Famous Quotations - Our Favourites

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it
Abbie Hoffman

Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow
Arthur Stringer

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt
Clarence Darrow

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure
Colin Powell

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
Dwight Eisenhower

Live for something rather than die for nothing
George S. Patton

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare
Harriet Martineau

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin
Heinrich Heine

Life is something that everyone should try at least once
Henry J. Tillman

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. Its the transition thats troublesome
Isaac Asimov

Hate the sin, love the sinner
Mahatma Gandhi

Facts are the enemy of truth
Miguel de Cervantes

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously
Nicholas Butler

Life is a zoo in a jungle
Peter De Vries

Thomas Jefferson once said, We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works. And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying
Ronald Reagan

If I could drop dead right now, Id be the happiest man alive
Samuel Goldwyn

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb
Sir Winston Churchill