (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)

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

RESEARCH : To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. (Unknown Source: )

RESEARCH : To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. (Unknown Source: )

RESEARCH : Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else. (Unknown Source: )

RESEARCH : What is research, but a blind date with knowledge? (Will Henry: U.S. author and screenwriter, 1912-1991)

RESEARCH : What we see depends mainly on what we look for. (John Lubbock: English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist, and polymath who coined the terms 'Paleolithic' and 'Neolithic' to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively, 1834-1913)

RESEARCHERS : The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion—these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work. (Jerome Bruner: U.S. psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory, 1915-2016)

RESENTMENT : Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. (Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

RESENTMENT : Resentment nails every one of us to the cross of our ruined past. (Jean Amery: Austrian essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II, 1912-1978)

RESENTMENT : Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. (Gautama Buddha: Asian ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism were founded and who lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C.E.)

RESENTMENT : Without forgiveness life is governed . . . by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. (Robert Assaglioli: Italian psychiatrist and pioneer in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, 2888-1927)

RESENTMENTS : Resentments are burdens we don't need to carry. (Unknown Source: )

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

RESILIENCE : A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t. (Jack Dempsey: U.S. professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion, 1895-1983)

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

RESILIENCE : A wounded deer leaps the highest. (Emily Dickinson: U.S. poet, 1830-1886)

RESILIENCE : Despair doubles our strength. (English proverb: )

RESILIENCE : Fall down seven times, get up eight. (Unknown Source: )

RESILIENCE : Flowers grow out of dark moments. (Corita Kent: U.S. Roman Catholic religious sister, artist, and educator, 1918-1986)

RESILIENCE : It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. (Vince Lombardi (Vince Lombardi: U.S. football player, championship coach, and executive in the National Football League, 1913-1970)

RESILIENCE : Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)

RESILIENCE : No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up. (Regina Brett: U.S. author, inspirational speaker, podcaster, and newspaper columnist. Born 1956)

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

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

RESILIENCE : Our greatest glory is not in our falling but in rising every time we fail. (Confucius: Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher, 551–479 B.C.E.)

RESILIENCE : Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. (Frank Harris: Irish-American editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist, and publisher,1856-1931)

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

RESILIENCE : The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. (Nelson Mandela: South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa and received the Nobel Prize for promoting peace, 1918-2013)

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

RESILIENCE : When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. (Robert Breault: U.S. freelance writer (Born 1938))

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

RESILIENCE : You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014)

RESISTANCE : Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.)

RESISTANCE : Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. (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)

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

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

RESISTANCE : Resistance causes pain and lethargy. It is when we practice acceptance that new possibilities appear. (Unknown Source: )

RESISTANCE : The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013)

RESISTANCE : To not fight is to be complicit in the corruption. (Juana Zuniga: Honduran civil rights activist, Born 1986)

RESISTANCE : War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. (John F. Kennedy: U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination, 1917-1963)

RESISTANCE : We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit. (Carl Schurz: German revolutionary who became a U.S. statesman, reformer, and served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1829-1906)

RESOLUTIONS : Conflict Resolution: Reflect upon one another's uniquenesses. (Unknown Source: )

RESOLUTIONS : For Christian Lent, I gave up my new year's resolutions. (Unknown Source: )

RESOLUTIONS : Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately. (Charles M. Sheldon: U.S. minister and leader of the Social Gospel movement,1857-1946)

RESOLUTIONS : Perform without fail what you resolve. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

RESOLUTIONS : Think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s. (Henry Moore: English artist who is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures located around the world, 1898-1986)

RESOURCEFULNESS : A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone. (Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric, 1667-1745)

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

RESOURCEFULNESS : When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade (Dale Carnegie: U.S. developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking, and interpersonal skills, 1888-1955)

RESOURCES : Most problems are really the absence of ideas. (Unknown Source: )

RESOURCES : 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)

RESPECT : He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. (Persian Proverb: )

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

RESPECT : Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. (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)

RESPECT : Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.” (Gloria Steinem: U.S. feminist, journalist, and social political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s, Born 1934)

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

RESPECT : Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them. (Roy T. Bennett: U.S. inspirational author, 1957-2018)

RESPECTFULNESS : Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. (Benito Juarez: Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872, 1806-18872)

RESPECTFULNESS : I respect only those who resist me, but cannot tolerate them. (Charles De Gaulle: French military general and statesman who founded France's Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France, 1890-1970)

RESPONSIBILITY : A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. (John S. Mill: British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

RESPONSIBILITY : Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer: German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, 1906-1945)

RESPONSIBILITY : An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won. (Caroline L. Gascoigne: English poet and novelist, 1813-1883)

RESPONSIBILITY : He who allows oppression, shares the crime. (Erasmus Darwin: English physician who was a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor, and poet— and was also the grandfather of Charles Darwin, 1731-1802)

RESPONSIBILITY : Some are guilty, but all are responsible. (Abraham J. Heschel: Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972)

RESPONSIBILITY : The followership has a responsibility for creating good leadership. (Unknown Source: )

RESPONSIBILITY : 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)

RESPONSIBILITY : Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. (Malcolm Forbes: U.S. wealthy entrepreneur, most prominently known as the publisher of 'Forbes' magazine, 1919-1990)

RESPONSIBILITY : To whom much is given, much will be required. (Unknown Source: )

RESPONSIBILITY : Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. (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)

RESPONSIBILITY : We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. (Thich Nhat Hanh: Vietnamese-American Buddhist spiritual leader and peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher who was known as the 'Father of Mindfulness' and was a major influence on western practices of Buddhism, 1926-2022)

RESPONSIBILITY : When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

RESPONSIVENESS : When we are listened to . . . ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life. (Brenda Ueland: U.S. journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing, 1891-1985)

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

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

REST : When I rest, I rust. (German Proverb: )

RESTLESSNESS : Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931)

RESTORATION : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. (H. R. Haldeman: U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1993)

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

RESTRAINT : Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. (Chinese Proverb: )

RESTRAINT : It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue. (Unknown Source: )

RESTRAINT : Liberty is not License. (John Milton: English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, 'Paradise Lost,' 1608-1674)

RESTRICTIONS : Liberty is not License. (John Milton: English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, 'Paradise Lost,' 1608-1674)

RESULTS : All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. (Ellen Glasgow: U.S. novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, 1873-1945)

RESULTS : From a fallen tree, all make kindling. (Unknown Source: )

RESULTS : The thing we fear we bring to pass. (Elbert Hubbard: U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, and philosopher, 1856-1915)

RETALIATION : An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (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)

RETALIATION : If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation. (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)

RETALIATION : Without forgiveness life is governed . . . by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. (Robert Assaglioli: Italian psychiatrist and pioneer in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, 2888-1927)

RETIREMENT : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800)

RETIREMENT : Constant togetherness is fine—but only for Siamese twins. (Victoria Billings: U.S. journalist, Born 1945))

RETIREMENT : I didn’t marry you with the thought of spending lunch times together—just breakfast and dinners. (Marlys Davis: U.S. social ecologist and court reporter, Born 1960)

RETIREMENT : 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)

RETIREMENT : Retirement is one great big giant coffee break. (Unknown Source: )

RETIREMENT : Retirement is that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)

RETIREMENT : Retirement means twice the spouse and half the income. (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)

RETIREMENT : Retirement: Twice as much spouse, half as much pay. (Unknown Source: )

RETIREMENT : Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire. (Alex Comfort: British scientist and physician known best for his non-fiction sex manual, "The Joy of Sex," 1920-2000)

RETIREMENT : When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. (R. C. Sherriff: English writer and nominee for an Academy award, 1896-1975)

RETRIBUTION : An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (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)

RETRIBUTION : Don’t get mad, get even. (Joseph P. Kennedy: U.S. prominent businessman, politician., and the patriarch of the Irish-American Kennedy family, 1888-1969)

RETRIBUTION : Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are. (Malcolm Forbes: U.S. wealthy entrepreneur, most prominently known as the publisher of 'Forbes' magazine, 1919-1990)

RETRIBUTION : Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack. (Lucius A. Seneca (the Younger): Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

REVENGE : Equality, not revenge. (Kimberly Jones: U.S. TV and film promoter and book author)

REVENGE : Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. (Jerome I. Friedmann: U.S. Physicist Professor Emeritus at Michigan Institute of Technology who won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of quarks, Born, 1930)

REVENGE : He that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green which otherwise would heal and do well. (John Milton: English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, 'Paradise Lost,' 1608-1674)

REVENGE : Malice hurts itself most. (Unknown Source: )

REVENGE : Revenge is a dish best served cold. (Italian Proverb: )

REVENGE : Revenge is an inhuman word. (Unknown Source: )

REVENGE : Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. (Austin O'Malley: U.S. ophthalmologist, professor of English literature, and author of aphorisms, 1858-1932)

REVENGE : While seeking revenge, dig two graves—one for yourself (Douglas Horton: U.S. Protestant clergyman and academic leader who was noted for his work in ecumenical relations among major Protestant bodies of his day, 1891-1968.)

REVENGE : You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. (Dick Armey: U.S. economist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas's and as House Majority Leader, Born 1940)

REVISIONS : You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. (C. S. Lewis: British novelist, lay theologian, broadcaster, 1898-1963)

REVOLUTIONARIES : We don't need more revolutionaries, we need more SOLUTIONARIES. (Shaylyn R. Garrett: U.S. writer, speaker, and change maker)

REVOLUTIONS : A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton: English writer and politician who coined the phrases 'the great unwashed,' 'the pursuit of the almighty dollar,' and 'the pen is mightier than the sword,' 1803-1873)

REVOLUTIONS : At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the true revolutionary is moved by feelings of love. (Ernesto Che Guevara: Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist, 1928-1967)

REVOLUTIONS : In revolutionary times, the rich are always the people who are most afraid. (Gerald W. Johnson: U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980)

REVOLUTIONS : Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. (Karl Marx: German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary whose name is associated with the social theory - 'Marxism,' 1818-1883)

REVOLUTIONS : True revolutions . . . restore more than they destroy. (Louise Bogan: U.S. poet who was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress, 1897-1970)

REVOLUTIONS : You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. (Joseph Stalin: Georgian revolutionary and political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death, 1878-1953)

REWARDS : The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.)

REWARDS : The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. (Jonas Salk: U.S. This has happened before. The mail seems go be flaky. Please send me her address again and I’ll stop and replace the check. Sorry about that. Don On May 23, 2023, at 8:29 PM, Elaine Haglund <elaine.haglund@csulb.edu> wrote: Hi, Don, As it turns out, my friend, Dr. Pamela Roberts, has not yet received the check that you said was sent (per your message below). Do you think there was some problem with the address or whatever? Thanks for whatever you might suggest. U.S. virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines, 1914-1995)

REWARDS : The reward of a thing well done, is to have done. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

RHETORIC : Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry. (William Butler Yeats: Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature, 1865-1939)

RHETORIC : Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. (Unknown Source: )

RHYTHM : We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles. (Yehudi Menuhin: Belorussian-American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain and widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. 1916-1999)

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

RICHES : Riches either serve or govern the possessor. (Horace: Roman lyric poet, 65 B.C.E.- 8 B.C.E)

RIDICULE : Resort to ridicule only when reason is against us. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

RIGHTS : If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950)

RIGHTS : Those who prefer security over civil rights deserve neither security nor civil rights. (Unknown Source: )

RIOTS : A riot is the language of the unheard. (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)

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

RIOTS : Riots are the voice of the unheard. (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)

RIOTS : 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)

RIOTS : There’s a place for riots; if you don’t have extremes, you don’t get any moderation. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. (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)

RISK : Be strong enough find security within risk. (Herbert Gold: U.S. best-selling novelist and journalist, Born 1924)

RISK : Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. (James B. Conant: U.S. chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, 1893-1978)

RISK : Conscience makes cowards of us all. (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)

RISK : Dancing on the edge is the only place to be. (Trisha Brown: U.S. choreographer and dancer, 1936-2017)

RISK : Danger and delight grow on one stalk (English proverb: )

RISK : Danger and delight grow on one stalk. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Muriel Strode: U.S. poet and writer, 1875-1930)

RISK : Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David L. George: British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945)

RISK : Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : Follow your bliss. Don't be afraid and doors will open where you would not have thought there were going to be doors. (Joseph Campbell: U.S. mythologist, writer, and lecturer, 1904-l987)

RISK : 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)

RISK : He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. (Thomas Fuller: English theologian, historian, and prolific writer, 1608-1661)

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

RISK : I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. (Joyce Brothers: U.S. psychologist, television personality, and columnist who wrote a daily newspaper advice column for 53 years, 1927-2013)

RISK : If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk. (Rosalynn Carter: U.S. activist who served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Jimmy Carter, Born 1927)

RISK : If you risk nothing, then you risk everything. (Geena Davis: U.S. actress and the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Born 1956)

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

RISK : It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! (Delores Ibarruri: Spanish Communist leader and political orator during the Spanish Civil War, 1895-1989)

RISK : It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. (Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961)

RISK : I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. (Simone Biles: U.S. artistic gymnast whose 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, Born 1997)

RISK : Jump and the net will appear. (Mick Ebeling: U.S. film, television producer, author, and entrepreneur, Born 1973)

RISK : Leap, and the net will appear. (Julia Cameron: U.S. artist, writer, and composer, Born 1948)

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

RISK : Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. (Ray Bradbury: U.S. author and screenwriter who wrote in a variety of genres, 1920-2012)

RISK : Necessity is the mother of taking chances. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

RISK : Never be afraid to try something new. Remember amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. (Unknown Source: )

RISK : No guts, no glory! (Frederick C. Blesse: U.S. U.S. Air Force major general and flying ace. (1921-2012))

RISK : No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. (Charles F. Kettering: U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958)

RISK : Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (Geoffrey Chaucer: English poet, author, and civil servant, known for being called the "Father of English Literature," 1340-1400)

RISK : Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision. (Harry A. Hopf: British practitioner and pioneer in Management, 1882-1949)

RISK : Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. (T. S. Eliot: U.S.- born essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature who at age 39 became a British subject, subsequently renouncing his U.S. passport, 1888-1965)

RISK : Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our danger. (J.C.F Von Schiller: German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright, 1864-1937)

RISK : Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make. (Sarah B. Breathnach: U.S. best-selling author, Born 1947)

RISK : Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. . . . You have to fail in order to practice being brave. (Mary Tyler Moore: U.S. actress, producer, author, and activist, 1936-2017)

RISK : The cat in gloves catches no mice. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

RISK : The greatest gift of youth is to be unaware that life is fragile. (Donald DeGrasse: U.S. mechanical engineer, 1963-2019)

RISK : The moment somebody says to me, "This is very risky," is the moment it becomes attractive to me. (Kate Capshaw: U.S. retired actress, Born 1953)

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

RISK : The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942)

RISK : The way to be safe is never to be secure. (Benjamin Franklin: Leading Founder of the U.S., author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)

RISK : There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

RISK : There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances. (David Viscott: U.S. psychiatrist, author, businessman, and media personality, 1938-1996)

RISK : Things forbidden have a secret charm. (Tacitus: Roman senator and historian, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56—117 A.D.)

RISK : To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. (Pierre Corneille: French tragedian who is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine, 1606-1684)

RISK : To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. (Bernadette Devlin: Irish civil rights leader and former politician, Born 1947)

RISK : To play it safe is not to play. (Robert Altman: U.S. film director, screenwriter, producer, and five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director, 1925-2006)

RISK : Trust comes from risk; trust follows having survived a risk . . . successfully (Unknown Source: )

RISK : We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. (David Grayson: U.S. journalist and historian, 1870-1946)

RISK : We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up. (Awkwafina: U.S. actress, rapper, and comedian, Born 1988)

RISK : What kind of man would live where there is no daring? (Charles A. Lindbergh: U.S. aviator, author, inventor, 1902-1974)

RISK : Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. (J.C.F Von Schiller: German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright, 1864-1937)

RISK : Why not go out on a limb? That is where the fruit is. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

RISK : Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? (Frank Scully: U.S. journalist, author, and humorist, 1892-1964)

RISK : 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)

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

RISK : You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. (James Thurber: U.S. cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1894-1961)

RISK : Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers. (Unknown Source: )

RISK-TAKERS : Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. (Robert F. Kennedy: U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and civil rights activist, 1925-1968)

RISK-TAKING : All glory comes from daring to begin. (Unknown Source: )

RISK-TAKING : Fortune sides with him who dares. (Virgil: Ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period, 70 - 19 B.C.E.)

RISKS : if we can take the worst, take the risk. (Joyce Brothers: U.S. psychologist, television personality, and columnist who wrote a daily newspaper advice column for 53 years, 1927-2013)

RISKS : You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. (Wayne Gretzky: Canadian former professional ice hockey player and head coach, Born 1961)

ROADS : Not all journeys are on roads. (Unknown Source: )

ROADS : Roads were made for journeys not destinations. (Confucius: Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher, 551–479 B.C.E.)

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

ROLE MODELS : A good example is worth a thousand theories. (Stanley Fischer: U.S. and Israeli economist, Born 1943)

ROLE MODELS : A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. (Ken Keyes: U.S. personal growth author and lecturer, 1921-1995)

ROLE MODELS : Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. (Immanuel Kant: German philosopher whose views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804)

ROLE MODELS : Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. (Unknown Source: )

ROLE MODELS : Children have more need of models than of critics. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

ROLE MODELS : Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. (James Baldwin: U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic who focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

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

ROLE MODELS : Example has more followers than reason. (Christian Bovee: U.S. writer of aphorisms, 1820-1904)

ROLE MODELS : Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

ROLE MODELS : From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. (Publilus Syrus: Syrian writer who as a slave was brought to Italy to be educated, best known for his moral sayings of aphorisms and maxims, 85—43 B.C.E.)

ROLE MODELS : If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. (Catherine Aird: English novelist and short story writer, Born 1930)

ROLE MODELS : One filled with joy preaches without preaching. (Mother Teresa: Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary who spent most of her life in Calcutta, India, 1910-1997)

ROLE MODELS : Preach the Gospel at all times and, when necessary, use words. (St. Francis of Assisi: Italian Catholic deacon, preacher, and as a saint is one of the most venerated religious figures in history, 1181-1226)

ROLE MODELS : The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. (Paulo Coelho: Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Born 1947)

ROLE MODELS : Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don't know how far we can go. (Bernard Malamud: U.S. novelist, short story writer, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, 1914-1986)

ROLE MODELS : You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. (Oliver Goldsmith: Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774)

ROLES : All the world’s a stage. (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)

ROMANCE : Come live in my heart and pay no rent. (Samuel Lover: Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, 1797-1868)

ROMANCE : Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. (Robert Frost: U.S. poet who received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and who was named the U.S. Poet Laureate, 1874-1963)

ROMANCE : It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. (Clark Gable: U.S. film star and cultural icon of masculinity, 1901-1960)

ROMANCE : Money is not an aphrodisiac; the desire it may kindle in a female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. (Unknown Source: )

ROMANCE : The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. (Benjamin Disraeli: British writer and conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1804-1881)

ROMANCE : The minute people fall in love, they become liars. (Harlan Ellison: U.S. writer of speculative fiction, including short stories, screenplays, and literary criticism, Born 1934)

ROMANCE : There’s a lid for every pot. (Unknown Source: )

ROMANCE : We are most alive when we're in love. (John Updike: U.S. novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, literary critic, and one of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, 1932-2009)

ROOTS : Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. (Agnes Meyer: U.S. journalist, philanthropist, civil rights activist, and art patron, 1887-1970)

ROYALTY : The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race. (Mark Twain: U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

ROYALTY : The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

ROYALTY : Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. (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)

RUDENESS : Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

RULERS : He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind. (Unknown Source: )

RULERS : Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders. (Unknown Source: )

RULES : He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. (Persian Proverb: )

RULES : If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. (Katharine Hepburn: U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003)

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

RULES : Learn the rules well so you know how to break them properly (Dalai Lama: 14th Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

RULES : Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. (Harry Day: British Marine and Royal Air Force pilot in the Second World War, 1898-1977)

RULES : Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. (George Sand: French novelist, memoirist, and journalist, 1804-1876)

RULES : The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. (Lao Tzu: Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604—531 B.C.E.)

RUMORS : What some invent the rest enlarge. (Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric, 1667-1745)

RUMORS : Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. (Unknown Source: )

RUSSIA : Russia is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.'' (Winston Churchill: British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)