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Boy Quotes

boys are animalsOf all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. – Plato

boys storyA boy’s story is the best that is ever told. – Charles Dickens

monumentIf I have a monument in this world, it is my son. – Maya Angelou

heart in a jarPeople think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass of jar on my desk. – Stephen King

nothing to play withI was so poor growing up – if I wasn’t a boy – I’d have had nothing to play with. – Rodney Dangerfield

truth beauty wisdom hopeA boy is truth with dirt on its face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair, and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket. – Unknown

Philosopher Quotes

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. – Henri Frederic Amiel

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. – Henri Frederic Amiel

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you. – George Matthew Adams

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius

Philosopher Quotes

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence. – Friedrich Engels

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. – Blaise Pascal

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. – Sun Tzu

Famous Lucille Ball Quotes

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

famous lucille ball quotes“I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don’t rush; otherwise you’ll look like a patchwork quilt.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

“In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.” – Lucille Ball Quotes

5 pearls of Wisdom

5 pearls of wisdom5 pearls of Wisdom

1. Money can’t buy happiness but somehow it’s much more comfortable crying in a Porsche than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the fuckers name.

3. Help a man when he is in trouble, and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.

5. Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, but neither does milk.

Best Funny Quotes

I’ve prepared for you a great list with best funny quotes of all time. Of course, the list could be larger, but you can help me to expand it.

A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

best funny quotes If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter

Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted.

I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid.

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I killed because they were annoying.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons

12 Wisdom Quotes

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” ~ Sophocles

“A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“No man was ever wise by chance.” ~ Seneca

“Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.” ~ Carrie Latet

“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin H. Fischer

wisdom quotes“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” ~ Sandra Carey

“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.” ~ Gian Carlo Menotti

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn’t. Success often lies just the other side of failure.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.” ~ Confucius

Funny Anonymous Quotes

It isn’t homework unless it’s due tomorrow.

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

Never interrupt your opponent while he’s making a mistake.

The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary.

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

Every rule has an exception. Especially this one.

You never learn anything by doing it right.

funny anonymous quotesExperience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

The real trouble with reality is that there’s no background music.

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

You can’t be late until you show up.

War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who’s left.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Nothing is impossible, means it is impossible to find something impossible, here comes the contradiction…

Confucius Quotes

Study the past, if you would divine the future. – Confucius Quotes

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. – Confucius Quotes

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. – Confucius Quotes

The cautious seldom err. – Confucius Quotes

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. – Confucius Quotes

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. – Confucius Quotes

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. – Confucius Quotes

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius Quotes

The object of the superior man is truth. – Confucius Quotes

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. – Confucius Quotes

Confucius QuotesThe superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. – Confucius Quotes

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. – Confucius Quotes

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius Quotes

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. – Confucius Quotes

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. – Confucius Quotes

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. – Confucius Quotes

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius Quotes

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius Quotes

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. – Confucius Quotes

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius Quotes

Wisdom Quotes and Sayings

A man who regards his own life and that of his own fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life. – Albert Einstein

Give every man thy ear but few thy voice. – Shakespeare

The gods themselves cannot reclaim their gifts. They may rob us of our future and embitter our present, but our past they may not touch. With all its laughter and delight and glamour it is our eternal possession. – LM Montgomery – The Story Girl

Ever tried? Ever Failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

It is better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees. – Emiliano Zapata

Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment in time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily, for once, the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! What do you say? (pause) It is true that when with folded arms we weigh the pros and cons we are no less a credit to our species. The tiger bounds to the help of his congeners without the least reflection , or else he slinks away into the depths of the thickets. But that is not the question. What we are doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen t o know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion, one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come. – Samuell Beckett, Waiting for Godot

wisdom quotes and sayingsFamily is there because they have to be, friends are there because they want to be. – Unknown

What I want is what I’ve not got, and what I need is all around me. – Dave Matthews

It was once said that is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. This is not entirely true. It is neither better nor worse. Both hurt and both are, in their own separate ways, unbearable. – Cristoph Lamarte

It doesn’t mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t call it violence when it’s self-defense, I call it intelligence. – Malcolm X

If you try, you might fail…if you don’t try you are guranteed to fail. – Chris Bannister

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand & changing a soul. And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning & company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts & presents aren’t promises. And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up & your eyes ahead… & you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans & futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. So you plant your own garden instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong & that you really do have worth… and with every goodbye, you learn… – Unknown

Society has closed all possibilities of a fresh and open mind, if we can control our minds before our brain tells us what it is surely then we are free – Edward McEwan

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. – Oscar Wilde

Some people listen to themselves rather then listen to what others say. These people don’t come along very often, but when they do, they remind us that once you set off on a path, even though critics may doubt you, it’s ok to believe that there is no CAN’T, WON’T or IMPOSSIBLE. They remind us that it’s ok to believe that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. – Adidas commercial

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its laws had made unlawful. – Oscar Wilde

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right. And at the end of life, when you get like me[weak/feeble], you need others to survive, right? But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well. – Tuesdays with Morrie

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One of these is Roots; the other, Wings. – Hodding Carter

The object of war isn’t to die for your country but to make the other poor bastard die for his. – General George Patton