Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack London

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Jack London

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

J. R. Martinez

I believe with faith all is possible. An answer to prayer is greatest positive feedback you can get.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Grant Morrison

The only thing that made me, or any of us, special was that no one in the whole of history would ever see the universe exactly the same way any other of us saw it.

George Herbert

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

George Herbert

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.