"Death comes to all But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold."

Fabricius, George | Achievement | 4 bookmarks

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

Stalin, Joseph | Communism and Socialism | 2 bookmarks

"Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De | Goals | 2 bookmarks

"Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well."

Ustinov, Peter | Purpose | 1 bookmarks

"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

Half, Robert | Talent | 9 bookmarks

"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."

Carlyle, Thomas | Sincerity | 2 bookmarks

"By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher."

Socrates | Marriage | 6 bookmarks

"According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Well, Hubert Humphrey may have sinned in the eyes of God, as we all do, but according to those definitions of Gandhis, it was Hubert Humphrey without sin. "

Carter, Jimmy | Uncategorised | 3 bookmarks

"Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you."

Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Thoughts and Thinking | 1 bookmarks

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true."

Unknown, Source | Happiness | 2 bookmarks