Popular quotes (page 52) | Quotes of famous people

“Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception.”

Amos Oz (1939–2018) Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual

Pleasure , Imagination , Time , Reading

“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”

Ali (601–661) cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 72, p. 39

People , Fear

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

Courageous , Courage

“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

Life , Business , Forgetting

“It is very easy to follow your parents,
it is very easy to follow your teachers,
it is very easy to follow the society,
it is very easy to be obedient --

to be rebellious, to be on your own, is very difficult.

But growth comes the hard way.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement

“The best books… are those that tell you what you know already.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

Books

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”

Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.

2005-09, Address at Stanford University (2005)
Context: Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don’t settle.

Faith , Life , Faith

“War is over… If you want it.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

War

“To exist is not a choice, but a gift. Living to your full potential is a personal choice you must make after finding your true Self.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Personality

“Those who seek respect without deserving it end up surrounding themselves with flatterers, or people who claim to respect you when they don't.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

People

“I don’t think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don’t give mathematics a real chance.”

Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017) Iranian mathematician

Interview with Research Fellow Maryam Mirzakhani | january 2008

Mathematics , Thinking , Chance

“I am firmly convinced that Spain is the strongest country of the world. Century after century trying to destroy herself and still no success”

Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) German statesman, Chancellor of Germany

A Spanish politician in a political meeting said it for the first time and attributed to Bismarck https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Discusi%C3%B3n:Otto_von_Bismarck
Misattributed

World , Success , Country

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist

Attitude , Depressing , Hope , Positive

“One chance, bang!”

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985) Portuguese association football player

Chance

“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.”

Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II

Variant: Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
Source: The Rommel Papers (1953), Ch. XI : The Initiative Passes, p. 244.

Idea

“It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman

Variant: It is easier to build strong men, than to repair broken ones.
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Deep , Heartbreaking , Father's Day , For Father

“The difficulties which would have to be overcome to make several of the preceding experiments conclusive are so great as to be almost insurmountable.”

J. J. Thomson (1856–1940) British physicist

Warning about the non-conclusiveness for the experimental foundation of electrostatic theory, in a footnote of the third edition of: [James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol.1, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1891, 37]
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