“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
Joseph Conrad book Chance
Source: Chance (1913) part II, Ch. 5
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“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
Viktor E. Frankl book Man's Search for Meaning
Source: Quoted in Man's Search for Meaning and attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Variant: You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice...
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
Attributed
“Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LXVI
Following the Equator (1897)
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
“Do not take life too seriously – you will never get out of it alive.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1911), p. 74
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
Ch. IX : Outdoors and Indoors, p. 336; the final statement "quoted by Squire Bill Widener" as well as variants of it, are often misattributed to Roosevelt himself.
Variant: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Attributed to Roosevelt in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason, Nugget # 8 : The Only Place to Start is Where You Are. <!-- The Military Quotation Book, Revised and Expanded: More than 1,200 of the Best Quotations About War, Leadership, Courage, Victory, and Defeat (2002) by James Charlton -->
Variant: Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.
Context: There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone; but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching. And as for a life deliberately devoted to pleasure as an end — why, the greatest happiness is the happiness that comes as a by-product of striving to do what must be done, even though sorrow is met in the doing. There is a bit of homely philosophy, quoted by Squire Bill Widener, of Widener's Valley, Virginia, which sums up one's duty in life: "Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are."
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet
“Just because you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Source: You Learn by Living (1960), p. 29–30
Context: You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." … You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
“A child needs your love most when he deserves it least”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…