There is much wanting both to discipline and to compassion, if one be had without the other. Disciplina vel misericordia multum destituitur, si una sine altera teneatur. Pope Gregory I – aka Gregory the Great, Roman theologian, , 590-604 Holy Father, one of the four Latin doctors of the Church(etwa 540-604), from “The Book of Pastoral Rule”, chapter VI “Ut sit rector...
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952),...
La vie rétrécit ou s’étend proportionnellement à notre courage. Anaïs Nin – de son vrai nom Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, écrivaine américaine d’origine française (1903-1977), extrait de son journal, paru dans “The Diary of Anais Nin”, volume 3, 1939-1944 (1971), , Brochure de citation 2026 Life shrinks or expands in proportion to...
I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from a letter to Gertrude Natkin, 2 March 1906, Quotations book 2026
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Dwight David Eisenhower – American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address “The Chance for Peace”, delivered at the “American Society of Newspaper Editors” (April 16th,...
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. The bible, Proverbs 14:23 (NIV), Quotations book 2026
People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole. marketing wisdom, quoted by Prof. Theodore Levitt – German-born American economist, coined the term “globalization” (1925-2006), Quotations book 2026
Survival is the only road to riches. Peter L. Bernstein – American financial historian, economist and educator (1919-2009), from an interview with Jason Zweig at his vacation home in Brattleboro, Vt. (July 28, 2004)
Teamwork makes the dream work. idiom, title of a book by John C. Maxwell – American leadership expert, author and speaker (b. 1947), published in 2002
Is what you’re holding onto worth the space it’s taking up? Sophia Short – American writer, author, yoga teacher, and social media strategist (b. 1996)
Es mejor decir una verdad incómoda que una mentira confortable. […] Si el trago es amargo, mejor tomarlo de una vez. Javier Gerardo Milei – Economista y político argentino, desde 2023 presidente de Argentina (n. 1970), en un discurso en el Festival Juvenil Fratelli D’Italia Atreju, Italia (14.12.2024), Libro de citas 2026 It is better to tell an uncomfortable truth than a...
The words you’ve bandied are sufficient; ‘Tis deeds that I prefer to see: In compliments you’re both proficient, But might, the while, more useful be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – German poet (1749-18329, from “Faust: Part One”, “Prelude at the Theatre, Manager (1808), Quotations book 2026
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. John Wycliffe – English philosopher, theologean and church refoemer (c. 1330-1384), in a statement to the Duke of Lancaster (1381)
No progress without risk. Dr. Hendrik Leber – German investment and asset manager and consultant (*1967), title of the 22nd ACATIS Value Conference (16.5.2025), Quotations book 2026
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. While the first is the condition of a free society, the second means as De Tocqueville describes it, “a new form of servitude”. Friedrich August von Hayek – Austrian economist and social philosopher, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 1974 (1899-1992), based on...
H πολιτεία […] μου φαίνεται πως γεννήθηκε, επειδή κάθε ένας από μας δεν είναι σε θέση να εξοικονομεί μόνος του όλες τις ανάγκες, αλλά του λείπουν πολλά. The origin of the [state] is to be found in the fact that we do not severally suffice for our own needs, but each of us lacks many things. Plato – Greek philosopher (ca. 428-348 BC), from “Republic”...
Your arms do not show how strong you are, but that you are not strong enough. attributed to Mahatma Gandhi – iIndian politician (1869-1948)
Aucun problème ne peut résister à l’assaut de la pensée soutenue. attribué à Voltaire – né François Marie Arouet, philosophe et écrivain français (1694-1778), Brochure de citation 2026 No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. attributed to Voltaire – born François Marie Arouet, French philosopher and writer (1694-1778), Quotations book...
Don’t count the days, make the days count. Muhammad Ali – born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., American boxer (1942-2016), in a message on “Twitter” (now “X”, 29.01.2011), Quotations book 2026
Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Elon Musk – South African-born American engineer, designer and founding entrepreneur: Tesla (b. 1971), in a message on “Twitter” (now “X”, September 15, 2024), Quotations book 2026